Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] be argued [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It can certainly be argued that the twin-Messiah theme appears in the New Testament , albeit in drastically modified and probably garbled form . |
| 32 | It can further be argued that the principal objects , or targets , of the new legislation were not only women , but also children . |
| 33 | But to those for whom such patterns are becoming real , and for whom some rational explanation of the shift is required , then it can fairly be argued that the spreading ethic of Confucianism — exported in the last hundred years or so to every nation on and within the Pacific coastline by the tens of millions of overseas Chinese who have acted as its accidental evangelists — is crucial . |
| 34 | However , as is indicated elsewhere in this chapter and in Chapter 6 , it can still be argued that private ownership of the means of production is the basis of economic power and wealth , and that the labour market is still the prime determinant of wage levels . |
| 35 | Fifthly , even if there are undisputed economies of scale so that there is a net increase in surplus , it can still be argued that there is a social opportunity loss . |