Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] can [be] argued that " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it can be argued that adoption is in fact a less successful aspect of child care policy than it appears . |
| 2 | Thus it can be argued that although the courts proclaim that in reviewing the decisions of an administrative body they are merely attempting to keep the body within the jurisdiction conferred upon it by Parliament , in fact they do sometimes explicitly justify their decisions by reference to the expertise or lack of expertise of the body whose decision it is sought to review . |
| 3 | Thus it can be argued that s 48(2) ( h ) authorises rules which vary common law and equitable duties of disclosure . |
| 4 | For , just as the individual has the moral right not to kill in violation of his own moral principles , a right recognised by law in this country since 1916 , so also it can be argued that he has the right not to be required to contribute through his taxes towards the maintenance of a professional army equipped with weapons of mass destruction to kill on his behalf . |
| 5 | Similarly it can be argued that if home helps or social workers request training from the CAB in aspects of new legislation , this can cement a positive relationship between the CAB and the local authority who will then see a service in action that is worth funding . |
| 6 | Now it can be argued that the mere collection of information about named persons is not in itself necessarily wrong ; even if it does offend against good taste — like the prying neighbour behind the lace curtains — it is hardly an area for the heavy hand of the law . |
| 7 | Thus far it can be argued that , if and in so far as the objection to the validity of a pretended Act of Parliament is purely procedural , there is no objection to any court ( and not merely the House of Lords ) making such minimal inquiries as are consistent with Parliamentary privilege in order to ensure that the instrument in question was consented to by the two Houses and did receive the Royal Assent . |
| 8 | If the management m a company get a pay rise , then it can be argued that the shop-floor workers should get one too . |
| 9 | Then it can be argued that too much power is being concentrated in the hands of the minister . |
| 10 | There were several weak points in this critique and perhaps at the very least it can be argued that foreign films with social themes always appear to be more realistic merely because the subject-matter and personnel are new . |
| 11 | Indeed it can be argued that the churches in such places were heir to a ‘ purer ’ tradition than Rome 's , because it was not diluted and distorted by Pauline thought ; it was something closer to what Jesus himself , James and the original Nazarean hierarchy would have propagated . |
| 12 | Indeed it can be argued that none of this greatly mattered . |
| 13 | The mock reality of fiction has its points of overlap with our model of the real world , and indeed it can be argued that readers will assume isomorphism between the two unless given indications to the contrary . |
| 14 | Yet it can be argued that large size and a high degree of industrial concentration of capital tend to assist the organisation of employers by making agreements between them easier to secure . |
| 15 | A habitat specificity of a pollinator would improve pollination success ; however it can be argued that in a dispersal agent this would lead to increased predation of seedlings . |
| 16 | One field can not exist within another field without an interaction between them , therefore it can be argued that the Universe is an energy field and that everything that exists in it is a subsidiary or component part of the total field . |