Example sentences of "[vb mod] be argued that this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be argued that this approach downgrades sexual intercourse without consent where little violence or none at all is used . |
| 2 | Furthermore , it might be argued that this issue was overpriced and that the nation was able to sell an effectively overpriced collection of assets . |
| 3 | It might be argued that this scheme puts the claimant who at present has a choice whether or not to use Ord. 53 , at a disadvantage because under the new scheme he or she would have to seek leave and would possibly be subject to very restrictive time-limits . |
| 4 | As it might be argued that this microflora is more likely to exert pathogenic or protective effects in the intestine than the lumen flora , we were interested to determine the adherent and hydrophobic properties of our mucosal E coli isolates by techniques comparable with those used by others studying faecal isolates . |
| 5 | It might be argued that this function has been coopted by such purposive ( indeed , allegedly manipulative ) schemes as the Youth Training Scheme . |
| 6 | This case did not concern the availability of coercive remedies against the Crown and it might be argued that this statement is of no relevance in that context . |
| 7 | It might be argued that this device , although an ingenious reference to the converted barn 's former purpose , is not a practical feature in a dwelling because even double-glazing will not prevent the excessive heat loss and cold radiation caused by such large windows . |
| 8 | Although it might be argued that this difference is due to the nature of the complexed metal ion ( iron in the cleavage reaction , cobalt in the footprint ) an alternative explanation is that bleomycin does not bind tightly to ( AT ) n sequences , and that these are efficiently cleaved during a transient interaction . |
| 9 | It could be argued that this lack of co-operation between UDCs ( notably the LDDC ) and local government is predictable . |
| 10 | Now it could be argued that this likelihood is so remote as not to be worthy of consideration . |
| 11 | Second , it could be argued that this system removes any incentive for sound financial control at local level and constitutes a divorce between management responsibility and financial accountability of the kind severely criticized by the 1976 Layfield Report on local government finance . |
| 12 | Jackson have been very possessive of their peghead shape in the past and it could be argued that this guitar would n't be a Jackson without it . |
| 13 | ( It could be argued that this approach confuses appropriation and dishonesty . |
| 14 | ‘ It could be argued that this situation amounts to a cynical manipulation of a group which the Government and employers recognise are more vulnerable than most . |
| 15 | It may be argued that this issue was seriously underpriced and that the nation undersold-its asset by about 1.3 billion . |
| 16 | McLuhan lambasted the print media for encouraging linear thinking , but it can be argued that this way of thought brought to mankind very substantial benefits which one is not confident would be matched by the uncriticized new tribalism . |
| 17 | It can be argued that this confinement to land-use issues was the basic problem with structure planning and goes far to explain why the exercise has in practice proved so limited in its impact , but in this chapter the focus is precisely on the politics of land use , and structure plan intentions are of considerable importance . |
| 18 | It can be argued that this failure to look at higher education may be the result of a deficiency in feminist theory about education — that feminists ( and , indeed , other educational theorists ) have difficulty in theorizing the role of higher education in the reproduction of inequality . |