Example sentences of "[Wh pn] argue that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His figure , which was based on a tally kept by victim support groups , was criticized by other experts , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before such a large number of people could develop cancer .
2 It was dismissed by other experts , however , who argued that a longer period would have to elapse before sufficient people developed cancer .
3 To the followers of the ‘ classical economists ’ , who argued that the industrialized state would make the greatest possible contribution to public welfare if competition were to remain unshackled , the period between the middle of the nineteenth century and the present day has been marked by increasing government interference with the economy .
4 The classic statement on this question with respect to the person was by Mauss ( 1979 ) , who argued that the contemporary concept of the self is a relatively recent creation , strongly tied to the rise of various legalistic notions of the person in relation to property in ancient Rome and emerging in its modern form after certain developments in eighteenth-century German philosophy .
5 The generally utilitarian function , if not rationale of medieval universities ( Cobban 1975 ) , is acknowledged even by those such as Veblen ( 1957 , p. 3 ) , who argued that the best principles for academic endeavour are ‘ an Idle curiosity , and the Instinct of Workmanship ’ , and provides ammunition for Bell ( 1971 ) and others who contend that the liberal tradition is based largely on an historical myth .
6 The report will be seized upon by ministers who argue that a further expansion in student numbers can be achieved by higher education becoming more efficient .
7 Those who argue that a universal definition of aggression is possible and even desirable are often interested … in whether the members of one society can be said to be ‘ more aggressive ’ than another according to some quantitative scale ’ .
8 Those who argue that a universal definition of aggression is possible and even desirable are often interested in determining whether a universal human proclivity toward aggression exists , or whether the members of one society can be said to be ‘ more aggressive ’ than another according to some quantitative scale .
9 Those who argue that an objective science of society is not possible maintain that sociology can never be free from ‘ ideology ’ .
10 For those who argue that the 1925 legislation represents a series of reforms in order to facilitate conveyancing the foundation of the legislation lies in s. 1 , Law of Property Act , where Parliament reduced the number of estates and interests capable of existing at law :
11 For example , Fuller and Perdue , who argue that the generic principle of the law of private obligations should be compensation for harm to the reliance interest , pay scant attention to the issue of personal responsibility .
12 It could , however , be assumed that those who argue that the third age is a time of fun , opportunity and new learning believe that all this stops when you become more frail .
13 That gives encouragement to all of us who argue that the British electorate has an enormous collective wisdom that has seldom let it down .
14 In the study by Brainard and Perry , this fear is also expressed by Dornbusch , who argues that the increased pressures of competition induced by the SEM will lead to calls by the lower productivity member states to increase the levels of external protection to allow them to maintain their threatened industrial structures .
15 One of the latest recruits to the campaign for more normal working-hours is a Labour front-bencher , Harriet Harman , who argues that the current system helps keep women out of the clubby , late-night world of Parliament .
16 He , and others like him , were answered by Rousseau , who argues that the social contract which established private property was really the origin of exploitation and had to be replaced by a new social contract .
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