Example sentences of "you could argue [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as to dictatorships — in which he says two people in every 100 are interested in politics as opposed to three in a hundred in a democracy — you could argue that some dictatorships succeeded because they appealed to primitive instincts in people who were not interested in politics . |
| 2 | But you could argue that an extra 9mph on top speed is irrelevant on our increasingly crowded roads and that acceleration is what matters . |
| 3 | John Beishon , director of the Consumers ' Association You could argue that food difficulties proceed and contribute to the development of sexual problems … |
| 4 | But if noise is the point at which language buckles and culture fails , then you could argue that noise occurs in moments , tiny breakages and stresses dispersed all over the surface of music , all kinds of music . |
| 5 | I suppose you could argue that we should turn the other cheek , but that seems like tempting fate when dealing with a boxer . |
| 6 | You could argue that the most interesting directors in mainstream Hollywood today are people like David Lynch , Joe Dante and others : tele-visionaries whose aesthetic owes something to the disjunctions of the small screen . |
| 7 | And if that was you know you could , I supp , you could argue that the French revolution had been built on notions of liberalism and it had encouraged nationalism in Europe . |
| 8 | True , you could argue that you had worked from exactly the same spot as the photographer , but in a court of law the onus would be on you to prove it ! |
| 9 | Or at least they start , both books really start with the same issue , and the issue in question is in many ways , well , you could argue that it was in many ways fundamental to the social sciences . |
| 10 | So you can look at er communication as relating to overall competence and perhaps at a stronger level than that , you could argue that erm communication determines not only the structure but also the strength and the scope of an organisation , okay ? |
| 11 | I suppose you could argue that his budget was er , a budget for growth but my discussion this morning is apolitical . |
| 12 | You could argue that it was it was his right of way . . |
| 13 | I mean you , you could argue that inequalities give , pr provide momentum because then there 's er introduce , introduce conflicts |
| 14 | You could argue that some of them work outside the home because they have to , for financial reasons , but I think it 's indisputable that a ever-growing number want to work outside the home and I think it 's very important that they should be allowed the scope to do so . |
| 15 | I mean if women have been stunted by being kept in the home , you could argue that men have been stunted by being too much over-identified essentially with the work world . |