Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the light of what was to follow , it could be argued that Scapula was panicked into rash measures , excusable only as military necessities , but their effect on the Britons was to be as deplorable for them as for Rome . |
| 2 | Moreover , it could be argued that prisoners are more at risk of further offences than probationers because of , first , their commission of relatively more serious offences , and second , their more extensive and therefore more entrenched criminal careers . |
| 3 | On the other hand , it could be argued that Alexandra Maitland was a woman for whom it was more than worth abandoning the rest of the female sex . |
| 4 | It could be argued that Ormrod J. 's view of the law is wrong , and that if the transsexual engaged in sexual relations outside the marriage , this would amount to adultery . |
| 5 | The human resources director of a large UK wines and spirits business also suggested that once total costs were taken into account , it could be argued that headhunters were not necessarily more expensive than using home-grown methods . |
| 6 | Designer and architect are probably the most demanding of these skills , although it could be argued that artists and writers , beauty consultants , hairdressers and photographers also need them . |
| 7 | On this basis it could be argued that companies should indeed be regarded as purely private organisations , and that state intervention in their internal affairs constitutes an improper interference with the moral rights of the participants . |
| 8 | Although officially accorded little or no power , it could be argued that women 's culturally ambiguous position within Hebrew patriarchy resulted in a type of informal sub-structural power dynamic which in turn regenerated the culturally constructed fear of women necessary to patriarchal interests and explicit power concerns . |
| 9 | For it could be argued that women artists have a quite specific relationship and history to publicly sited works . |
| 10 | Because persuading people to be unpaid referees is difficult it could be argued that editors have to pass the comments on . |
| 11 | Of course , it could be argued that purpose is not confined to use in a functional sense but also encompasses the enjoyment which the buyer can reasonably expect from his purchase . |
| 12 | It could be argued that Gould 's irrebuttable presumption finds its support in the fact that the judiciary has arrogated to itself the ultimate decision on all questions of law . |
| 13 | It could be argued that Darras ' vision is quixotic . |
| 14 | It could be argued that variations in economic and social circumstances are very largely responsible for shaping the visible patterns of support , but that these only occur because of an underlying sense of duty and responsibility towards relatives ; this operates independently of external circumstances . |
| 15 | It could be argued that defendants who might otherwise have been acquitted could be persuaded to plead guilty to lesser offences . |
| 16 | Finally , while it could be argued that Greeley and Rossi tell us something of catholic versus state schooling in the US , they have nothing to tell us about catholic versus Christian , multi-denominational schools , which is what most of the argument in Ireland is about . |
| 17 | It could be argued that Lewis 's poem refers only to a failure of etiquette . |
| 18 | Indeed , it could be argued that Klemperer 's steadfastness serves to underline the grotesque nature of Mahler 's invention , but this is not a performance that I can easily live with . |
| 19 | Indeed it could be argued that setting objectives may put the corporation off course by diverting attention from moment-to-moment operations to a distant destination . |
| 20 | Although unquestionably still a successful band , it could be argued that Kiss 's heyday was some time ago . |
| 21 | It could be argued that people in our region have actually lost confidence in their water , they 've suffered from cryptospyridia , blue-green algae , we 're now in a drought period , how would you reassure the public ? |
| 22 | It could be argued that Leeds LEA sought and expected consensus on aspects of primary education ( such as classroom practice ) where consensus is neither possible nor appropriate , while at the same time neglecting those other aspects ( such as the curriculum and home-school links ) where consensus was both desirable and possible . |
| 23 | It could be argued that telepathy is a desirable characteristic for the subordinates of such a person ! |
| 24 | Thus it could be argued that children only psychologize as a last resort when they do not have ready access to information about plausible causal mechanisms . |
| 25 | Indeed it could be argued that learning from success is even more useful than learning from mistakes because , by and large , things go right more often than they go wrong . |
| 26 | It could be argued that integration is one of the few educational principles which has gained all-party political support . |
| 27 | Of course , it could be argued that ludism is , in its way , another interpretative strategy launched by the novelist : while conceding the liberating effect of viewing the literary text as an open and democratic discourse , Robbe-Grillet is again allocating a new role to the reader . |
| 28 | Alternatively , as Æthelred had himself patronised his half-brother 's cult , it could be argued that Cnut was stressing the continuity of his regime with his predecessor 's , and generally enhancing the prestige of kingship . |
| 29 | Damages may be reduced by his contributory negligence and , in this respect , it could be argued that disregard of instructions breaks the chain of causation . |
| 30 | It could be argued that Blast was a miscalculation all round , even for Wyndham Lewis . |