Example sentences of "[is] argue that [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | In Africa , it is argued that man was using fire at least 50–55 000 years ago , taking coals from camp to camp and using the fire to smoke out bees from their nests in honey-hunting , or driving game . |
2 | If it is argued that sarvodaya is an unattainable ideal , and that in the end one may have to settle for the happiness or good of 51 per cent , it could be stated in reply , that it is infinitely better to strive for sarvodaya and fail to realize it , than to start out with a limited objective and attain it at the expense of an unfortunate minority . |
3 | If this cycle obtains , then it is argued that government is controlled , and public policy is congruent with the wishes of the majority of the electorate for most of the time . |
4 | It is argued that birth is an illogical and inappropriate criterion for membership . |
5 | Here it is argued that jurisdiction is conditional on its proper exercise so that even if a tribunal is entitled to enter into the enquiry , it can lose its power by the way that power is used . |
6 | In standard economic theory it is argued that regulation is required if market failures occur . |
7 | SIR — To suggest , as J. G. Girling does ( letter , April 1 ) , that the British Parliament is no longer the supreme legislative body of our country is to argue that Parliament is incapable of repealing its own legislation . |