Example sentences of "it can [be] argue [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be argued that its success with critics and failure ‘ at the box office ’ both stem from that fact . |
| 2 | With benefit of the ‘ hindsight-ometer ’ , it can be argued that my own movement into a structural limbo contained aspects of the unconscious journey towards a new self-knowledge , when the old values were able to be adjusted if not discarded ; so that it was possible to break through the constraints imposed by the inculcated patterns of police culture , albeit in something of an unprogrammatic and fragmented manner . |
| 3 | Of course , it can be argued that readers get the paper that they want or deserve . |
| 4 | Of course it can be argued that since he adopted the Liberal cause in the 1920s , he was practically at one with Liberalism , and that is all that matters . |
| 5 | It can be argued that the increase rather than the reduction in the need for aid is due to a series of weaknesses in its composition and nature . |
| 6 | It can be argued that these tests are a reliable indicator of performance when tested under controlled conditions . |
| 7 | If the point of distinguishing murder from manslaughter is to mark out the most heinous group of killings for the extra stigma of a murder conviction , it can be argued that the ‘ grievous bodily harm ’ rule draws the line too low . |
| 8 | It can be argued that these offences may be no less traumatic for the victim than ‘ conventional ’ rape , and therefore that any attempt to classify sexual offences by reference to their seriousness should place these forms of sexual assault in the highest category . |
| 9 | It can be argued that mass communications have simply speeded up the whole process of change enormously , rather than imposed a massive and rigid uniformity . |
| 10 | It can be argued that Monsieur Guillotin was the true founder of democracy by eliminating class distinction in public executions . |
| 11 | It can be argued that American children are not always very intelligent or easy to teach , with catastrophically short attention spans , but one can see the beginnings of a sad muddle even in England , with the publication of a homosexual prayer book giving instructions for a ‘ coming out ’ liturgy next door to prayers for those who already suffer from the American disease . |
| 12 | It can be argued that he won the election not because of the Tory campaign but in spite of it . |
| 13 | It can be argued that forestry production in Europe must be increased considerably in the coming decades . |
| 14 | It can be argued that the art of the actor is but a sophisticated reflection of what occurs in all human action : a struggle between what is privately felt and symbolically controlled ( using ‘ symbolic ’ in the sense of the ‘ public language ’ of number , words , gesture and sound , etc. ) , a perpetual state of disequilibrium between personalising and objectifying . |
| 15 | On the other hand it can be argued that the sauropods like Brachiosaurus were so large , and with a relatively small surface area through which to cool compared with their enormous volume , that their cooling rate could have been slow enough to allow them to sustain more continuous activity than smaller , living reptiles . |
| 16 | It can be argued that the peasantry in LDCs today have revolutionary potential because their situation is so similar to that of the urban proletariat in Marx 's day . |
| 17 | Similarly it can be argued that if home helps or social workers request training from the CAB in aspects of new legislation , this can cement a positive relationship between the CAB and the local authority who will then see a service in action that is worth funding . |
| 18 | It can be argued that controls by Central Government are desirable to ensure that a uniform minimum standard of efficiency is obtained where the taxpayer at large is contributing through the national Exchequer to local services . |
| 19 | The justice meted out in children 's games ( like that on the screen ) may be rough and ready , but it can be argued that ‘ violent play ’ is by no means all negative . |
| 20 | By placing such emphasis on social reaction it can be argued that Interactionists have minimised the role of the individual criminal . |
| 21 | It can be argued that children need to be part of a mixed age school community from time to time , for that is the pattern of life . |
| 22 | It can be argued that a fairly radical Type II ‘ internal market ’ has already developed in the care of the elderly , where much provision is private but much of the funding is public . |
| 23 | However , it can be argued that the drive towards particular and explicit ends has actually limited what these partnerships could achieve . |
| 24 | It can be argued that , at least over longer timescales , device composition and the reaction of the biological environment to it , both contribute to biosensor failure . |
| 25 | Moreover , it can be argued that MDC 's revised strategy , focusing upon leisure and tourism , supplies jobs better suited to the skills of the local population than the London Docklands emphasis on service sector growth . |
| 26 | Whilst it can be argued that physical regeneration , not job creation , was MDC 's original priority , the extension of the boundaries removes this premise . |
| 27 | Now it can be argued that the mere collection of information about named persons is not in itself necessarily wrong ; even if it does offend against good taste — like the prying neighbour behind the lace curtains — it is hardly an area for the heavy hand of the law . |
| 28 | It can be argued that it is a citizen 's right to be free to collect information about whatever and whoever he likes and to do it in any way which is not intrusive or injurious . |
| 29 | It still represents a cost to the Exchequer and a loss of potential output , but it can be argued that it is not particularly distressing to the people concerned and , for the economy as a whole , it may actually result in a more efficient use of labour : this is because high short-run unemployment may be a reflection of greater mobility of labour between jobs and areas and consequently may result in the labour force being more suitably and productively employed . |
| 30 | It can be argued that for a second chamber , whose main functions are the consideration of less controversial Bills and the revision of other Bills from the other place without , however , power finally to frustrate the will of the democratically-elected chamber , ( as is now the case with the House of Lords , see below , pp.98–9 ) the fact that it is undemocratic matters little , provided that it is competent to do the job expected of it . |