Example sentences of "argue that [art] new [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ernest Bevin 's 1933 articles in The New Clarion , later published as My Plan for 2,000,000 Workless , argued that a new state pension of £1 per week ( single person ) and £1 15s 0d per week ( married couple ) paid at the age of 65 to all earning up to £1,000 per annum , on condition of retirement from work , would induce withdrawal from the labour market of the estimated 350,000 existing pensioners aged 65–9 working in industry .
2 They argued that a new racism based on arguments about cultural difference had largely taken over the arenas of public debate .
3 A planner , Colin Buchanan , who during the 1950s had had somewhat of a chequered career as an inspector in the Ministry of Town and Country Planning ( Bruton , 1981 ) , argued that a new situation had arisen which called for a fresh approach .
4 Through its columns she continually attacked the ‘ war guilt ’ clause of the Versailles treaty , denounced the Locarno treaty , and argued that the new phenomenon of aerial bombardment had made any form of war an intolerable option , however ‘ just ’ its cause .
5 Though Hobson argued that the new imperialism was irrational from the standpoint of the peaceful commercial nation , he did not believe that its source was to be found merely in an irrational aggressiveness on the part of peoples or Governments .
6 The equally conservative nobles of Smolensk echoed Tula 's belief in the need for joint discussions with " representatives from other provinces ' , while the nobles of Tver " , one of the few gentry groups to espouse the cause of immediate emancipation rather than the conversion of serfs into temporarily obligated peasants , argued that the new laws had been botched , that " the reforms so urgently required can not be achieved by a bureaucratic order " , and that the " convocation of elected representatives from all the Russian land represents the only means for a satisfactory solution " .
7 Chernenko stressed the need to remove the ‘ oversimplified impression of the means and dates by which a transition to the higher stage of communism ’ would take place , and argued that the new programme should provide a ‘ realistic ’ evaluation of developed socialism , which would be an ‘ historically protracted period ’ .
8 They had argued that the new ideas about space and motion had arisen from an intellectual and , to a much lesser extent , empirical critique of the preceding , largely Anstotelian , notions .
9 It may be argued that the new designs of the assessments will avoid such obvious pitfalls .
10 Supporters of the reforms ( by no means all of whom are Tories ) argue that the new curriculum will introduce a little rigour into the soppy world of sand pits and colouring books .
11 They argue that the new road will not , as the government maintains , relieve congestion but instead increase car use and thus exacerbate congestion and pollution ; they argue instead for major investment in public transport and higher taxes on fuel .
12 It criticises the duplication of R&D between different government departments and argues that a new division should be created at the department for energy conservation .
13 The Educational Institute of Scotland has organised industrial action because it argues that the new school is still basically Bellarmine in a different building .
14 Boyle ( 1988 ) also argues that the new emphasis on public — private partnerships seeking to enhance business confidence and investment contains unfortunate implications for more depressed Scottish communities .
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