Example sentences of "argument is that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The heart of his argument is that Lab-our activists , at least since Ramsay MacDonald 's betrayal in 1931 , have distrusted their leaders , and he quotes Sidney Webb 's analysis of the problem this causes : ‘ The constituency parties are frequently unrepresentative groups of nonentities dominated by fanatics , cranks and extremists . |
| 2 | Basically his argument is that all aspects of musical form — Adorno instances overall structure ( the thirty-two-bar chorus ) , melodic range , song-types and harmonic progressions — depend on pre-existing formulae and norms , which have the status virtually of rules , are familiar to listeners and hence are entirely predictable . |
| 3 | The second argument is that many structures of appropriation of surpluses from peasantries and pastoralists which were established during the late colonial period still exist . |
| 4 | Although it may be beneficial to address this point at this stage rather than leave it to the flotation , the alternative argument is that such matters can only be decided at the time of flotation when the parties are better able to assess what is commercially necessary to achieve an optimum result . |
| 5 | The most common source of any argument is that both sides are absolutely right but each is looking at a different part of the situation . |
| 6 | Deffenbacher 's argument is that those studies which show enhanced memory in arousing circumstances are operating on the ascending portion of the inverted-U function , while those which show impairment are operating on the descending portion of the curve associated with high arousal levels . |
| 7 | The point about the above argument is that alienistic attitudes can become the prevalent force at every stage of a deaf person 's education . |
| 8 | The essence of the argument is that linguistic expressions derive their meanings and legitimate usages from the range of activities and contexts in which they have evolved — meanings , therefore , derive from what Wittgenstein calls ‘ forms of life ’ . |