Example sentences of "it be argued [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | These points are taken up again in the second chapter of Kingman , where it is argued that language ‘ expresses identity , enables co-operation , and confers freedom ’ , and that an understanding of language is vital to children 's intellectual , social , personal and aesthetic development . |
| 32 | This is basically economic provision , not social , it was argued since people do not necessarily use new facilities although they cost the taxpayer money . |
| 33 | It was argued that users of financial statements should be aware that the performance of complex organisations can not be summarised in a single number and that to obtain a proper understanding of such performance , knowledge of a range of important aspects is required . |
| 34 | It was argued that Britain stood at a historic point ; a new urban future was at hand . |
| 35 | At a meeting in Harare of African finance officials in July 1989 , it was argued that development is being held up by the tendency for government policy-makers to be involved in short-term crisis management for structural adjustment programmes , and responding to the demands of large numbers of foreign advisers . |
| 36 | It was argued that ERDF resources did not in fact represent truly additional aid for problem regions if such aid merely replaced expenditure that national governments would otherwise have incurred themselves . |
| 37 | Thus it was argued that William had a legitimate title to the throne because he won it by right of conquest in a just war . |
| 38 | It was argued that industrialists are not encouraged to come into West Belfast by various Government agencies . |
| 39 | In the first edition of this book it was argued that levels of controversy over social policies since 1951 had not been particularly high . |
| 40 | The measure , which would have involved the first overseas deployment of Japanese forces since 1945 , was condemned by the opposition as unconstitutional ( it was argued that Article 9 of Japan 's post-war Constitution prohibited the country 's participation in acts of collective defence ) and by the governments of many of Japan 's neighbours as an undesirable manifestation of nascent Japanese militarism . |
| 41 | Similarly , it was argued that globalisation spread a company 's exposure to geographical vicissitudes of local economies . |
| 42 | On this basis , it was argued that workers in the Royal Victoria Hospital and in other public sector agencies should be supported in their campaigns to save their jobs and against privatisation . |