Example sentences of "argument that [adj] [noun] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similar attitudes were expressed during World War II , when the rapid decline in the birth rate gave additional force to the argument that married women should stay at home . |
| 2 | The argument that convicted murderers should be subjected to more rigorous conditions than other long sentenced prisoners was rejected , with the implication that detention for more than ten years should be avoided whenever possible : |
| 3 | These include the Hops Marketing Board and the Nature Conservancy Council , for example , and are justified with the argument that certain functions can best be carried out at arm 's length from central government : |
| 4 | Professor Glennerster considered carefully the argument that expensive treatments might be refused by fund holders and found no evidence of that yet . |
| 5 | First , there is the dualist 's argument that mental processes can not be physical processes because physical entities — such as neurons - lack certain qualities — such as intentionality or consciousness — that characterize the mental . |
| 6 | In a more explicitly theoretical paper , Lavandera ( 1982 ) presents the general argument that syntactic variation can be studied only at a superficial level if the analytic method does not take account of the use which speakers make of variation for stylistic and discourse purposes ; frequently they exploit subtle differences in meaning of the kind which ( for example ) Weiner and Labov deliberately simplify . |
| 7 | Refuting the argument that proportional representation would mean trimming to minority centrist positions , Robin Cooke , one of Labour 's leading advocates of reform , said : ‘ We have already gone to endless lengths to placate the centre ground . ’ |
| 8 | One journalist who persisted on the point was referred to playfully as ‘ a Chartist or a Luddite ’ by one press officer , who added that there was also the argument that 600 Group should worry about staying in business and not about unemployment . |
| 9 | Secondly , you assert Sinead does not have ‘ courage and integrity ’ and then follow this up with an argument that these nouns should be reserved for Mother Theresa and fellow carers . |
| 10 | Mr. Lester suggested as an alternative argument that this court should impose conditions upon the right of a local authority to sue for libel , such as the requirement to prove special damage . |
| 11 | If we were bound by the decision in Handscomb , I would see force in the argument that this principle should apply equally to mandatory life sentences . |
| 12 | But it is worth noting that though the problems this produces for validation of theory are still not resolved in the social sciences , some researchers comfort themselves with the argument that different theories may agree at least on common working definitions , while a significant body of methodological writers has learnt to love the thorny creature by arguing ( after Max Weber ) that the theory- or value-component is a crucial positive factor in social-science explanation . |
| 13 | The principal aim now was to refute the growing argument that nuclear power could avoid the damage to the environment through the greenhouse effect , but the mixture of suggestions ranging from solar power to replacing light bulbs with those which consumed seventy-five per cent less energy seemed naïve and hardly convincing . |