Example sentences of "[was/were] argue that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , Tories did remain committed to the principles of passive obedience , non-resistance and indefeasible hereditary right , but they were to argue that none of these had been compromised by the Glorious Revolution . |
| 2 | But by March that year the Chiefs of Staff were recording a victory for their view of the Middle East , and were arguing that this implied that Britain must hang on to the right to return to bases in Egypt , even in the absence of agreement . |
| 3 | For a month or so it looked as if he had succeeded in defusing the time bomb , but soon Catholic leaders were arguing that nothing was really changing . |
| 4 | Paradoxically , these abolitionists were arguing that fear was supposed to induce reason and humanity and provoke policies which squared reform with stability and both with the interest of the nation . |
| 5 | For private residential care , we were arguing that there should be regulation of the location , form and size of private care by means of planning permission and monitoring arrangements . |
| 6 | Secondly , from very early days , several leading members of the revolutionary government were arguing that US intervention in Cuba was inevitable . |
| 7 | At the beginning of Surrealism it was argued that there was no Surrealist painting , but this dogma was soon reversed . |
| 8 | It was argued that the pattern in other countries was that laws permitting divorce followed social trends in the numbers of marriage breakdowns rather than vice versa and that the fears of societal breakdown promoted by opponents in Ireland were unfounded in fact . |
| 9 | It was argued that 5 per cent on paper would mean nearer 8 or 9 per cent in reality through wage-drift effects . |
| 10 | As the Conservatives themselves hesitantly took up the theme of citizenship in response to opposition challenge , it was argued that only a more flexible , compassionate style of Toryism could be their route to safety . |
| 11 | In Chapter 3 it was argued that pre-colonial society was indeed authoritarian , and that this expressed itself in a great stress on the conformity of the individual , and on a hierarchy of relationships between young and old , between chiefs and people and between men and women . |
| 12 | It was argued that the sensationalizing of relatively minor forms of rowdyism invented hooliganism as a ‘ social problem ’ . |
| 13 | The members of the School Boards were more secular in their thinking than the builders of the earlier parish schools , and although some designers used the Gothic style , it was argued that ‘ … a continuation of the semi-ecclesiastical style … would appear to be inappropriate and lacking in anything to mark the great change which is coming over the education of the country ’ . |
| 14 | For Mrs Bujok it was argued that the 1936 Act was designed to secure in the interests of the community at large that statutory nuisances did not exist . |
| 15 | It was argued that this was needed to allow the husband to do the field work as quickly as possible and so release him for more off-farm employment . |
| 16 | On the one hand , it was argued that there was a clear choice of methods of generating power which would be both cheaper and safer . |
| 17 | The European Convention on Human Rights With the challenge to the extra-legal procedures having failed in the English courts , the matter was referred to Strasburg where it was argued that the British practice violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights which provides that everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life , his home , and his correspondence . |
| 18 | Nevertheless it was argued that these procedures violated Article 8 of the Convention on two grounds , one because people were not always notified after the surveillance , the other because there was no judicial supervision of the procedures . |
| 19 | Thirdly , it was argued that the use of the phrase ‘ national security ’ was ‘ especially appropriate ’ because of the parallel with the European Convention on Human Rights which this measure was designed to implement . |
| 20 | Not only were their needs felt to threaten the living standards of other groups , but it was argued that these needs should be given less priority : ‘ It is dangerous to be in any way lavish to old age , until adequate provision . |
| 21 | It had been advocated countless times , but prejudice against it held sway , and it was argued that identifying players would pander to their individual egos . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In Chapter 2 it was argued that some of the most striking features of the post-war development of the British state , at least until the late 1970s , could be explained quite effectively in terms of ‘ corporate bias ’ , that is moves away from the formal structures of democratic ( electoral ) representation towards the representation of major corporate interest groups ( such as the trade unions and employers ' organizations ) , as mediated through the agency of the state itself . |
| 24 | First , it was argued that local government was financially dependent on the centre , and that ‘ he who pays the piper calls the tune ’ . |
| 25 | One focus of discontent did raise the issue onto a more general level when it was argued that it was the southern origins of the planning officials which.were responsible for their unsympathetic approach to Orkney 's housing preferences . |
| 26 | Using practical suggestions for network treatment , it was argued that the Verkehrsberuhigung is not just a treatment of isolated streets but must be area-wide in nature . |
| 27 | It was argued that many disputes which were previously resolved by headmen would be taken to the new courts . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Finally , it was argued that the Special Commissioner had erred in ruling that the evidence of a former deputy head of the Revenue 's Enquiry Branch was inadmissible . |
| 30 | However , it was argued that , if a foreign predator wishes to place a greater value on a British company than the stock market does , then that is to the benefit of shareholders . |