Example sentences of "argue [that] [pron] [vb mod] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Butler nevertheless felt the public would still misunderstand the intentions of the proposed legislative change , and argued that they would be deeply outraged by what they perceived , however mistakenly , to be the approval by Parliament of homosexual conduct , which was still regarded as a great social evil . |
| 2 | This , however , is not generally recognised and with the advent of the National Curriculum some have argued that there will be even less scope for innovation . |
| 3 | If an accused person hears that he is going to be sentenced to one year in jail , it is argued that it would be distinctly unfair for a prosecutor to appeal . |
| 4 | Opponents of the parking tax argue that it would be too complex to enforce and police . |
| 5 | Writing in Legal Medicine 1982 Frank Flannery and James Zimmerly , both of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington DC argue that it will be well-nigh impossible to establish a causal relationship between the doctor 's actions and the child 's defects , as hereditary or environmental factors could be to blame . |
| 6 | Others objected to the substantial working-class contribution to the scheme , arguing that it should be fully redistributive and extended to all workers . |
| 7 | I set out a position which argues that there may be too much and also too little evidence for the existence of God to make religious belief a tenable option . |
| 8 | If we had no possibility of observing directly what was holding it up , we could still argue that something must be there . |
| 9 | Some might argue that it would be more appropriate to treat the recent ‘ Troubles ’ in Northern Ireland ( from 1968 to the present ) as an example of guerrilla or civil warfare . |