Example sentences of "argument is that the " in BNC.

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1 Thus the argument is that the victim 's right to autonomy and freedom of sexual choice does not need to yield to the principle that a defendant should be judged on the facts as he believes them to be ; it would be so simple ( because of the inevitable physical proximity of the man and woman ) for the man to ascertain the facts here .
2 The second argument is that the governments of the EC have committed themselves to the goal of Monetary Union in communiqués at the end of summits in the past .
3 Now according to Hahnemann being better is n't a sign to stop the medicine , his argument is that the symptoms may be gone but the patient has not yet demonstrated that the predisposition has been removed .
4 His argument is that the penetration of capitalism into the countryside leads to the articulation of the capitalist mode with the subsistence economy , which in turn leads to the diversification of the village economy , with wage migration becoming an increasing part of rural life .
5 Very briefly , the basic Marxist argument is that the selective enforcement of the law , by largely ignoring white-collar/business crime , gives the impression that criminals are mainly from the working classes , which serves to direct attention away from ‘ ruling-class crime ’ .
6 The basic argument is that the more adolescents are supervised by their parents and , perhaps , their teachers , the less likely they are to become involved with or influenced by delinquent contemporaries and delinquent values .
7 His argument is that the density wave is of a different kind , the so called long wave mode , which propagates from the centre of the Galaxy outward , such a wave pattern rotates much more rapidly than the short wave mode and it just happens that , if this picture is correct , our Solar System is almost exactly at the place in our Galaxy where it orbits at the same speed as the wave ( Astrophysics and Space Science , vol 89 , p 61 ) .
8 But Winch 's argument is that the elder knows he has done wrong in killing the gangster .
9 Their main argument is that the World Cup should move around on a rotational basis , but having staged the first three tournaments , other countries have some catching up to do before it returns to these shores .
10 Another argument is that the planned £250,000 prize fund guarantees the players , as well as administrators , a bumper tournament .
11 The rationale behind this argument is that the criteria are consistent with the criteria for recognising an asset in the IASC 's Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements .
12 A second argument is that the system of property rights in which ownership and control are in the hands of shareholders violates the Christian concept of trusteeship and is contrary to the Biblical ideal of community .
13 His argument is that the motivation to form strong craft organisations to control entry to the trades will be greater in conditions of labour surplus which endanger the market position of skilled workers .
14 The general argument is that the existence of crime ensures sufficient diversity of behaviour and belief to allow society to adapt to new conditions .
15 The argument is that the postclassical perspective is a relatively more useful one for accounting for , and understanding the manipulation of , criminal action .
16 In a rape case the typical defence argument is that the woman consented to intercourse , while in sex murder the defence may be that she provoked him .
17 For the whole basis of Sartre 's argument is that the dialectic of history is not a metaphysical law , ‘ some powerful unitary force revealing itself behind History like the will of God ’ , but the continuously produced effect of individual conflicts ; each action is in its turn subsumed as a part of the whole in an ever broader , developing totalization ( I , 37 ) .
18 The argument is that the overall financial pool will suffer if a couple of first-round matches involve the big first-class guns , while perhaps four Minor sides play each other , with the two winners also drawn against each other .
19 Huntington 's argument is that the theory of conservatism to be preferred is that which most adequately and completely explains Burke 's ideology .
20 Simply stated , the argument is that the cost of capital of a corporation with management that trades on inside information will be higher than a corporation with management that does not engage in such trading .
21 The major objection to this argument is that the obligations are contained within the Protocol and not within the Treaty itself ; there is no organic link between the two legal instruments creating a mutuality of obligations .
22 That argument is that the dividend was necessary to the successful establishment , from nothing , of the co-operative store .
23 Essentially , the argument is that the information-handling resources which a young child brings to the communication task are limited .
24 The basis for this line of argument is that the Bible was written in an unscientific age , when people thought of " a three-decker universe " , with a God who kept on interfering ; but that now , in our enlightened scientific age , we know that their view of the world was quite wrong .
25 The thrust of the private language argument is that the solipsist can not even get started in this way .
26 The argument is that the clubs are in charge of several factors which can affect the over rate , i.e. the balance of the playing staff , the choice of captain , stewarding of sightscreens , etc .
27 One of the main planks of the CCAUK 's argument is that the Annual Percentage rate is not so high as it looks , since though most transactions are contracted for ( say ) 26 weeks , in fact they end up being repaid — with no series problem — in about 30 or 33 weeks , with no penalty .
28 Sound Warehouses ' argument is that the sleeve is a depiction of rape .
29 One argument is that the growing burden of taxation has tempted more and more people to disregard the law by not declaring taxable income .
30 His central argument is that the root cause of our modern ills is the frustration of the human creative instinct .
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