Example sentences of "argued that it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prime Minister 's decision to take legal action was given strong support by other Socialists , but criticized by some leading politicians of the centre-right , who argued that it might constitute a restriction of freedom of speech . |
| 2 | During the debate Roy Hattersley , the deputy leader , argued that it would be ‘ historic folly ’ for Labour to back proportional representation ; inevitable coalitions would mean that ‘ we would never again have a Labour government that was able to carry out a Labour programme ’ . |
| 3 | Acknowledging that it would appear unjust to pay higher allowances out of taxation to the middle classes , she argued that it would only be possible if the higher allowances were paid for by the income groups or occupations which benefitted from them . |
| 4 | The Labour government , however , argued that it would seem like an act of ‘ sabotage ’ if Britain entered the talks only to walk out at a later date . |
| 5 | However , some argued that it would be difficult to include the voluntary and direct grant colleges in such a body and that national planning would thereby be more complex . |
| 6 | They argued that it would act as a mirror " to reflect the desires , opinions and hardships of the Thai society " so as to promote unity , ensure that the population 's grievances were heard , and prevent future crises from undermining the country and its institutions . |
| 7 | In confidential papers presented to Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , BNFL argued that it would not be commercially viable to reduce discharges from the Springfields plant . |
| 8 | The neo-classical economists argued that it would do so and , therefore , that all Keynes had done in effect was to add a single assumption to the neo-classical system : the assumption that wages and prices were inflexible downwards because of the existence of trade unions and other restrictive practices ( which , of course , was well known anyway ) . |
| 9 | The Revenue claimed that tax should be assessed on the full cost of the places , while Mr Hart argued that it should be assessed on the extra costs , such as meals and laundry , the school incurred as a result of having an additional pupil . |
| 10 | The SFO argued that it should be denied to Mr Nadir . |
| 11 | Some people argued that it should be possible to run down the existing hospitals almost entirely , replacing them by short-stay psychiatric units at general hospitals and long-term care within the community . |
| 12 | While Walesa endorsed the government 's reform programme in principle , he argued that it should be accelerated to avert social unrest . |
| 13 | When the administration sought the money from Congress , however , some Democrats argued that it should come either from tax increases or from cuts in other spending programmes . |
| 14 | However , the chairman of governors argued that it should be put before governors in light of the possible need to fight staff cuts in the school . |
| 15 | Others however , including many of the heads of state and government who attended the conference , argued that it should be seen as a first step on the road to sustainable development , a welcome acknowledgement of the seriousness of the problem , and of the fact that global co-operation was needed to tackle it . |
| 16 | Many commentators argued that it should have done so long ago . |
| 17 | For both Engels and Morgan the league typified a general political stage , and Engels argued that it could be found elsewhere in many parts of the world . |
| 18 | Britain was granted a specially lenient deal because Environment Minister Lord Caithness argued that it could not fit FGD in the required timescale , and that it had domestic high sulphur coal which it ‘ had to use ’ whereas other countries relied mainly on imported low sulphur coal . |
| 19 | He argued that it could be implied that it had been given with the intention that it should be used to promote the policy and objects of the enabling act . |
| 20 | In these areas 20 per cent of the farms sampled indulged in farm tourism , but most farmers saw it as a supplement rather than as an alternative to farm income , although Davies argued that it could be a much more profitable use of the farms ' resources . |
| 21 | " The Independent " argued that it could not in natural justice be bound by an order made against another newspaper , on different facts , and which it had been given no opportunity to oppose . |
| 22 | He termed this new pattern of systematized organization ‘ bureaucracy ’ , and argued that it must progressively supplant all rival systems of administration in a modern society because of its technical superiority in tackling problems and marshalling large-scale activity in a purposeful way . |