Example sentences of "argument [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Carson to Paisley one finds the argument that it is legitimate to fight to regain one 's fundamental freedom if the sovereign with whom one has covenanted one 's allegiance betrays that allegiance and conducts one into slavery . |
| 2 | Harry MacAdoo , then the Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin , on several occasions put forward the argument that Southern protestants were a minority group with their own culture and traditions , and thus deserved to have schools for themselves in order to hand on their own traditions . |
| 3 | However , Greeley and Rossi 's work also has been used to uphold the defenders ' argument that , though Roman catholic schools varied in their efficiency , they were certainly better than any possible alternative in terms of producing good Roman catholics . |
| 4 | But the central and substantive argument that defenders of Roman catholic schools have had to deal with is that the dual school system in Northern Ireland encourages , supports , or at least reinforces the sectarian divide , and that it forms part of the vicious circle maintaining conflict in Ulster . |
| 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 | When Scholes writes that ‘ no text is so trivial as to be outside the bounds of humanistic study ’ , I am reminded of C. S. Lewis 's argument that any piece of writing has a claim to being literary if someone can read it in a ‘ literary ’ — i.e. an absorbed , attentive , loving — fashion . |
| 7 | His attitude both to life and art , charming enough in him , when taken up by others as a general cultural ideal becomes something deadly , especially for the English , an intelligent but very lazy people , far too easily bored , and persuaded beyond argument that they are the Herrenvolk . |
| 8 | Mr Cook also countered the argument that PR would build in a pull towards the centre ground , preventing Labour from implementing a radical programme . |
| 9 | But , particularly since Tiananmen , it has been echoing the argument that people would be less concerned to leave Hong Kong before 1997 if they could be absolutely confident that other countries would accept them after that date . |
| 10 | It has , meanwhile , steadfastly ignored the argument that people who can not get out will do their best to leave ; while those with the ‘ insurance policy ’ of a passport in their back pockets are more likely to stay on and try to make their home-town work . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | This is not an argument that should only concern South-easterners . |
| 13 | But I know this ; if it is going to work , there is no argument that denies Britain a place at the leading edge of what is happening . |
| 14 | The Chancellor should be wary of the argument that the deficit does not matter because it is in the private sector . |
| 15 | The argument that a ban will drive ivory trading underground is plainly absurd , since up to 90 per cent of all ivory currently in trade has come from elephants illegally slaughtered by poachers . |
| 16 | Indeed , there is a strong argument that stretching the long arm of the law to the ‘ innocent ’ hacker could escalate rather than curb serious crime . |
| 17 | Willink as a lawyer had a lot to do with the administration of the Church and saw the argument that an archbishop must be able to bear a load of administration . |
| 18 | The King 's actions in August 1931 are sometimes defended with the argument that he was merely acting on the advice of the party leaders . |
| 19 | Stone is utterly convincing in his argument that the 1857 Divorce Act had nothing to do with perceived changes in the economic conditions of the labouring poor during early industrialization and everything to do with lawyers ' determination to do something about the chaotic state of the law . |
| 20 | While the example of Kepler illustrates the influence of artistic practice on a ‘ scientist ’ ( which is not Kemp 's primary concern ) , discussion of this instance would have enhanced considerably the author 's argument that both the theory and practice of perspective were significant resources for the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century . |
| 21 | It was perhaps the argument that this imposition of middle-class morality was holding back the British cinema which led to the matter becoming an issue of public concern . |
| 22 | If there was any substance in the argument that high quantity was necessary to bring about a certain level of quality , this retrenchment would have been disastrous . |
| 23 | Rank 's argument that he needed the studios , the cinemas and the distribution network if he was to ensure that his films performed in foreign markets was , therefore , one that relevant officials were predisposed to accept . |
| 24 | Michael Powell noticed the development of a ‘ civil service ’ mentality within Rank at the time of making The Red Shoes , but his argument that ‘ there is something after all to be said for lavishness , improvisation and a certain amount of waste ’ was not likely to make much headway with John Davis , managing director of Rank from 1948 , who disliked creative people , considering them extravagant and unreliable . |
| 25 | He dismissed Mr Crook 's argument that the judges should have made orders postponing publication until after the jury 's verdict , instead of excluding the press and public . |
| 26 | Mr Crook 's argument that the press should be allowed in court , even if the public was excluded , was rejected . |
| 27 | Yet the argument that she sacrificed her art for his is as stupid as the argument about who influenced whom . |
| 28 | The judge rejected the argument that publication of the information in an article would be in the public interest . |
| 29 | Dismissing the argument that the directives were unreasonable , perverse or out of proportion , the judge said that perhaps the most startling feature of them was how little they restricted the supply of the ‘ oxygen of publicity ’ to the specified organisations . |
| 30 | Schmeling , a sprightly , dignified 85-year-old , is certainly an argument that some fighters come to no harm , even those who suffer the sort of beating Louis meted out when the pair met again . |