Example sentences of "argued [conj] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here it will be argued that an indirect , and occasionally a direct , relationship does exist . |
| 2 | Even if certain of the valuations are not as objective as historical cost valuations , it may be argued that an approximate current value is of more benefit to users of the financial statements than a zero valuation or a precise but irrelevant historical cost valuation . |
| 3 | Despite the inherent difficulties in comparative work it has been argued that an international perspective has always been implicit to some extent in the study of industrial relations . |
| 4 | It is sometimes argued that an experienced programmer can detect the ‘ general shape ’ of a particular high-level language X from blocks of machine code , just by hunch and judgement , but this ignores the possibility that the code may have been written in language Y with the syntactic style of X precisely in order to create this confusion ; just as one can murmur English with a German intonation and cause a distant listener to believe he is listening to unintelligible German . |
| 5 | We have just argued that an important feature of research is its concern with the nature of the event under scrutiny . |
| 6 | Greece had argued that an independent nation called Macedonia would imply that the new state had territorial designs on Greece 's northern province , also called Macedonia . |
| 7 | I do not see on what grounds it could be argued that an amendment on the subject of Capital Punishment is outside the scope of a comprehensive Bill amending the law relating to the methods by which the courts are empowered to deal with offenders . |
| 8 | In a similar vein , B. A. Campbell and J.Jaynes have argued that an early experience can be perpetuated and incorporated into the adult personality only if it is periodically reinstated ; that is , if a small amount of partial practice , or repetition of the experience , occurs throughout childhood . |
| 9 | In place of the attempt to produce a synthetic totalising definition of classes it was argued that an analysis which respects the specificity of economic class relations ( defined at the level of property-holding ) , social collectivities and political forces is likely to be more fruitful . |
| 10 | Finally , we have argued that an appropriate institutional design must involve giving the competition authorities real ‘ teeth ’ to fine firms for abuses of market power , and to order structural remedies or regulation where the circumstances warrant such action . |
| 11 | However , it could be argued that an organisation is badly structured because it is poorly managed , and even if it were restructured , poor management would continue to depress the organisation 's performance — ie. performance may not be attributable only to structure . |
| 12 | However , writers such as Lindblom ( 1959 ) , have argued that an incremental strategy of ‘ muddling through ’ may be a positive one . |
| 13 | It has been argued that an appropriate definition of central in this context would be information related to risks and potential risks in a situation . |
| 14 | The students , who claim to have the backing of old girl Margaret Thatcher , had argued that an Act of Parliament was needed to change the college status . |