Example sentences of "[noun sg] it can be argue [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second it can be argued that the relationship between community care plans and local authorities ' practice is not straightforward , but remains to be evaluated . |
| 2 | By placing such emphasis on social reaction it can be argued that Interactionists have minimised the role of the individual criminal . |
| 3 | On the basis of this schema it can be argued that the high-water mark of class/party correlation in the 1960s , registered above , was not so much related to the current policies of the political parties , as to the ‘ delayed ’ effect of the social conditions of the interwar depression years and the substantial shifts within popular ideology and political alignment during and immediately after the second world war . |
| 4 | In one sense it can be argued that generalizations are of little use . |
| 5 | Of course it can be argued that since he adopted the Liberal cause in the 1920s , he was practically at one with Liberalism , and that is all that matters . |
| 6 | On the other hand it can be argued that the sauropods like Brachiosaurus were so large , and with a relatively small surface area through which to cool compared with their enormous volume , that their cooling rate could have been slow enough to allow them to sustain more continuous activity than smaller , living reptiles . |
| 7 | On the other hand it can be argued that , by rejecting the bid , the MMC were more concerned to maintain the existence of competition ( as measured by the number of firms in the market ) rather than enhance the ability to compete ( as claimed by those arguing that a merger would lower unit costs ) . |
| 8 | Housing can be a tool of social policy ; in fact it can be argued that it must be , since it is a crucial element in people 's lives and fair access to housing is essential to achieving social justice ( Burke 1981 ) . |
| 9 | By focusing so much attention on what is different about the Japanese labour market it can be argued that ‘ four-fifths of researchers energy has been put into investigating the careers of one fifth of the labour force ’ ( Plath 1983 p.31 ) . |