Example sentences of "arguing that [pron] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not arguing that everything is predetermined . |
| 2 | They are arguing that it is not fair to have the ‘ haves ’ and the ‘ have-nots ’ ; it 's not fair to have a north and south divide . |
| 3 | Because of the preponderance of older people among the disabled and the cost implications of recognising this fact within the social security system , policy makers have consistently tried to deny the existence of disability among this group , arguing that it is a ‘ normal ’ part of the ageing process . |
| 4 | On the whole the authors avoid these sterile tactics and show an awareness of the strengths of the relativist position while arguing that it is mistaken . |
| 5 | Walker ( 1981 ) draws particular attention to poverty in old age , arguing that it is ‘ primarily a function of low economic and social status prior to retirement and the depressed social status of the retired , and , secondly of the relatively low level of state benefits ’ . |
| 6 | More radically still , Derrida works at the limits of any possible philosophy of history , arguing that it is not just that the problems of hermeneutics , specifically of interpretation and language , affect historical understanding , but that what in a broad sense he calls writing , or différance , determines history . |
| 7 | I have spent many hours of my life arguing that it is not necessary to have been in prison to write convincingly about prison conditions , not to be poor to declaim on the evils of poverty , nor black to describe racial discrimination . |
| 8 | In her other essay she considers the theme of female deceptiveness in those scriptures , arguing that it is the text itself which is deceptive through its failing to name the real problem : namely that the power relations which pertained between men and women forced women to seek to obtain their ends through underhand means , while at the same time the deviousness of women is used to justify their inferior position . |
| 9 | While Mukařovský and the Thèses proposed that the ‘ set ’ towards the message was brought about by deviation from or violation of a norm , Jakobson here in his later work is arguing that it is the consequence of the peculiar symmetry or convergence of the ‘ poetic ’ text . |
| 10 | Eudoxus scorns this answer , arguing that it is typical of acts with failed human agency ( the ‘ good counsels ’ devised ) to throw the reasons for their failure on to divine agency , ‘ so as to excuse their own follies and imperfections ’ . |
| 11 | Other advisers placed much more emphasis on the self-appraisal , some arguing that it is the most important part of the process . |
| 12 | The government has already gone into court arguing that it is justified in not publishing the report — the case goes to the law lords on April 10th — and does not want to anticipate their decision . |
| 13 | The government is committed to closing the plant by the end of this year , but the local nuclear lobby is pressing for the deadline to be extended , arguing that it is dangerous to close a reactor down quickly . |
| 14 | This is usually countered by arguing that there is a basic selection of knowledge and skills that a nurse must have to ensure competence , and teachers and curriculum planners are in a better position than students to know what these are . |
| 15 | Bukharin again disagreed , arguing that there is basically only one law , that of proportional labour expenditure . |
| 16 | Instead of arguing that there is one correct answer to questions about the use of law we would advocate a close scrutiny of its context . |
| 17 | David Lodge , in Language of Fiction , adopts a monist stance , arguing that there is no essential difference between poetry and prose , in so far as the following tenets apply to both : |
| 18 | Without a recognition of the common disadvantage experienced by women and older people , there is always a danger that proposals to eliminate sexism in certain aspects of social policy may unwittingly condone ageism by arguing that there is actually a conflict of interest between women ( as carers ) and older people ( see , for example , Finch , 1984 ) . |
| 19 | Editor , — Headlines reports a study noting that the work of police surgeons in inner London is dominated by calls associated with intoxication and arguing that there is a need for a standardised approach to the assessment of a suspect 's fitness to be interviewed . |
| 20 | The argument that Linguistics-based courses are impracticable , cited a number of difficulties that are real enough , arguing that there is not time in a course already fragmented , and asserting that there were not enough people equipped to design and teach such courses as we envisaged and advocated . |
| 21 | Rather , he was arguing that there is indeed a ‘ biotic ’ level to human behaviour , one constituted by instincts of survival and competition . |