Example sentences of "could argue that " in BNC.
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| 1 | One could argue that digital technology is n't the only way to solve a particular circuit problem ; a nifty bit of design work with a couple of op-amps plus a few Rs and Cs can replace a complex digital filter system . |
| 2 | And as to dictatorships — in which he says two people in every 100 are interested in politics as opposed to three in a hundred in a democracy — you could argue that some dictatorships succeeded because they appealed to primitive instincts in people who were not interested in politics . |
| 3 | But you could argue that an extra 9mph on top speed is irrelevant on our increasingly crowded roads and that acceleration is what matters . |
| 4 | One could argue that British inhibition has played a part in the poverty of British scripts . |
| 5 | As a result , Brunel could argue that killing off the quickie at the end of the decade was a mistake since it was possible to make ‘ really fine , unspectacular pictures ’ , and ‘ we were evolving a technique that showed what could be done when facing fearful odds . ’ |
| 6 | John Beishon , director of the Consumers ' Association You could argue that food difficulties proceed and contribute to the development of sexual problems … |
| 7 | But if noise is the point at which language buckles and culture fails , then you could argue that noise occurs in moments , tiny breakages and stresses dispersed all over the surface of music , all kinds of music . |
| 8 | One could argue that there are certain situations in which the risk of serious harm is so obvious that it would be right for the law to impose a duty to take care to ascertain the facts before proceeding . |
| 9 | Although Mr Smith would also win widespread support from MPs and constituency parties , the Conservatives could argue that Mr Kinnock 's replacement had been sent on his way by the union barons . |
| 10 | Proponents of voluntary aided status for certain independent denominational schools could argue that the obstruction of their proposals is compounding the difficulties as well as denying them the choice which is available to other groups . |
| 11 | I suppose you could argue that we should turn the other cheek , but that seems like tempting fate when dealing with a boxer . |
| 12 | Now , no one could argue that all the problems of financial management — particularly as an aid to achieving the maximum VFM from limited resources — have been overcome in the NHS . |
| 13 | The smaller Divisions could argue that at the heart of their success lies an individual education process and a separate designation — the Chartered Building Surveyor is a prime example . |
| 14 | One could argue that such complaints constitute some kind of rationale for a general feeling that there are too many incomers in the area . |
| 15 | Alex Mair said : ‘ I could argue that what you are killing is n't a child and that repugnance at an act is n't evidence of its immorality . ’ |
| 16 | If it were mine and I wanted to make serious use of the bass , I 'd probably take the E and A drones off , as one could argue that they do n't do enough on top of the heavier bass strings , which might be better used for playing ‘ proper ’ bass lines . |
| 17 | But with Bunny Wailer oddly quiet in the writing stakes and Tosh contributing only the previously recorded ‘ 400 Years ’ , this is Marley 's show , and on ‘ Concrete Jungle ’ , ‘ Slave Driver ’ and ‘ Stir It Up ’ , no-one could argue that this is not a fascinating record . |
| 18 | One could argue that this inverted logic is acceptable because art ca n't be divorced from its conditions of production and consumption . |
| 19 | A purist could argue that it was class and function that set these store owners up for assault , but on the streets , in the full fury of those 48 hours , stretching from the mid-afternoon Wednesday verdict in Simi Valley , any Korean would have been fair game . |
| 20 | In The Prelude ( though one could argue that Wordsworth is writing after meeting Coleridge ) , he tells us that he felt these emotions as early |
| 21 | If this were so , we could argue that the poem only represents a temporary loss of faith , instead of the turning-point in Wordsworth 's career . |
| 22 | With openness , one could argue that the Institute would be seen to be discharging its obligations under statutory regulation and its charter . |
| 23 | One could argue that since the Institute has to be seen to be acting in the public interest , complete openness along these lines is the only alternative . |
| 24 | Like Anglo-Welsh , the big companies could argue that they are not heavily represented in the affected areas and therefore not creating a monopoly . |
| 25 | The educational and cultural gap between the élite évolués and the rest of the African population was noted by Almond and Coleman as a ‘ marked discontinuity in communication ’ between the two ; at the same time , between this African élite and European Frenchmen , ‘ one could argue that a unified communications process tended to develop ’ . |
| 26 | You could argue that the most interesting directors in mainstream Hollywood today are people like David Lynch , Joe Dante and others : tele-visionaries whose aesthetic owes something to the disjunctions of the small screen . |
| 27 | Even so , one could argue that it is necessary for sociolinguists at least to attempt such a distinction between folklinguistic stereotype and linguistic fact : particularly when the stereotypes in question are both ludicrous and contemptuous of women speakers . |
| 28 | Stewart could argue that it was little more than a playful cuff and Christophi certainly made a real meal of it by falling dramatically to the ground clutching his face . |
| 29 | One could argue that the poisonous atmosphere in rugby is a rather sad reflection of the vitriolic exchanges between politicians . |
| 30 | It could argue that while it still had to struggle with the painful problem of modernisation in much of the coal industry , its economic statistics compared favourably with those of other countries . |