Example sentences of "the argument [adv] [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third there was some inconsistency ; here the argument curiously was that though there were powers for the control over the demolition of certain buildings there was no overall system . |
| 2 | The argument here is that the psychological tendencies responsible for the symptoms of psychosis are not the prerogative of the clinically psychotic . |
| 3 | The argument here is that a high correlation between an item and the overall test score means that the item contributes little new information which is not already tapped by other items . |
| 4 | The argument here is that it is tax schedules as shown in Table 16.6 , widely publicized in newspapers and annual tax returns , which form the basis for the ordinary citizen 's notion of tax burden . |
| 5 | The argument here is that the buyer can rely on the seller 's breach as a waiver of performance so as to justify refusal to accept delivery . |
| 6 | The choice of this measure is not arbitrary , for the argument now is that typically a bourgeois client brings an issue to a lawyer , which the latter translates into a meta-language in terms of which a binding solution can be found . |
| 7 | The argument now is that , in order to finance welfare provision , governments have imposed unjustifiably high levels of taxation , which have hindered investment and reduced productivity , encouraged the brain drain and increased inflation . |