Example sentences of "be argued [conj] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has already been argued that physics is constructed through a series of dualities in which physics is rated positively , and other disciplines , chiefly the arts , are rated negatively . |
| 2 | It has often been argued that Marxism is largely based on a utopian ideology , functionalism on a ruling ideology . |
| 3 | Except in the mountainous Balkans , this did not prove possible : and it has more recently been argued that resistance was ‘ seldom effective , sometimes stultifying , frequently dangerous , and almost always too costly ’ . |
| 4 | Thus , it has been argued that photography is the quintessential surrealist art form , that photographs are like ‘ death masks ’ , like footprints in the sense of being ‘ imprints of the real ’ ( Krauss 1985b , p. 110 ) . |
| 5 | It has been argued that supply is more likely to show a positive response to relative price increases which are thought to be temporary than those that are thought to be permanent . |
| 6 | The unreliability of reported mergers has been argued for most strongly by Labov and his colleagues ( Labov , Yaeger and Steiner , 1972 ; Labov , 1975 etc. ) , and for inner-city Belfast it can be argued that meat is not really merged with mate , despite the fact that people believe that it is a merger . |
| 7 | It used to be argued that turbulence was necessary to ensure the oxygenation of the water and the continuation of the food supply , but it is now thought that the main role of turbulence is in getting rid of excess carbon dioxide . |
| 8 | Of course , it could be argued that purpose is not confined to use in a functional sense but also encompasses the enjoyment which the buyer can reasonably expect from his purchase . |
| 9 | It could be argued that integration is one of the few educational principles which has gained all-party political support . |
| 10 | Of course , it could be argued that ludism is , in its way , another interpretative strategy launched by the novelist : while conceding the liberating effect of viewing the literary text as an open and democratic discourse , Robbe-Grillet is again allocating a new role to the reader . |
| 11 | So it can be argued that adoption is in fact a less successful aspect of child care policy than it appears . |
| 12 | It could be argued that Blast was a miscalculation all round , even for Wyndham Lewis . |
| 13 | It could then be argued that ventriloquy is a better metaphor for fiction than criticism , because in criticism there are object texts which are not voiceless . |
| 14 | Alison Kelly sees at least four distinct senses in which it can be argued that science is masculine . |
| 15 | It could be argued that telepathy is a desirable characteristic for the subordinates of such a person ! |
| 16 | In Africa , it is argued that man was using fire at least 50–55 000 years ago , taking coals from camp to camp and using the fire to smoke out bees from their nests in honey-hunting , or driving game . |
| 17 | If it is argued that sarvodaya is an unattainable ideal , and that in the end one may have to settle for the happiness or good of 51 per cent , it could be stated in reply , that it is infinitely better to strive for sarvodaya and fail to realize it , than to start out with a limited objective and attain it at the expense of an unfortunate minority . |
| 18 | If this cycle obtains , then it is argued that government is controlled , and public policy is congruent with the wishes of the majority of the electorate for most of the time . |
| 19 | It is argued that birth is an illogical and inappropriate criterion for membership . |
| 20 | Here it is argued that jurisdiction is conditional on its proper exercise so that even if a tribunal is entitled to enter into the enquiry , it can lose its power by the way that power is used . |
| 21 | In standard economic theory it is argued that regulation is required if market failures occur . |
| 22 | At a meeting in Harare of African finance officials in July 1989 , it was argued that development is being held up by the tendency for government policy-makers to be involved in short-term crisis management for structural adjustment programmes , and responding to the demands of large numbers of foreign advisers . |