Example sentences of "might [adv] be argue [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It might reasonably be argued that the single most inflammatory portrayal of Jesus anywhere is in D. H. Lawrence 's The Man Who Dies , published more than fifty years ago , a miniature masterpiece in which Jesus is depicted as having what used to be called ‘ sexual congress ’ with a priestess of Isis in an Egyptian temple .
2 Yet it might also be argued that the major political parties ensured that , despite the attention which Mosley attracted , the fascists were going to be marginalized .
3 It might also be argued that the mandatory life sentence makes a substantial contribution to public safety .
4 It might also be argued that the treatment of language in terms of sentences has been quite successful in revealing how language works , that within the sentence we can establish rules and constraints concerning what is and is not allowed , whereas beyond the sentence , such rules seem either to disintegrate or turn into rules of a different kind — social rules or psychological rules , which are not within the area of linguistic study at all .
5 It might also be argued that despite recent legislation ( some would say because of it ) parent-teacher relations are still too often fraught with fear , suspicion and misunderstanding ; that there is still too much teacher stereotyping of ‘ good ’ and ‘ bad ’ homes and parents ; and that many parents still lack power in relation to their parental rights and responsibilities .
6 From Wright Mills 's position that one does not need to demonstrate directly the existence of the shared ideology and shared objectives , it might also be argued that the corollary is also unnecessary ; that is , that the members ' awareness of the shared ideology is not a necessary condition either .
7 It might also be argued that this provision of free sterile needles might even encourage some drug users to experiment or continue with intravenous use .
8 It might also be argued that it functions as metonymy , in which some element closely associated with the prime function of the whole comes to stand in for it .
9 It might also be argued that the RPF provided de Gaulle with a means of influencing popular and political opinion on critical issues , particularly those relating to foreign affairs .
10 It might also be argued that as an activity and form of visual culture , it is class , gender and culturally specific .
11 There was in fact retaliation in any case , and it might even be argued that this silence on the part of the radio — which everyone knew to be under government control — actually encouraged angry Luos to believe that a Kikuyu conspiracy existed within the Government .
12 More than that : it might even be argued that any attempt to " prove " the irreducibility of spatio-temporal relations already presupposes , rather than helps to vindicate , the basic principles of a pluralist ontology .
13 The idea was to move away from an elitist and centralist view of things , yet it was to be a long time before such changes were implemented in the Government 's media , and it might well be argued that they have not progressed very far to this day .
14 Of course , watching or half-watching a debate is not the same thing as taking part in one , and it might well be argued that level or style of participation does not demand enough of the individual citizen .
15 It might well be argued that a genuine contributor would be prepared to write or share his or her experiences without monetary reward .
16 It might well be argued that the USM , now containing some 900 companies with a market capitalisation of less than £50m , has long outlived it usefulness .
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