Example sentences of "can argue that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Shostakovich 's cycle of 15 symphonies can be said to represent a musical thread passing through the whole of the composer 's public life , then it can argued that his cycle of 15 string quartets represents the private persona of the man behind the mask from the beginning of his personal anguish in the late 1930s until his death in 1975 . |
| 2 | The latter half of the sixteenth century does , arguably , represent a significant turning point in the development of the hierarchy : until that time one can argue that its evolution had been largely functional , that the nature of the hierarchy ensured that those who reached the highest learned offices would have received a thorough grounding in the necessary sciences through both their education and their teaching , and practical training in the application of the law through holding several important kadiliks ; but that after that time , that is , from toward the end of the sixteenth century , the elaboration of the hierarchy was much more negative from the point of view both of learning and of good administration , being essentially an attempt to provide jobs and honours for an ever-increasing number of those seeking both . |
| 3 | But actually one can argue that we should be worried if it turned out to be very easy for chemists to obtain life spontaneously in the test-tube . |
| 4 | They can argue that they make their position on these things perfectly clear , and that if people vote for them then they know what they are going to get and have no right to claim that sabbatarianism is being forced on them . |
| 5 | One can argue that there were changes under way in the brewing industry before the beer orders came along . |
| 6 | The conclusion is the same : provided the doctor can argue that he was seeking to prevent pain and suffering , the other criteria proposed by Skegg allow for a sufficient degree of subjective assessment as to offer no real barrier to the exercise of the doctor 's paternalism . |
| 7 | He can argue that he has responded in a statesmanlike manner to the democratic will , and done what was asked of him . |
| 8 | The headteacher who organises a school on ‘ traditional ’ lines , the children sitting in rows of desks , following a school day which is divided into periods in each of which teachers deliver packets of information , can argue that his or her educational programme is appropriate . |
| 9 | It is in this sense that one can argue that our consciousness of the world is consciousness of the symbols we use . |
| 10 | It may be objected that the identification of such continuities bases a far-fetched proposition on simple coincidences , against which one can argue that it simply extends to the Reeve 's tale an alert manner of reading which has become absolutely orthodox in respect of the Miller 's Tale . |
| 11 | On the other hand , one can argue that it 's not about , necessarily , what individuals want to do , it 's about providing a framework that is good in health and safety terms . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't think it is theatre , and I also think that potentially it 's extremely destructive to the individuals involved , though you can argue that it 's their choice . |