Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb mod] be argued [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or it may be argued that the documents contained the forged additions , but Ralph was silent because he knew they were forgeries . |
| 2 | Or it could be argued that the abbots had been merciful : that they had allowed slaves to become serfs . |
| 3 | The problem of fume cupboards is a sensitive area and it may be argued that health and safety considerations are in conflict with energy efficiency . |
| 4 | From the later Republic onwards there is no period of Roman history lacking fine portraits , and it may be argued that the lack of earlier survivals is merely due to chance . |
| 5 | The predicted expansion never came and it may be argued that Kielder , and the flooding of the valley , was a disastrous example of the worst kind of crystal-ball gazing so frequently employed to force unwelcome developments on an unwilling population ; and once again , the experts got it wrong . |
| 6 | And it may be argued that centralist solutions are dangerous , not only because in any particular administration they may be used to bad effect , but because in principle they inhibit freedom . |
| 7 | These external pressures have worked through to the universities , and it may be argued that the current problems universities face in regard to research funding in the earth sciences are the result of the rapid , uncontrolled increases in the 1970's . |
| 8 | English court procedure at present gives no rights of intervention to third parties ; and it might be argued that if they were significantly extended , this would increase even further the role of the courts in resolving disputes which ought to be settled by political , not legal , means . |
| 9 | This case did not concern the availability of coercive remedies against the Crown and it might be argued that this statement is of no relevance in that context . |
| 10 | In primitive societies with small , self-sufficient units there was no differentiation between centre and periphery , and it could be argued that many peasants in Russia remained at this level of perception during NEP . |
| 11 | In addition , it might be noted that British fascism had not substantially changed the attitudes of Britain 's major political parties and it could be argued that there was still much equivocation in government as to whether or not Mussolini or Hitler represented the biggest threat . |
| 12 | One important difference between surrogacy and homosexuality is of course that surrogacy results in the birth of a child ; and it could be argued that such a child might be socially disadvantaged if the facts became known . |
| 13 | We might agree that coercion ‘ in any evil sense ’ is not involved in the practice of satyāgraha , and it could be argued that what the phrase implies is that no abandonment of the principle of non-violence is involved . |
| 14 | Jackson have been very possessive of their peghead shape in the past and it could be argued that this guitar would n't be a Jackson without it . |
| 15 | And it could be argued that had he fought during that time , he might have honed the ring sharpness to capitalise on the moment he rocked Tyson in the opening round . |
| 16 | As Burton loved to live in opposition — it made him feel most alive and it could be argued that he lived in serious opposition to his own body for long stretches of his life — it is interesting to speculate whether the homosexual network gave yet another spin to his heterosexuality . |
| 17 | The Development Psychology Section lacks theoretical coherence , and it could be argued that the History and Philosophy of Psychology Section is restricted to a narrower area than the psychology of women . |
| 18 | The truce with the Scots was , however , opposed by some of the northern nobility , whose personal interest lay in continuing the war , and it could be argued that Edward had been forced into it by another military humiliation and a political misjudgement . |
| 19 | A suitable break-point was taken on the death of Magnentius in 353 , and of the reports examined from 334 buildings , no less than 199 offered no satisfactory evidence and it could be argued that the remaining 135 hardly offer a sufficient quantity for any serious statistical study . |
| 20 | It is true that many sociologists of religion have suggested definitions of their subject matter , but there is no clear agreement and it can be argued that if we were to stick to only one definition then we would not be able to ask — let alone answer — some of the questions in which they are interested . |
| 21 | This has the advantage of improving house-keeping and it can be argued that the absence of human beings reduces the danger of starting a fire . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , both MSC and other agencies are involved in training schemes for adults , and it can be argued that this is the most appropriate form of ‘ educational ’ provision for the unemployed . |
| 23 | To this extent , then , a photon feels the gravitational force and it can be argued that a photon should travel along a curved path in a gravitational field . |
| 24 | But it may be argued that ‘ conduct ’ includes the circumstances in which the conduct takes place , including such matters as the time of day or night in addition to the ferocity of the attack . |
| 25 | Mr Harold Macmillan was admittedly fortified by an informal poll of Conservative members and notables , but it may be argued that he should not have been the sole fountainhead of advice , if it is indeed a constitutional principle that a retiring Prime Minister has no special title or status to advise on the choice of his successor . |
| 26 | though David Holbrook ( 1973 ) , for one , would not agree — are the Narnia books of C.S. Lewis , but it might be argued that the story told allegorically in The lion , the witch and the wardrobe was told much more successfully in The Bible . |
| 27 | But it could be argued that the policy of spending on bases rather than on troops has paid off since Saudi Arabia has been able to accommodate , with astonishing ease , a multinational army 20 times the size of its own . |
| 28 | Wax as a modelling medium does certainly have the advantage of making sharp and fine decoration possible , but it could be argued that fine clay , at the right degree of plasticity , is more useful . |
| 29 | The bibliography is extensive with over a thousand entries , but it could be argued that it is a little haphazard . |
| 30 | Clearly , an LEA has an obligation in the words of a recent Audit Commission report ( Audit Commission 1989a ) to ‘ articulate a vision of what the education service is trying to achieve ’ and to ‘ support schools and help them to fulfil this vision ’ , but it could be argued that the most appropriate focus for such a vision , necessarily generalized because of the range of institutional contexts and pupil needs involved , should be on identifying broad goals and the kinds of learning which schools might seek to promote . |