Example sentences of "argued strongly for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even more than in the 1930s , the TUC were imprisoned within constraints imposed on it by a capitalist wage-structure : the TUC argued strongly for adequate pensions ( denying , for example , that an old person needed less to eat ) ; but if this was to be implemented without encouraging further wage-cuts to elderly workers , then it appeared to them inevitable that a retirement condition must be introduced . |
| 2 | Major naval , military and railway construction programmes scheduled to come to fruition in 1917–18 argued strongly for delay . |
| 3 | In the brief second session ( January 1658 ) he argued strongly for transacting with the new ‘ other House ’ as a House of Lords , expounding the virtues of government by a single person and a bicameral Parliament . |
| 4 | When our decline in influence and shift in interest argued strongly for participation in Europe , they remained ambivalent about those whom they thought of as ’ unreliable continentals ’ . |
| 5 | In addition , the employers in the industry argued strongly for the retention of a statutory levy because of the largely self-employed nature of the labour force . |
| 6 | For example , the Family Endowment Society , led by Eleanor Rathbone , argued strongly for a system of family allowances , enlisting the support of people like William Beveridge and Seebohm Rowntree for a measure which was widely recognised as a major step towards eliminating poverty . |