How To Use Argue In A Sentence

Hmm... a bit of Googling produces this short book review by Charles Solomon, which has the line: "As an essayist, Didion lacks the hyaline profundity of Susan Sontag or the classical erudition of Marguerite Yourcenar ... Making Light: Open thread 136
Absorbing throughout, her film is troubling, well-illustrated and cogently argued. Times, Sunday Times
One could argue that such a missile defence system would bring about the abandonment of ballistic missiles as strategic weapons.
He argues that the two main parties are no longer capable of holding together the divergent views within them. Times, Sunday Times
Critics argue it was only Lottery money and government cash that prevented the Games from being a financial disaster.

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The architectonics of the sculpted locks, the author argues, augment their power to fend off sorcery and other malevolent forces.
Instead, they've argued, companies are more like biological organisms - living things that learn, evolve, and eventually die.
And because tools were indispensable, they argued that capital was indispensable. Property and Prophets: The Evolution of Economic Institutions and Ideologies
Drake, in his _Eboracum_, says (p. 7, Appendix), "I have been so frightened with stories of the barguest when I was a child, that I cannot help throwing away an etymology upon it. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)
I would argue that this "mire" in which we have so willingly immersed ourselves results from our refusal to use labels. What is an Atheist?
They argue that this is the only way in which the Tories can recover lost support.
Indeed, some civil libertarians have already argued that this is the appropriate line.
I want to see Randy answer this question: 1. Accepting arguendo that mandating a person to buy health insurance is not regulation of commerce, there is no question that the rest of the bill is regulating the interstate market in health insurance*. The Volokh Conspiracy » A Quick Response to Randy on the Use of “Unprecedented”
This is in direct contrast to earlier work which argues that these calderas were not united until a central caldera formed late in the volcano's lifespan.
But it is not only Marxists who argue that bureaucracies may owe their primary allegiance to a particular class.
A company should not argue the inarguable, for it only harms credibility and makes motives and priorities suspect.
Whether we take the signified or the signifier, Saussure argues, language has neither ideas nor sounds that existed before the linguistic system, but only conceptual and phonic differences that have issued from the system.
Lacy argued that he was misled by Stello when the arbiter pumped him out at second during an apparent steal attempt.
In that case, the physicians argued that the trial judge had erred in preferring one responsible body of professional opinion to another.
After the 1979 revolution, they argued that women cannot be judges, and they made us all into peons in the ministry of justice.
Grams argues that all social layers share in life's abundance of physical and mental agonies.
Physicist and ufologist Stan Friedman argues that it's overwhelmingly likely that some UFOs are extraterrestrial spacecraft. Posthuman Blues
Like the 2-party system itself, there is little reason to argue that corporate charters are inviolate.
I would also argue that the results Kumon reports achieving have little to do with their philosophy and practice about teaching and learning and much more to do with the fact that it gets parents and assistants as its teachers are called genuinely involved in children's learning. Ellen Galinsky: Fast-Tracking to Kindergarten? How About a Good Track to Learning in Kindergarten and Beyond?
I would argue that the way engineering students learn to think is especially valuable.
So he argued against the rich being able to commemorate their war dead with ornate personal graves.
Without the change, dissenters could argue that, given the Senate numbers, compromise was essential.
It is argued, based on archaeological and ethnohistoric data, that the layout of the mound, burials, and charnel features is patterned after Native American notions of the cosmos.
Haven't you argued that abler people deserve more? Homage to Catalonia, II, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
He said McCain has been critical of so-called 527 groups — named for the tax code section under which they operate — and argued that "virtually every attack-style 527 group on the airwaves" is aiding Democrat Barack Obama. Price of Power: McCain accepts ex-Swift Boaters' donations
He argued that the reproaches were unfair.
I've said before that I think the supply-siders who argue that lowering our marginal tax rates will raise revenue are full of bunk.
Critics argue the process may cause earth tremors and want investment in green energy. The Sun
This argues a different philosophy of life. Molly Keane's Ireland
You argue against yourself, brother, and I find it to be more than passingly foolhardy.
The big banks argue that the advisers are walking a fine line. Times, Sunday Times
And then she had the temerity to sit there in a press conference and argue between herself and yourself.
The mildest critics argued that they were premature and that a decent interval should have been allowed before the struggle to analyse and understand began.
The scandal of Christian theology, of Jesus' particularity, Keck argues, must be considered in view of Jesus' Jewishness.
As described in Section 1.6, the constructive empiricist argues that one can make sense of the observable/unobservable distinction, even if observation is theory-laden. Beyond the Voice
Other critics argue that the proposal would increase costs for the state because the services provided by volunteer board members would have to be replaced by highly paid consultants.
I argue that the relationship between past success and convergent thinking may depend on the attributions that groups generate to explain their shared success.
The doves argue that following the UN track to the letter would help to build international support for war.
The year 1998 marked the bicentenary of the publication of the famous Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus, in which he argued that the population of a region would always grow until checked by famine, pestilence or war.
The author argues that the military's four-star regional commanders have usurped the influence and authority of the State Department and local ambassadors.
Blackwater, however, argued that the men were betrayed by the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and targeted in a well-planned ambush. Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Blaming Blackwater For Grisly Deaths
Mr Foster maintained his composure: If acceptable manners were a paddock, Mademoiselle Marguerite had not yet jumped the fence.
His ring classicism has always argued so persuasively against excessive physical harm, his pride was beyond anything but a regal exit.
Smithson argues that fire and police academies should offer this training.
They argued him into withdrawing his complaint.
At the end, he argues that a good progressive conservative government could cut useless measures like corporate subsidies, farm subsidies, and needless tariffs.
Others argue the effect of low-level radiation may be amplified by ‘toxins’ emitted from irradiated cells to non-irradiated ‘bystanders’.
Wesson meant for his plan to be triggered if police or employees with Child Protective Services — people he called devils — attempted to break up his family, she has argued. Wesson’s speedy trial a rarity
They argued that the presence of TV cameras at the trial influenced the behavior of attorneys, witnesses, and jurors.
I don't argue with the facts,only with the meaning you give them.
Some of the early church fathers used to argue that marriage was more of a sacrifice than celibacy.
It is argued that the chiefs need accommodation befitting their ranks and of reasonable size because their jobs entail some requirements to entertain foreign dignitaries. Times, Sunday Times
If all we do is say, we will only loan you the money, then we can never argue to those countries that they've got to forgive those debts.
At first, he was against our arrangement, but I managed to argue him round.
He was also something of a fiery personality, who liked to argue with referees, opponents and managers alike. Calcio: A History of Italian Football
No one could really argue with the choice of lawrencium for element 103, after the man who had invented the machine for element synthesis.
Colmar music "Colmar International Festival" this year celebrates the creative relationship between violinist Jacques Thibaud and pianist Marguerite Long with 26 concerts, including works by Brahms and Mozart. What's on Around Europe
But it cannot be denied that, in his endeavors to harmonize universal grace with the fact that not all, but some only, are saved, Melanchthon repudiated the monergism of Luther, espoused and defended the powers of free will in spiritual matters, and thought, argued, spoke, and wrote in terms of synergism. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Therefore, he argues, policies on skills and upskilling the workforce cannot be viewed in isolation from other areas of social and economic development.
He could not argue, looking at Imperial, that there has been a major brain drain of senior staff.
It was basically a selfish act, though no doubt a sophist would argue that it was done for the general good.
Then he argues that stories, ballads, and legends are not things of the past.
They argue that the main culprits have been local authorities and that their spending must be further curtailed.
There are some who argue that sovereignty or ultimate authority can be sliced up and shared around.
Some may argue that we should look after our own before we go off trying to save the world.
Most generally, Locke had argued famously that real essences are unknowable.
They argue that as a tool of understanding rather than explanation, activity theory is supported primarily by means of idiographic, qualitative, and/or case studies.
These strategies, I would argue, are entirely familiar and slightly shopworn.
In New York, families of fire-fighters and other victims argue over how vast compensation packages are parcelled out.
The Ontario government, backed by other provincial governments, argued against the lower court rulings, saying the Metis existed as a community only after European settlers arrived in Canada.
Keill acted as a propagator of Newton's philosophy and argued against Whiston and others.
John Manley, former Deputy Prime Minister, has argued along the same lines.
Indeed, I would argue that it has already happened to some degree, as student loans have democratized the college degree and worn off some of its cachet.
Sociologists Claude Fischer and Greggor Mattson have argued that while much talk about America fragmenting is overblown, “gaps by social class and educational attainment are widening among Americans by almost any measure.” American Grace
You argue your case well, Grant; I believe you have our legal light rather feazed -- that's the word, isn't it, Mr. Murdoch? Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day
I also recall Montesquieu argued the courts should be invisible! The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional
Many argue this would keep the country moving while suitable public transport alternatives are worked out.
This is an immaculately researched, sophisticatedly argued investigation.
I guess you're more of a stick your fingers in your ear and repeat yourself over and over "arguer". Buffalo Pundit
Advertisers had argued that to ban the advertisements would be overzealous political correctness.
The old pub ashtray was beautifully made and designed, produced in limited numbers and has great nostalgic value, he argues. Times, Sunday Times
Church and Outram argue instead that solidary behavior and the skill of managers and supervisors in dealing with labor unrest are more reliable indicators of the likelihood of strikes.
They argue that grades artificialize the learning process and teach the kids to think in terms of a desired grade instead of in terms of what they might be learning, and that grades also artificialize the nature of the relationship between the teacher and the student, encouraging the student to see the teacher as the dispenser of grades rather than a mentor or interlocutor. Gradewise
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Having gold inside their investment portfolios has given these investors a feeling of security and comfort, and who would argue with that?
It argues that this reflects the inherent character of the relationship between the public enterprise and the political controllers.
Morgan argues that forcing organization theory into lexicons, literal language and precise formulations is a retrograde step.
Though I’d argue that what you term stylistic urban fantasy also offers a wider range of protagonists than the stereotypical straight white “can-do” male. The new urban fantasy. Same as the old urban fantasy?
The government argued that this move will put energy behind the drive to get more people and public services online. Computing
The insurance industry has argued that legal costs add about 40 per cent to the cost of insurance claims.
Duquin argues that nonactive representations of women may reinforce the view that women's bodies serve an ornamental, rather than instrumental, function.
It argues that observation and experience are keys to constructing and judging scientific theories.
We are most anxious in Canada to secure a greater population, but a man who has once received the "dole" argues, "why should I leave England, where the 'dole' is obtainable, and migrate to Canada, where it is not to be secured? A Canadian's View of the Empire as Seen From London
Not only has the idea of schooling spread across the globe but, argue world culture theorists, schooling all over the world takes the same general form.
From the difficulty of assigning a beginning of time, he argued the eternity of existing nature, of void space, and of motion.
The book argued that to win a war civilian leaders sometimes had to get really involved in the nitty-gritty details of how to conduct it. The Longest War
The appellant thus argued that the trial judge misapprehended the facts and/or misapplied the appropriate standard of care to the facts.
In fact, Robert E. Cray argues in his book on poor relief in New York that many rural towns erected workhouses and poorhouses before the American Revolution.
In fact, I argue that evolutionary processes are the only known processes which can generate such nested hierarchies.
Millions of carers argue that they bear the brunt of the job ... without recognition, or proper payment.
It would arrest the cutbacks in service facilities argued for on the basis of regional headcounts and infrastuctural potentials.
Lawyers for the schools had argued that abuse alleged to have happened years ago would make the commission's findings unsafe because of dimming of memory and non-availability of witnesses because of death.
Central to the Vichy vision, she argues, was the eternal female, ever supportive, fertile, and pure, in a timeless social and moral order where women were mothers, the helpmates of men, and guardians of moral probity.
It's only what my dad would call corroborative evidence, or proof, "remarked William; whose father, although a blacksmith, was considered one of the best read men in Stanhope, and able to argue with The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain
Ralston argues not only that theism has a positive biological function for human culture and survival, but also that there is good reason to regard it as true.
It should be noted that they have argued that the development of a bony secondary palate might have originally served as an aid to mastication, although this proposal has not gained currency.
The new audience would be all of those who have ever figured they were getting screwed when they tried to argue for a raise, dicker with cantankerous suppliers, sell a used car, or buy a new house.
While some scholars argue for re-enactment's interrogative possibilities, these possibilities tend to be circumscribed.
The Camargue region of France on the Mediterranean is a fascinating place but I´ll tell you what. Ajijic as Saintes Maries de la Mer
The statement argues a change of attitude by the management.
If he starts from that position, he could then argue that reducing “all right” to an “alright” that * means the same thing* as (the acceptable-in-writing) “all right” is illogical (it would be creating, in effect, a new homograph to ‘alright’). The pot calling the kettle illogical « Motivated Grammar
ISIS argues that among the biggest threats posed by Pyongyang's perceived advancement in uranium-enrichment is the North's historical willingness to export its nuclear technologies. U.S. Expects to Restart Bilateral Talks With Pyongyang by January
As Diana Archibald has argued, station houses in the bush utilized spatial patterns unlike those found in a British town house or country home, thus necessitating new cultural practices and domestic routines.
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., also argued that increased fines were needed as a way to pressure businesses into compliance.
For instance, Matt argues thatThe Democratic Party is awash in secretiveness, and while there have been Kerry emails which explain a bit of polling, one is mostly kept in the dark as to the strategic direction of the campaign. Sometimes the first thought...
In very appealing reasoning it is also argued that the complete unbroken circle, symbolizes the Buddhist wheel of life.
By 1946, Woodhouse contends, the political objectives of all factions were clear to all, and there was no basis on which to argue that EAM's supporters were 'hoodwinked'. back Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity
An action has been taken against Mr Warden Harding, on behalf of the almsmen, by a gentleman acting solely on public grounds, and it is to be argued that Mr Harding takes nothing but what he received as a servant of the hospital, and that he is not himself responsible for the amount of stipend given to him for his work. The Warden
For it could be argued that women artists have a quite specific relationship and history to publicly sited works.
The council argue they have been working hard to resolve the issue but Charlotte is refusing to let workmen access the property to repair the damage.
The gamy flavor and superior texture of the wild turkey over a domestic bird argues for its use.
This paper will argue the importance of indigenous ethnic identity in influencing economic development in the region.
Their plan, they argue, would not have the inherent risks of the more radical privatization plans.
Some argue it would take away the huge advantage the top four seeds have from byes and home-field advantage.
Mr. Silber argues that humint has proven even more valuable than sigint in detecting and thwarting homegrown threats—the fastest-growing category of militant Islamist terror. How the NYPD Foiled the Post-9/11 Terror Plots
It can then be argued that treatment effects result from selective attrition of higher risk cases.
It is not their costliest car; their costliest is the Corniche, then the Carmargue. Archive 2006-04-01
She argued powerfully for reform.
Along the way, Polkinghorne argues that going beyond the basics of theism can make belief more credible to nonbelievers.
You can't argue that somehow this very rich family needs this money.
You could argue that was swindled money well spent. Times, Sunday Times
One could argue that the insurance industry should be able to exercise the same power to control legal costs.
I had a feeling that his logic would not bear close scrutiny but was too numb to argue with the ancient greenkeeper.
To argue against it is to, in essence, argue against any form of birth control, because birth control is preventing conception, which is what EC is doing.
The career of Bernardo Bellotto argues for a more cosmopolitan image and the abiding strength of Italian centres of culture.
Others argue that the workshop was only carried out to increase municipal authority over contested forest areas, and the resulting municipal policy failed to reflect the needs of families who require fuelwood for subsistence.
In the case of the perch, the anglers argued that catching a fish was a human prerogative. Times, Sunday Times
Instead I argued that such ultimate questions are not answerable, at least by anyone in our contemporary conversation.
There was a time when I would have argued that our libel laws were draconian and should be amended.
However, I argued that we should not suppose that the essentially competitive process he proposed implies a competitive outcome.
Others have argued that these periods of droughts are not abnormal.
For two hours Erasmus Smith, the Boer predicant, argued in vain in behalf of his flock. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three)
“Jill, someone who is cisgendered has an interpersonal sense or understanding of their gender and genitals that match or correspond (or what some might argue a “normative” state).” Third-Gendering « Bound, Not Gagged
Yet it is hard to argue against the idea that something radical needs to be done. Times, Sunday Times
As Audre Lourde argued, if we are to work for true social change and justice, there cannot be ‘a hierarchy of oppressions.’
They argue that more international attention is needed on what amounts to hidden apartheid.
One could argue that McNamara is exhibit A in my case against what Thomas Sowell would call the unconstrained vision, which holds that certain people have so much knowledge and moral strength that they should be given great power over the rest. Robert McNamara , Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Having confessed, according to the terms of the text, that the field or ground is not the Church, but the world, he proceeds, with a very strong animus against what he calls puritanism or separatism, [14] to argue in the usual way against every attempt to purify the visible The Parables of Our Lord
Towards the end of my little encounter with Sophie Ward we argue about whether or not she is argumentative.
Bank officials argued that it is not their job to chase down every asset of every bank debtor.
Of course clinton supporters are going to argue wright is an issue. Exit polls: Nearly half in both states say Wright an issue
We argue once or twice a week. The Sun
His history is, he argued, "a biography of things, a filiation of objects, not as pictures of an exhibition, but as records of the process of their coming into existence. Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna
As Clifford Geertz has argued, in a witty and perceptive essay on Benedict, in itself the book is perhaps better seen as a kind of Swiftian satire, in which the alienness of Japan is used to unsettle US assumptions about the naturalness of their own society, than as a work of 'scienti c' anthropology (Geertz 1988; see also Lummis 1982). Recently Uploaded Slideshows
Volpe was reportedly "irate," and he and Wiese argued at the desk; Wiese had never liked Volpe. Incident in the 70th Precinct
Logic argued the case for this theory, but instinct rejected it.
Our results," as they both argued, "seem so far to indicate that the hydrogen nucleus is a more common constituent of the lighter atoms than one has hitherto been inclined to believe. Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna
Unity in the Scripture is so pressed, so commanded, and commended, that not to breathe after it argues a heart acted by another spirit than that which moved the holy penmen thereof. The Sermons of John Owen
The first cynicism argues that the ANC government is creating a 'technicist' approach to governance, meaning that all policy is reduced to technical jargon and bureaucratic reasoning. CONTENTS:
Mencken argues that the Constitution does not permit the government to use its authority and resources to endorse or spread particular religious beliefs.
They argued that the law was unconstitutional as it stripped them of their intellectual property rights without compensation. Times, Sunday Times
For De Vos, Benedict's text had been both an inspiration and a foil, against which he argued that the Japanese are a deeply interiorized and guilt-ridden people and not motivated by external emotions rooted in social shame as Benedict had described. Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco : The Fox
Optimists argue that the U.S. will keep its innovation lead because it has invented new products before.
The defendant argued that any liability which he had, extended only from his breach of duty until the armed robbery.
Orwell argued that in a time of universal deceit the only revolutionary act is to tell the truth.
Guys (meaning "gunnies" of both genders) There is little use in argueing the FACTS with Paul and other anti-freedom zealots ... because the simple FACT of the matter is, when it comes to leftist liberal nut jobs they NEVER let them pesky little FACTS get in the way of 1) Their "Feelings" 2) a good tale. A Hit From The Supremes
I wanted to argue, or display my thespian skill by claiming a dying relative or dire emergency.
There are people within the Catholic Church who might argue that those who label themselves ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’ aren't necessarily living unchastely.
In France, a variation of the game is called jeu de Paume ; the Spanish play pelota ; in Italy it's known as pallapugno , while the Dutch play kaatsen and the Belgians call it llargues . Fives Reasons for Olympic Gold
During the long post-war boom, argues Aglietta, such flexibility had not been an important regulating mechanism.
The court argued that someone working in the government finance ministry could not possibly be subject to persecution.
The intendment, I say, of the apostle, in that exceptive plea he puts in, “Nevertheless,” is evidently to exempt some from the state of falling away, which might be argued against them from the defection of others. The Doctrine of the Saints�� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
Hard to argue with the non-partisan CBO on that fact. GOP chairman isn't sure who his insurance provider is
This finding bolsters the so-called gestural theory of language evolution, whose proponents argue that language evolved initially as a gesture system before becoming vocal.
I think what you can argue is we're stuck in neutral. Obama Faces A New Political Reality
Indeed, it might be argued that the state of the marriage is summed up in contrasting scenes relating to the preparation or consumption of food.
It could be argued that Blast was a miscalculation all round, even for Wyndham Lewis.
During oral arguments before the high court, attorneys for each state will argue that it alone should control the island.
The fact that anyone bothers to even argue with this post depresses me, but if you really need to think about it, substitute the word "Black" for the word "Albanian" ... ill lich replied to comment from nutbastard Is Sony legally required to make its games accessible to disabled people? - Boing Boing
The anti-abortion lobby argues that a fetus is a person who is entitled to civil rights.
A presidential nominee should expect scrutiny, it argued. Times, Sunday Times
The threat of cyberwar is overblown, he argues. Times, Sunday Times
A nation, he argues, can move toward democracy and, at the same time, diminish liberality generally and human rights particularly.
Koizumi has argued that it will take three years of tough economic times to fix the banks, put deadbeat corporate borrowers out of business, and set the stage for a new period of growth.
For example, the vexed problem of alcohol abuse is argued by some to be amenable to outside intervention.
In her paper, Agnes Helmstetter, now of the University of California, Los Angeles, uses the most complete analysis to date to argue that maps that ignore small quakes miss a big part of the picture.
It is hard to argue that the average rat has been endowed with conspicuous display ornaments by the preferences of ancestral females.
She was in no state to argue, nor to mask herself as a horrible monstrous creation.
The fourth person Eddie meets is the young Marguerite whom he loves dearly.
They exchanged banter over their desks, argued about clients and enlivened their team meetings with fierce exchanges. Times, Sunday Times
They argue that these men have suffered bad childhood experiences which have prevented their normal development.
However, the reason for rejecting the unanimity principle was itself very Russian; it was argued that one juryman should not be allowed to thwart the will of eleven others.
And you could argue that the team seemed pleased with mediocrity. The Sun
Defence Minister Moshe Arens had successfully argued that defence spending could not be reduced in the light of the ongoing Gulf crisis.
The fallen dictator must be locked up in a prison cell, not placed in a five-star hospital, argued Jano Charbel, a journalist. Mubarak suffers reported heart attack while facing Egypt's corruption claims

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