Some argue that Japan is an example of a nation state.

European officials will argue that their problem is more difficult.

Opponents argue that carbon pricing would hurt economic growth.

Russia cannot want a nuclear Iran.

Not all conflicts between religion and the state are easy to resolve.

Nobody would argue that US states have an abundance of sovereignty.

Critics argue that Mayawati s promotion of Dalit welfare seems to start with herself.

Some argue that taking drugs is against the spirit of sport.

Some argue that little has changed as a result of the test.

Indeed, each side says that the other struck first.

Ahmadinejad claims he wishes to investigate the conditions of prisoners.

Of course, not all things are less bad than we thought.

Blair was the first to argue that security is the first freedom.

One can argue that this trend bodes ill for China.

Many people would say that this is exactly the point.

Experts argue that well designed systems are like stage directions in a play.

Not all football games are fraught with negative feeling and violence.

While Sarkozy claims that Europe is his priority, his methods seem to contradict his intentions.

Gas is arguably more vulnerable than oil to unforeseen supply interruptions.

Indeed, it can be argued that the political dominos are already falling.

That is why critics argue that Bush's policy in Iraq was a mistake.

YAROSLAVL Russia is said by many to lack a civil society.

Today s gold bugs argue that the price could top 2,000.

The counter argument is that the threat of indictment will deter rulers from wicked behavior.

Nor, in the end, is politically motivated lending likely to be good for banks.

Some people argue that nuclear proliferation will actually reduce risks.

Obviously, neither the US nor Britain has reached that point.

The ADB argues that other agencies are responsible for social development.

Some officials claim that Cristina will bring in a new era of higher institutional quality.

He argued that QE is not nearly as unconventional as its critics claim.

There is no magic bullet for today s crisis.

Instead, it is claimed, eurozone members should have been allowed to default.

Others will say that a priority should be agreement on slowing climate change.

Some say that banks are inherently special, because they allocate society s savings and create liquidity.

Some would argue that gender equality is a consequence of the modernization process, not of Westernization.

Germany has historically never benefitted from isolation.

Some will argue that the real problem is that the Kyoto Protocol isn t strong enough.

Increasingly, alarmists claim that we should not be allowed to hear such facts.

Hansen argues that, the first action that people should take is to use the democratic process.

One can argue that economic performance would have been even better with less government intervention.

A Kerry administration, he claims, will restore respect for America in the world.

He claims he will not stop until your family is dead.

Although the text appears to be a Coptic translation from Greek, the author claims to have written in Hebrew.

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development, which produced a landmark study on the topic, contends that buildings should put back into the system at least as much energy as they take out.

Nobody is saying that now.