Obama apologists cannot argue that this is because the recession he inherited was so bad.
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The French people cannot argue that it has been foisted upon them unexpectedly.
One cannot argue with Hurricane Sandy, hopefully a once-in-a-lifetime anomaly, and perhaps other fundamental factors such as a wider trade gap.
You named Portland to your list and there I cannot argue.
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Because Tuesday was otherwise a slow day for news, journalists cannot argue that they did not have enough time to examine the implications of the arrest.
They will insist that the inspector either stops his enquiries or justifies why he needs to go further - and the inspector cannot argue with their decision.
Roman Abramovich may appear to have the attention span of a squirrel on crystal meth but the one thing you cannot argue with is the success he has brought Chelsea.
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While Romney may have dissembled about when he actually left Bain Capital, he has been disassociated with the firm long enough that he cannot argue that his tax returns will reveal proprietary secrets.
One cannot argue that we must reduce our deficit so that we do not leave our children worse off than our own generation while delivering to them a nation of broken down roads and bridges operated by systems that belong to an era that should already be relegated to history books.
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Environmentalists cannot really argue that eagle numbers are too low for this to be dangerous.
If we believe that they understood the intent of the law which they wrote better than we do, then we cannot seriously argue that they thought the 14th amendment specifically mandated debt expansion rather than other means such as cost reduction to deal with excessive debt.
Except in truly extreme cases, standards essential patents (SEPs) cannot be used to argue for sales bans on the offending products.
They argue that it cannot be stabilized, and we're better off cutting our losses and rapidly withdrawing.
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The pro-integration armed groups, in turn, use this to argue that they cannot disarm unilaterally, thus creating an intricate situation.
HSBC, says that those who argue that Asia cannot decouple from America are ignoring the fact that they already have.
They argue that they cannot compete with cheaper imports from Chile and Australia unless they use bulk wines from those same countries.
On the island of Cumbrae off the west coast of Scotland, GPs argue that they cannot provide the same levels of service without funding.
We argue that we cannot go on as we are: that when you're already borrowing so much it is quite wrong to deliberately borrow even more.
But they argue that organising cannot be separated from politics.
Ministers argue that they cannot properly defend the actions of the intelligence and security agencies unless they can withhold part of their case from the public and the individual who is suing them.
Higher rates also makes Brazil extremely attractive to the carry-trade, as investors from low yielding economies will pour into the Brazilian bond market, strengthening the real to the 1.80 level in a flash, and causing mild panic within the Finance Ministry who will argue that Brazil cannot compete in this market with such a strong currency.
Opponents argue that the amendment cannot be applied retroactively, but proponents say the amendment is clear on that issue.
Though they bring problems of resistance, it is no longer possible to argue plausibly that they cannot be given to even the poorest Africans.
His supporters argue that the constitution cannot be applied retroactively.
Sceptics argue that China alone cannot ignite economic recovery across the region because a large portion of Asia's exports to China are just intermediate goods, which are processed into exports to developed economies.
Samsung cannot and presumably will not try to argue that Apple is willing to license its design patents.
Even if it did ease rates and other lending restraints, credit would not rebound, they argue, because the banks cannot find willing borrowers.
But experts argue that current mobile technology cannot compete with fast fixed line connections such as fibre optics which offer speeds of up to 100Mbps.
This limited secondary market, the rail operators argue, means that they cannot justify spending large sums on rolling stock unless they are sure of keeping their franchises long enough to recover their investments.
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