The phrase "argued that the application" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a claim or position taken regarding a specific application, often in academic or formal contexts.
Example: "The researchers argued that the application of their new method could significantly improve efficiency in the industry."
Alternatives: "contended that the application" or "asserted that the application".
They argued that the application was a desperate move, having come four months after he was detained.
But the inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil has argued that the application of Moore's law is much wider than the semiconductor industry.
But she argued that the application of Section 66A in recent years has considerably weakened India's reputation as a champion of free speech.
Other critics have argued that the application of expected utility to economic decisions, including policy decisions, has engendered inappropriate valuations, particularly in cases in which monetary units are used to scale the utility of nonmonetary outcomes, such as potential deaths or damage to the environment.
In the article which may have cost him a Supreme Court bench, Posner argued that the application of free market principles to the adoption process would benefit children.
In ethical inquiry, Hook argued that the application of the scientific method was crucial for the justification of normative ethical statements and for their confirmation as objectively true statements.
The Bush administration is too quick to argue that the application of the act will impede the war on terror and poison relations with friendly governments.
He argues that the application of this set of interventions can produce "practical immortality", which are human lifespans in excess of 150 years.
We argue that the application of properly designed incentives, the hallmark of Experimental Economics, provides a high degree of experimental control, leading to internal validity and incentive compatibility.
We argue that the application of genetic engineering to crops within a few years brought a wave of improved domestication traits.
The Article also argues that the application of the general terms of the APA to tax administration must be informed by this pre APA history of tax regulation.
