The phrase "arguments were put" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the presentation or submission of arguments in a debate, discussion, or legal context.
Example: "During the meeting, various arguments were put forth regarding the proposed policy changes."
Alternatives: "arguments were presented" or "arguments were submitted".
Spurious arguments were put forward about the dangers of competitive sport to women's health and fertility.
Those arguments were put forth by the Bush administration, Mr. Livingston and another prominent lobbyist, Richard A. Gephardt, of Missouri, the former House majority leader and a Democrat.
At present it is included in Dade County, the region-wide governing body for metropolitan Miami, but Hialeah feels so mismanaged that it would rather try to run its own affairs.The city recently took its case to the Florida state legislature, where its arguments were put by Raul Martinez, the mayor.
In response to this obstruction, arguments were put forward suggesting that biobanking was a novel research context.
Pointing at possible socio-centrism and ethno-centrism of those constructs two different sets of arguments were put forward.
Following Monday's hearing, BOA chairman Lord Moynihan told reporters: "It was a good day, all the arguments were put really strongly.
What were the arguments being put to you?
And I want them to know that when these arguments are put to me, I consider them carefully.
Dictionaries say "a formal discussion in which opposing arguments are put forward", but many debates in the media are nothing of the sort.
On the premise that an injunction is necessary (and we do not know the evidence put forward), arguments are put before the judge.
"The academic world has been exasperated at the quality of the arguments being put forward by the banks and the fact they weren't being challenged," said Mr. Taylor, who has praised "Bankers New Clothess" on his blog.
