Example sentences of "it [modal v] be [adj] claim [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting it in an academic essay would certainly be unexpected , but it might be possible to claim that it is a regional/class standard written form . |
| 2 | It would be absurd to claim that this day is already near . |
| 3 | It would be ridiculous to claim that the resistance of the last two decades has achieved nothing , for on the contrary it has brought about significant , noticeable change . |
| 4 | It was no doubt less advanced in its industrial organisation than Lancashire , where the last of the surviving handloom weavers were absorbed into other employment in the 1850s , but it would be unrealistic to claim that it was not industrial . |
| 5 | Of course , it would be naive to claim that all gifts are made with no thought of any benefit that might accrue to the individual or his or her family at some future time , or to deny that gifts are often a reflection of gratitude for past services rendered to a member of the family or the donor him or herself . |
| 6 | Although it would be mad to claim that I felt happy , my first feeling was one of cheer that I had escaped from prison . |
| 7 | It would be wrong to claim that Darwinism had no impact on the study of what would now be called ecological relationships , but the impact was indirect . |
| 8 | However it would be wrong to claim that this represented a view of existence . |
| 9 | Irrespective of the immense problems posed by the preservation of electronic record that the traditional archives are now having to face , it would be wrong to claim that many of these problems are entirely new or unchallenged . |
| 10 | It would be foolish to claim that the unions have done nothing right since 1979 . |
| 11 | However , of the studies I have mentioned it would be difficult to claim that more than a handful fulfilled the criteria I mentioned earlier : both ( a ) respected as an original scholarly contribution within its own discipline and ( b ) could clearly not have been done without a computer . |
| 12 | It would be fair to claim that the exam results in Classics are very good . |