Example sentences of "it [was/were] claimed that the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was claimed that the Ptolemaic builders at Edfu in constructing the great girdle wall had followed a design written down by Imhotep . |
| 2 | There had been plans to introduce a separate currency , in the form of Soviet roubles stamped with a letter " U " ( Ukraine ) for purchasing basic goods , but it was claimed that the Soviet authorities had thwarted the plans at the last minute , forcing the reintroduction of coupons instead . |
| 3 | It was claimed that the unsolicited letter from Watts revealed the extent to which the partnership principle had failed to secure active , purposeful and genuine co-operation between the Cambridge Board and the WEA . |
| 4 | In effect , it was claimed that the unpopular and disastrous system of adversary politics and the threat of democratic socialism was in existence because of the working of the established electoral system . |
| 5 | For example , it was claimed that the military government had reduced the infant mortality rate to between 24 and 30 per thousand in the West Bank and 30 per thousand in Gaza , comparing very favourably with the rate , 22 per thousand , for Palestinians in Israel . |