Example sentences of "[pron] is claim [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody is claiming that the Brooklands offers the last word in performance , fuel economy , space efficiency , silence or ergonomic excellence . |
| 2 | It is claimed that catering colleges have failed to get to grips with the developments of technology , acknowledge its importance and provide students with a level of understanding based on the industry 's needs . |
| 3 | In a poststructuralist development of the idea , it is claimed that the most literary texts can offer is the endless ‘ free play of signifiers ’ . |
| 4 | It is in this latter sense that very often it is claimed that the Conservative Party is advocating an incomes policy , by which is simply meant that the policies which we advocate would , we believe , have as a result the stability of money values and thus have the effect that increases in earnings were real and not merely monetary . |
| 5 | The same interests have dominated his 10 years at Westminster , and it is claimed that he has redistributed more than £60 million from the taxpayer to the poor by challenging the DHSS in test cases . |
| 6 | Thus it is claimed that , under Socialist International rules , the Labour Party is forbidden to enter the SDLP 's territory and engage in electoral competition with it in Northern Ireland . |
| 7 | With a new battery-operated tool from Germany , called the Aris Precision Cutter , it is claimed that even the most ham-fisted wallpaper hanger can get a perfect finish every time . |
| 8 | By using this approach it is claimed that important management processes are facilitated . |
| 9 | It is claimed that the ‘ principle of subsidiarity ’ will ensure that states retain a large measure of independence because federalism means decentralisation . |
| 10 | Thus it is claimed that God is perfectly just , where we are imperfectly so — indeed it is sometimes said that God is ‘ justice ’ or ‘ justice itself ’ . |
| 11 | For instance , it is claimed that the world shows evidence of design or purpose : therefore , it is concluded that there must be a divine designer . |
| 12 | Over a period of twenty years it is claimed that a fast reactor could breed enough additional plutonium to fuel another similar power station . |
| 13 | It is claimed that the church is one of the most complete examples of the Milanese baroque style , but I think the best feature is the campanile , the only part of the older building that remains . |
| 14 | In the same report ( UNEP 1982 : 265 ) , it is claimed that the total area being reclaimed by irrigation is probably about the same as is being abandoned through salinisation , alkalinisation and water-logging , and that these problems account for the loss of about 2–3 million ha of the world 's best agricultural land each year . |
| 15 | If it is claimed that a poetics of textual production and reflexivity replaces mimetic strategies of any kind , then the early nouveau roman can also be made to conform to this new postmodern aesthetic . |
| 16 | It is claimed that the herbicides used ( including paraquat , delapon , aminotrazole , and glyphosate ) are neutralized on contact with the soil and do not harm soil life , and that earthworms actually increase under this system . |
| 17 | It is claimed that after decay of the soft tissues , small mammal bone does not survive exposure for long on the ground , becoming soft and disintegrating within one year ( Voorhies , 1969 ) . |
| 18 | It is claimed that this method of control is the most simple . |
| 19 | It is claimed that all the Monroe features are natural and lifelike because ‘ a microcomputer-controlled air compressor regulates all her expressions ’ . |
| 20 | It is claimed that by having sharply separated black and white regions of the skin , rotary breezes will be created between the black and white zones and that these will have a cooling effect . |
| 21 | The idea that people can be sensitive to natural gas is a contentious one , but it is claimed that some people have made dramatic recoveries after removing the gas supply from their house . |
| 22 | It is claimed that not only does the implant allow local treatment of the tumour but also acts as a bone filling bioceramic . |
| 23 | It is claimed that they have a working range of up to 15 feet ( 5 metres ) . |
| 24 | Because of its compatibility with this standard , it is claimed that Photo CD can be used with virtually any type of computer adhering to common industry standards . |
| 25 | It is claimed that Altrincham has the second highest capital income in the country . |
| 26 | It is claimed that the lack of competition and market discipline induces a complacent attitude in both management and the workforce . |
| 27 | Thus , using arguments which are , in effect , the same as the criticisms levelled against nationalised industries , it is claimed that privatisation leads to greater competition and efficiency , by exposing the privatised firms to market forces . |
| 28 | It is claimed that during the hour-long phone call Prince Charles and Camilla exchange affectionate remarks as they try to find a ‘ safe ’ house to meet . |
| 29 | In spoken language interpreting it is claimed that the interpreter has to improve his memory ability and his tolerance of lag and therefore , if the loop is used at all , it must contain information specifically coded to carry language markers . |
| 30 | It is also highly doubtful that this character state can be identified in the broken and distorted partial skulls of Dryopithecus and Graecopithecus , although it is claimed that the former is klinorhynchous because of the brow ridge development . |