Example sentences of "his claim that he " in BNC.

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1 Despite his claim that he does not make things into ideas but only ideas into things , the feeling remains , as , in effect , Berkeley concedes , that ‘ all that is real and substantial … is banished out of the world ’ , and that everything has been made into ‘ so many chimeras and illusions on the fancy ’ .
2 Stone 's form in this year 's championship reinforces his claim that he should have represented England in the recent Olympic qualifying tournament in Milan .
3 His claim that he had been constructively dismissed failed because of the lapse of time after 6 February 1981 before he took action .
4 But till receipts back his claim that he bought three bottles of red wine for £17.47 in the firm 's Connaught Street store a day earlier , helping push his card over the limit .
5 No FA inquiry into his claim that he was struck on the head by a coin thrown from stand occupied by Millwall fans .
6 The Supreme Court in Toronto backed his claim that he had not intended to kill her .
7 GIVEN THE reflective nature of ‘ Harvest Moon ’ and the fact that Young has been engaged in putting together an ambitious retrospective over the past few years , his claim that he only considers the past when talking to journalists must be taken with a pinch of salt .
8 In his memoirs , Carter is more restrained , but even there he makes much of Congressional Quarterly presidential support scores to support his claim that he ‘ did reasonably well in ( his ) overall relationship with congress ’ .
9 His claim that he did not consider it insulting is , technically , a mistake of law , and as such no excuse .
10 I also attach a copy of my reply , from which you will see I have told Mike Templeman that I would take up his claim that he did n't have enough information on which to base an accurate estimate with you .
11 The background is at odds with his claim that he wants people to make applications .
12 Cruz admitted unfreezing the bank accounts ; his claim that he had the legal authority to do so was rejected by the courts on Nov. 17 .
13 What made the whole case so remarkable was his confession to five other murders , his bizarre method of removing the evidence — by dissolving the bodies in acid — and his claims that he indulged in vampirism .
14 Colleagues backed his claims that he was a scapegoat in a secret political row between BA and Government safety chiefs .
15 He suffered over evidence that he had links with former communists and the secret police ; over criticism of his ambiguous prescriptions for economic recovery ; and over ridicule of his claims that he had had mystical experiences .
16 A STRATHCLYDE regional councillor has been suspended from his job as a caretaker with Monklands District Council for his claims that he has proof to back up ‘ jobs for the boys ’ allegations .
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