Example sentences of "[unc] claim [prep] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE discovery of a simple lead fishing weight sheds doubt on Captain Cook 's claim to be the first European to set foot on the shores of Terra Australis . |
| 2 | Meanwhile Mr Jagger has been attempting to put the record straight about his musical colleague , Mr William Wyman , the bass ( sic ) player , who recently declared that the belipped chanteur was ‘ an egomaniac ’ and then went on to dispute Mr Jagger 's claim to be the author of the seminal lied , ‘ Jumping Jack Flash ’ . |
| 3 | A problem that arises in the Timor Gap case is that , although the circumstances of Indonesia 's invasion of East Timor in December 1975 are well known , there has been no authoritative judicial determination of its illegality , or of the legitimacy of Portugal 's claim to be the continuing administering authority . |
| 4 | Moreover , the emergence of countries pursuing rival paths to socialism — the relatively decentralized economy of Yugoslavia , the peasant-based movement in China , and the variety of socialist experiments in many of the newly-independent countries of Africa and Asia from the late 1950s and early 60s — stirred new criticism of Moscow 's claim to be the infallible source of the socialist creed . |
| 5 | The riots were unquestionably a blow to the government 's law and order policies and to the Conservative 's claim to be the party of law and order . |
| 6 | The proposed Education Department budget of $26,600 million represented an increase of only $500 million ( 2 per cent , i.e. below inflation for the second successive year , despite Bush 's claim to be the " education President " ) . |
| 7 | Nicholas had put down the Hungarians , rounded up dissidents , held the ring between Austria and Prussia , re-advertised Russia 's claim to be the strongest power on the European mainland , and given notice that he could keep his regime in place for the foreseeable future . |
| 8 | Mr Smith mocked the Tories ' claim to be the party of low taxation and said people would be ‘ shocked beyond belief ’ at the cynicism of the Government , in extending the scope of VAT and raising national insurance contributions . |