Example sentences of "[noun pl] claim to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Klaus and his supporters claim to be the ‘ real ’ liberals , with their hard-headed free-market philosophy . |
| 2 | To be sure of punctuality , firms should employ more people in the over-55 age group , in which three-quarters of businessmen claim to be early almost every day . |
| 3 | JAPANESE engineers claim to be on the verge of building the world 's most efficient Stirling , or heat ’ exchange , engine . |
| 4 | How can a Government at war with health service workers claim to be defending the NHS ? |
| 5 | In other words , the type of critical and political self-analysis which New Historicists claim to be aware of is insufficiently foregrounded when reading a Renaissance text . |
| 6 | Many US-owned maquilas claim to be in the market for locally produced materials and components , backward linkages . |
| 7 | It is important to note here than even if a parent is gripped by those negative fantasies that the textbooks claim to be real and universal , she is also immediately capable of embracing a critique of the values she is confronted with . |
| 8 | Ultimately creativity — defined as the ability to have ideas that sell — is what all agencies claim to be selling . |
| 9 | In an age when politicians , journalists , estate agents and even advertising executives claim to be ‘ professionals ’ , it is easy to forget that the description once carried with it a certain cachet . |
| 10 | Some moisturisers claim to be especially helpful at repairing this loss and strengthening your skin . |
| 11 | None of these new titles claim to be feminist , rather they tend to address fears and desires hitherto ignored . |
| 12 | According to the Indonesian Human Rights organization TAPOL the Government 's birth control and natal care programme is itself causing the high infant and maternal mortality rates which the authorities claim to be fighting . |
| 13 | Both institutions claim to be under severe strain — although both are also busy planning new extensions . |
| 14 | The result is quite striking : the richer respondents claim to be more prepared to break the law than the poorer ones , despite their apparent lesser chances of actually breaking it from the conviction statistics . |
| 15 | On the other hand , an increasing number of local authorities and large corporations claim to be ‘ Equal Opportunities Employers ’ , specifically mentioning disability alongside gender , ethnicity and sexual orientation . |
| 16 | ‘ Sinn Fein councillors claim to be concerned about council spending , but in fact bomb attacks carried out by their IRA associates against council property are a major burden on Belfast ratepayers , ’ he said . |
| 17 | In surveys of this type , such as the General Household Survey and the EEC Labour Force Survey , about the same proportion of women as men claim to be unemployed . |