Example sentences of "[vb mod] claim [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 31 | Archaeologists have established that Jericho can claim to be one of the very oldest cities in the world , with a history going back all of ten thousand years . |
| 32 | If America and Eastern Europe have been the world leaders , the only countries in the world that can claim to be clean are those where the athletes are too poor to afford the drugs . |
| 33 | In recounting the anecdote , Ashwina can claim to be part of a shared network of understandings . |
| 34 | ( Too often a breed which can claim to be productive even on poor quality fodder is given just that and expected to thrive . ) |
| 35 | The Royal Company of Archers , based in Edinburgh , better known as the Monarch 's Bodyguard in Scotland , was not formed until 1676,193 years after the Kilwinning Society , but as they have had a continuous existence also , they can claim to be the oldest archery company in Scotland . |
| 36 | The process will , of course , be greatly expedited if the Tories form the next Government and the Prime Minister can claim to be his own man with his own mandate . |
| 37 | Walking is the only means of transport that can claim to be universal … yet the pedestrian is the most neglected of travellers … ironically , it is perhaps because walking is so commonplace that it is neglected — pedestrians are so universal as to be almost invisible . |
| 38 | Whereas we used to have what you might call an across-the-table relationship with our customers , now we can claim to be sitting on the same side of the table . ’ |
| 39 | CCLA runs three common investment funds , and can claim to be the leader of the pack . |
| 40 | But at least her psychosis gave students of English literature and social history a book which can claim to be the first extant long prose narrative in the English language , and the first autobiography by a psychotic personality . |
| 41 | Certainly , although having a resident population of just over a thousand , it can claim to be the capital of a very extensive area of the north , there being no larger town within forty miles . |
| 42 | Brownie points will be scored by any reviewers who can claim to be familiar with Updike 's earlier work on the same man , in Buchanan Dying ( 1974 ) , provided they remember that it was , of course , a play . |
| 43 | The apprehension of being ‘ seized ’ by the police is always present , but some of the arrests are pro forma so that local authorities can claim to be showing the necessary zeal . |
| 44 | Along with algebraic number theory algebraic geometry can claim to be one of the main motivating factors behind an autonomous theory of current interest , that of commutative rings . |
| 45 | Even the excellent Amphibious range of submersibles is quickly banjaxed by blanketweed , and who can claim to be free of that ? |
| 46 | Whether or not Woolwich can claim to be awarded that interest depends on whether it had a cause of action to recover each payment as a debt due it on the date when it was made . |
| 47 | In summary , it seems rather unlikely that forecasts taking the mid-1980s as a base year can claim to be measuring demand accurately . |
| 48 | Does The Faerie Queene insist that it is to be read in such a manner that its role as a history ( which as both epic and romance it can claim to be symbolically ) must be seen as intrinsically different from the account of the English in Ireland which Spenser outlines in A View ? |
| 49 | It is difficult to understand how the Government can claim to be concerned about looking after the welfare of citizens when there has been a fourfold increase in the incidence of food poisoning in the past 10 years . |
| 50 | After the summit , we must ask how the Prime Minister can claim to be at the heart of Europe when , because of his actions , our country is not even part of the key decisions that will shape the Europe of the future . |
| 51 | The Geological Society of London is the largest geological society in the UK , and its journal , through its antecedent titles , can claim to be the world 's oldest geological journal . |
| 52 | It is perhaps tempting to assume , after the Government 's recent ban on ivory imports , that the UK can claim to be a shining example of those striving to control the trade in wild animals and plants and their products . |
| 53 | The Geological Society of London is the largest geological society in the UK , and its journal , through its antecedent titles , can claim to be the world 's oldest geological journal . |
| 54 | He can no more diminish the amount of income which he has power to enjoy by the amount of his expenses than any other taxpayer who chooses to expend his income , however prudently , can claim to be taxed on what is left after the expenditure . |
| 55 | I 'm always willing to stand down if somebody can claim to be a little older . |
| 56 | It 's the boat race tomorrow … and with sixteen wins in seventeen years … and six victories in a row the Oxford boat club can claim to be the most successful team in British sport … so how do they do it … what 's the secret of their success … we can reveal all tonight its down to Heather and Bert … and a piano player called Kate … they 're all in our Friday Feature |
| 57 | He adds : ‘ If you long for the day when Britain can claim to be the first mainly Afro-Asian part of Europe , vote Conservative or Europe . ’ |