Example sentences of "claimed that at least " in BNC.

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1 Gombrich sombrely recalled hearing about Auschwitz while working at the BBC Monitoring Service during the war : ‘ They claimed at that time — I remember that as if it were yesterday — they claimed that at least five million people had been killed , and I remember a colleague of mine coming to me to check this figure , because it seemed impossible .
2 Wilson claimed that at least 30 were promoted by the Shipping Federation alone .
3 Western news agencies claimed that at least eight had died — one monk , four civilians and three policemen — with 300 lamas involved and a crowd of 10,000 .
4 The report claimed that at least 26 people had been killed in the attack , mostly government employees who had been singled out and shot .
5 Meanwhile , survivors of the Uzgen pogrom claimed that at least 1,000 people had been killed in that town alone .
6 Organizers of the demonstration — the National Campaign for Peace in the Middle East — claimed that at least 250,000 people had participated in the protest .
7 On April 9 the DPK claimed that at least 150 civilians had been killed by mines while fleeing towards the Turkish and Iranian borders .
8 The statement claimed that at least 300 people , including Palestinians , Jordanians , Iraqis and Asians , had disappeared .
9 Opposition sources claimed that at least 30 had been killed in Mashad , and more than 500 arrested ; the authorities reported one death and local residents six .
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