Example sentences of "[noun sg] claim that [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some heads of department claimed that they had done a lot of thinking about policies and practices in anticipation of the appraisal . |
| 2 | In Lotus Development Corp. v Paperback Software International ( 1990 ) , the defendant claimed that he had not copied the Lotus program code but had used a similar menu system to achieve compatibility ( especially with respect to spreadsheet files and macros ) and to enable people to change to VP-Planner from Lotus 1-2-3 without requiring re-training . |
| 3 | On being sued by the plaintiffs for breach of the implied duty of confidentiality , the defendant claimed that he had made all his calculations in designing the heater from information which had been published in a readily obtainable leaflet . |
| 4 | The Israeli delegation claimed that they had been assured by Egypt that members of the PNC , which it claimed was directly related to and controlled by the PLO , would not be present in the negotiating room . |
| 5 | The government on Nov. 9 released details of a post-mortem attributing the death in custody of former prominent politician Orton Chirwa [ see p. 39133 ] , to " extensive cancer of the prostate glands and chronic infection of the kidneys " , and repudiating opposition claims that he had been strangled . |
| 6 | The committee claimed that it had the support of 90 per cent of the area 's population and noted that representatives of the IDA , IIRS , AFF , Raybestos and the trade unions did not attend , despite being invited . |
| 7 | The Guardian of May 4 disclosed that Kurt Klebeck , the wartime deputy commander of a labour camp in the Channel Island of Alderney , was alive and living in Hamburg , contrary to earlier British intelligence claims that he had not survived the war . |
| 8 | The Islamic Jihad of Palestine group claimed that it had planted the bomb in protest at the Rishon Le Zion killings . |
| 9 | The former Vice-President , A. K. M. Nurul Islam , protested at the summary manner of his dismissal on Aug. 13 ( see p. 36852 ) , while M. A. Matin resigned on the same day as Deputy Prime Minister and deputy parliamentary leader claiming that he had been passed over in promotion to the post of Prime Minister . |
| 10 | Moreover , the head claimed that he had been able to use the appraisal to make a strong case against a proposed reduction of 7.4 staff , in line with cutbacks planned by the LEA due to falling rolls and reductions in spending . |
| 11 | Although the prosecution claimed that she had stolen over $222,000,000 from the Filipino treasury , its case rested largely upon circumstantial evidence . |
| 12 | The offender had a dispute with the victim as a result of the sale by her of his car : the offender claimed that she had sold it for less than it was worth , and had not paid over to him his proper share in the proceeds of the sale . |
| 13 | The Turkish army claimed that it had killed at least 34 guerrillas in the operation in the Cudi Mountains of south-eastern Turkey , 50 km from the border with Iraq . |
| 14 | Rejecting " the right of the United States to be the policeman of the Caribbean " , the government claimed that it had offered a search by the Mexican authorities . |
| 15 | The left-wing news magazine Análisis , in a special report a week after the reburial , claimed that the examination of Allende 's body after it was exhumed on Aug. 14 had substantiated eyewitness claims that he had committed suicide , and had not been shot by soldiers . |
| 16 | They forced him to sign a chit claiming that he had received a resolution of no confidence in Mr Watoo 's government nine hours before the dissolution : under the constitution , the chief minister can not dissolve the assembly if a vote of no confidence has already been tabled against him . |
| 17 | Indeed , one CIA report claimed that she had contempt for her elder son , for she felt he was unworthy of his father , and that she had actually plotted to put Ali Reza on the throne . |
| 18 | UNITA on the other hand claimed that it had killed 82 government troops in these attacks and others in Cabinda and Uige provinces . |
| 19 | Tehran radio claimed that he had personally led one of the heaviest Iraqi counter-attacks which Iran claimed to have foiled at Fish Lake , together with the wiping-out of three Iraqi brigades . |
| 20 | Despite further negative publicity while in prison Barry had emerged from his period of incarceration claiming that he had undergone a religious rebirth . |
| 21 | However , in April 1988 Teo , along with eight other original " conspirators " , issued a public statement claiming that they had been coerced into making their televised confessions [ see p. 36353 ] . |
| 22 | Kenya 's Chief Magistrate , Joseph Mango , ruled on Oct. 27 , 1989 , at the inquest of a British tourist , Julie Ward , whose body was found in the Masai Mara game reserve in September 1988 , that she had been the victim of " foul play by persons unknown " , contrary to previous official claims that she had been killed by wild animals [ see p. 36917 ] . |
| 23 | The appellant claimed that they had been sent to the wrong office . |
| 24 | On Nov. 22 a spokesman for the exiled Iraqi New Ummah Party claimed that he had been executed along with seven other officers for having attempted to depose Saddam Hussein . |
| 25 | In April , the French and the Scots embarked on a polite exchange of congratulatory diplomatic compliments , with the French claiming that they had attacked Boulogne only for the sake of the Scots . |