Example sentences of "[Wh pn] claimed [that] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other business the Supreme Court upheld the convictions of eight members of the nationwide Sanctuary Movement , who claimed that their rights had been violated when agents had infiltrated church services to uncover evidence that they were harbouring illegal aliens from Central America . |
| 2 | However , its operations have been the focus of sustained criticism from environmental groups and the local Achuar Indians , who claimed that their hunting and agriculture were at risk . |
| 3 | The NLA , which held its first session on March 29 , came under attack from various politicians who claimed that its members were unqualified for the task of drawing up a new constitution . |
| 4 | Green Con runners-up were paper makers Scott , who claimed that its investment in tree plantations for the paper trade helped combat global warming . |
| 5 | Last Friday 's ruling concerned the case of a 14-year-old dyslexic boy from Salford , Greater Manchester , who claimed that his education authority had failed in its statutory duty to provide him with adequate extra lessons to help him cope with his disability . |
| 6 | But a man who claimed that his wife was n't being affectionate enough was refused a divorce — she was n't being unreasonable , that 's just the kind of woman she was . |
| 7 | Denis Healey , nevertheless , had to contend with a wide range of critics , from socialists such as Benn who claimed that his successes resulted from such right-wing nostrums as a wage freeze and cutting public spending , to the monetarists of the Policy Studies Committee who attacked him for being far too dirigiste . |
| 8 | A senior judge , hearing a plea for damages made on behalf of a twenty-five-year-old man who claimed that his sex life had been seriously affected by an accident with a bulldozer , asked whether the plaintive was married . |