Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] claim " in BNC.
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| 1 | Satellite channels already claim 1.2m subscribers , and Britain 's cable-television operators another 115,000 . |
| 2 | The outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters later claimed responsibility for the shooting . |
| 3 | But the religious parties also claim to embody the ancient Jewish wisdom of survival and compromise . |
| 4 | The authors also claim that the test measures are closely related to the teacher 's ratings of a child 's language . |
| 5 | These books typically claimed to be the distillation of wisdom handed down from Arab sages through the centuries , and they all drew heavily on Artemidorus 's work . |
| 6 | BRENTFORD boss Phil Holder was left fuming as Tranmere came from two goals behind to claim a thrilling victory . |
| 7 | Although U/V , ozone and protein skimmers were known , reference books often claimed they were unnecessary . |
| 8 | One military intelligence soldier fired on a months ago claiming he felt his life was threatened . |
| 9 | Monetarists therefore claim that monetary policy is an extremely powerful weapon for controlling aggregate demand . |
| 10 | As posthuman supremacists , the Seraphim apparently claimed some fellow feeling with these autocratic aliens . |
| 11 | The refugees also claimed that water and electricity supplies had been cut in some parts of Kuwait City but not in others . |
| 12 | Both companies also claim to own the rights to aspects of the KGB 's study of UFOs . |
| 13 | His comrades immediately claimed that he had been the victim of Leftist aggression and demanded retribution . |
| 14 | Some 60 companies there claim competence and expertise in the technology , each trying to identify its own market niche . |
| 15 | In that case the defendants falsely claimed that trees were dangerous and offered to cut them down . |
| 16 | Several such cities once claimed the title of ‘ Jewel ’ or ‘ Pearl ’ of the Orient . |
| 17 | THE province 's roads yesterday claimed two more lives , a teenage girl and a pensioner . |
| 18 | The first-comers naturally claim the best positions , deep in the cool darkness . |
| 19 | The buyers nevertheless claimed under the first contract damages based on the difference between the contract price and market price on the date of the breach . |
| 20 | Amateurs always claimed that ( W.G. apart ) only legitimate hotel and travelling expenses were met , though ‘ testimonials , were sometimes arranged to give the gentleman a decent send-off . |
| 21 | It also has to figure out how to take it to market , yet officials still claim no decision 's been reached on whether they 'll OEM it at all . |
| 22 | Occultists also claim to cast out demons affecting or possessing one of their number , and even friends outside their magic circles . |
| 23 | Against Yorkshire that year he had match figures of 15 for 75 and three years later claimed an even more remarkable 15 for 31 against the same side . |
| 24 | The horrific La Mon massacre near Comber three years later claimed the lives of seven women . |
| 25 | Throughout the talks , the leader of the UNITA delegation , Jorge Valentim , had insisted on a settlement that ‘ corresponds to the new reality in Angola ’ — a settlement , in other words , reflecting the fact that the rebels now claim to have won control of three-quarters of the country . |
| 26 | Paddy Ashdown went to the base 8 weeks ago claiming the housing row was symptomatic of Government railroading . |
| 27 | Economists and politicians are already celebrating the disappearance of these huge external imbalances — even those who only a few years ago claimed that current-account deficits did not matter . |
| 28 | The man who said he saw the ‘ green shoots ’ of recovery nearly two years ago claimed that under Tory rule the country had done better than many of its competitors . |
| 29 | English Language , Literature , and History in the colleges was both similar to and different from these other modern disciplines ; similar in that , like them , it sought to create for itself a solid and autonomous identity ; different ( especially from the early decades of this century ) in that its predominantly classically-trained and often clerical academic proponents increasingly claimed for it a status well beyond that of any mere " discipline " or " knowledge subject " . |
| 30 | Kabbalists even claimed that God En Sof , God as he is in himself , was not mentioned in either the Bible or the Talmud . |