Example sentences of "[prep] claiming [that] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Of course , no utterances are safe from the post-Freudian trick of claiming that they mean the opposite of what they say , but in the interpretation of literary texts we must be given additional , fairly unequivocal evidence of a discrepancy between speech and meaning , as we are given for Iago , but not for Othello . ) |
| 2 | How can the Government conceivably justify the untruth of claiming that they are maintaining an aid programme when , according to their own figures , they have halved that provided by Labour ? |
| 3 | Narrowing the field to either one or the other of these , has sometimes trapped the theoreticians into claiming that they have identified a defining characteristic of their field . |
| 4 | The pre-emption thesis is wrong in claiming that they too are pre-empted . |
| 5 | It prevents those who do neuter their pets from claiming that they are simply responsible citizens who wish to assist in the elimination of starving strays . |
| 6 | In this , however , he may be naive , for unless he is prepared to say what pertinent effects are , it is not clear what grounds he has for claiming that they always exist . |
| 7 | AMERICA 'S psychiatrists believe that too many defendants in important court cases in the US are escaping conviction by claiming that they are insane — and psychiatrists are often too keen to help them . |
| 8 | Following a precedent set by The Stone Roses , who broke free from the Silvertone label by claiming that they were tied to an unfair contract , Michael is to sue Sony on the grounds that his deal is restrictive and financially inadequate . |