Example sentences of "[modal v] claim to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , members might claim to be disadvantaged in an open hearing in putting forward a defence that could give rise to legal action for defamation or breach of confidence . |
| 2 | The Norton Antivirus can detect all the common viruses in the field , but while version 2.1 might claim to be able to detect all 1,400 viruses known to the NCSA , it still ca n't detect many old , well-known , ‘ laboratory ’ viruses such as Pogue , Starship , Slovakia or Slovakia-2 . |
| 3 | FIFTY QUID AND I 'LL CLAIM TO BE THE EX MISTRESS OF THE M.P . |
| 4 | The party may claim to be in the vanguard of history , but its clock seems to have stopped in the 1950s . |
| 5 | While generally true this does not solve the difficulty in the case of John and Ruth since each of them may claim to be both a theoretical and a practical authority . |
| 6 | Well-dressed and well-spoken , he may claim to be a solicitor , an official from a well-known organisation , or from the local council . |
| 7 | The parties to the proceedings may claim to be unaware of this wider dimension , and may challenge any third party procedural claims . |
| 8 | GETTING started : Do n't pay any money at first , no matter what an agency may claim to be offering . |
| 9 | Any market may claim to be an exchange and may provide some or all of the key features of an RIE such as liquidity or transparency . |
| 10 | ‘ La Malfa 's resignation just shows that anyone who has been involved in government for so long can be involved ( in corruption ) , however pure he may claim to be , ’ he said . |
| 11 | With far more reason than Harold Wilson in 1964 , she could claim to be running ( mutatis mutandis ) a Bolshevik revolution with a Tsarist Cabinet . |
| 12 | On its recovery from the Plague the city could claim to be one of the most progressive in Europe , with trade in leather and metal goods , knives and weapons , as well as silk . |
| 13 | However , as the Worcester Post Man has changed its title to the Worcester Journal , the Mercury could claim to be the oldest surviving newspaper with the same name . |
| 14 | Thus the Alliance in West Ham could claim to be ‘ non-political and non-sectarian ’ and |
| 15 | The task is on-going ; just as education ought not to have an end , in the sense that an individual could claim to be ‘ fully educated ’ , so schools are in the process of becoming effective . |
| 16 | The synods regularly meeting in Rome since Vatican II could claim to be more representative of the Church than the majority of Councils . |
| 17 | Ethernet was n't the first LAN standard , but it was the first that could claim to be non-proprietary ( many vendors sell Ethernet-compatible adaptors ) , cheap ( thanks to its use of readily available , low-cost cabling — telephone-wire twisted pair or TV-aerial co-ax ) , and flexible ( Ethernet is equally at home with small starter systems and huge network layouts ) . |
| 18 | This is admittedly an extreme case since Germany has passed from the , in theory , most complete pan-German political unity under Hitler to a situation where at least two states coexisted which could claim to be all or part of the German nation . |
| 19 | They could claim to be defending democracy while simultaneously denouncing the very tendencies and aspirations which had led their less sophisticated predecessors to condemn or criticize democracy as such . |
| 20 | It is not perhaps surprising that Sir Walter Scott , with his antiquarian interest , should have had a sharp eye for architectural difference , or even for interior detail , provided it could claim to be antique . |
| 21 | They stopped beside the resting horses and looked down on the vale of Grasmere , a prospect described by great poets as an unsuspected paradise , depicted by painters as a jewel set in nature , sought out by the fashionable , protected by the sensible , evoker of sublime epithets , a small , ovaloid dream lake ringed by mountains proportioned in a measure which touched the intelligence as much as the eye ; if any one place deserves the description , then Grasmere Vale could claim to be in the very eye of the Romantic storm , in its beauty , its seclusion , its inhabitants and its capacity to draw in and draw out some of the greatest artists of the era . |
| 22 | And though many knew him , few could claim to be close to the peaceful , white-haired old man . |
| 23 | In so far as the general picture is intelligible , it appears that we are dealing with a group of warlords in the north , some of whom could claim to be upholding Roman jurisdiction . |
| 24 | Unfortunately consensus is n't always in evidence amongst those who would claim to be in ‘ partnership ’ . |
| 25 | What a bloody carry-on , by a man who was educated and who would claim to be a ‘ man of the world ’ . |
| 26 | It should be noted that both points of view would claim to be centrally concerned with the well-being of children . |
| 27 | Although the present Conservative government would claim to be concerned about unemployment , it has argued that falling unemployment can only be achieved by ( a ) reducing the rate of inflation , since this would raise the real value of a given level of money spending in the economy , and ( b ) stimulating the operation of markets , especially the labour market , so that changes in the relative price of labour can come about more easily and thus ‘ price people into jobs ’ . |
| 28 | It was also alleged for instance that women were too docile to make really good workers , too lacking in spirit and ambition : " Boys [ i.e. apprentices ] would claim to be shifted on to the higher branches of the trade " . |
| 29 | Technical experts will always disagree , erm there was a time when I too would claim to be one of them . |
| 30 | Deer , wild boar , so we can claim to be connoisseurs . |