Example sentences of "[noun sg] claimed [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his defence , the defendant claimed that it was T who had approached him and that he had not initiated the agreement . |
| 2 | The Brigade claimed that it could offer both the spirit and the purpose because it ‘ disciplines and controls our lads … tames flippancy , quells impertinence , promotes chivalry , encourages reverence , teaches ready obedience to all properly constituted authority , and insists upon pure and clean English and temperance in all things ’ . |
| 3 | Critics of the privatization plan claimed that it was improvised , lacked clear conditions and had suffered from poor regulation . |
| 4 | Supporters of the plan claimed that it would allow an immediate settlement of the territory 's status and therefore end the climate of uncertainty which was adversely affecting foreign investment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Advocates of the Act claimed that it would update the restrictive licensing system which had its basis in the 1930 Road Traffic Act , which itself discouraged newcomers from entering the industry for reasons of safety and standards . |
| 7 | Management claimed that it was ‘ difficult to convince the men that the new processes were far more ‘ delicate ’ , and mistakes far more costly . |
| 8 | The Board claimed that it owned the land by virtue of a private Act of Parliament , the British Railways Act 1968 . |
| 9 | The Islamic Jihad of Palestine group claimed that it had planted the bomb in protest at the Rishon Le Zion killings . |
| 10 | One experienced game tracker claimed that it was possible to get to within 40 or 50 yards before spotting a zebra under these conditions , and even then it only gave itself away by a small movement such as the swish of its tail or the sudden turn of its head . |
| 11 | Supporters of the bill claimed that it was necessary to protect the 2,000,000 US jobs which remained within these industries . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | As the Algerian media reported extreme insecurity among the inhabitants of some southern towns , and some newspapers speculated about hidden French or Libyan involvement in the situation , the government claimed that it was unnecessary to send military reinforcements to the region . |
| 15 | UNITA on the other hand claimed that it had killed 82 government troops in these attacks and others in Cabinda and Uige provinces . |
| 16 | One company in the food processing and distribution market claimed that it experienced a 50% reduction in absenteeism from 8% to 4% over a three year period . |
| 17 | Giray publicly attributed his resignation to personal differences with Prime Minister Yildirim Akbulut , but sources within the ruling Motherland Party claimed that it stemmed from a factional rift concerning the organization of delegate elections for the party congress due in January 1991 . |