Example sentences of "claim [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many would have claimed that it served none , that it was but the result of the Fall and of sin , and that it brought only harm and hurt to the world . |
| 2 | When the company was trying to stimulate confidence amongst its backers , Nimslo proudly claimed that it had ‘ received ’ nearly £3 million in government grants to tool up for British production at the Timex factory in Dundee . |
| 3 | UNITA , which had unilaterally downgraded the status of its delegation shortly before the talks , further claimed that it had already made concessions including the recognition of the ruling MPLA as a political party , and of President dos Santos as head of state . |
| 4 | The company previously claimed that it had used biodegradable cardboard packaging since 1957 . |
| 5 | The government initially claimed that it had no prior notice of the Commission 's intention to initiate proceedings , but it was later disclosed that this had been the subject of correspondence between the Commission and the Department of Transport . |
| 6 | It was claimed that it made rural communities vulnerable to guerrilla reprisals . |
| 7 | Harry Gent , at any rate , always claimed that it arose from the numerous illegal cockfights that were held in the cellar . |
| 8 | That there was a pattern for her in Lermontov 's novel is conceivable : but it ca n't be claimed that it fits her with exactitude , or that it provides an explanation of her conduct . |
| 9 | The ‘ vehicle ’ is footsteered and some have claimed that it has helped their gybing tremendously . |
| 10 | Staff at the Commission have claimed that it has insufficient funds to do this . |
| 11 | Damage caused to non-business property can be claimed if it exceeds £275 in value . |
| 12 | But , on balance , the government seemed able to claim that it had turned the tide , albeit with the aid of £2 billions from North Sea oil to swing the balance into surplus . |
| 13 | The first was the assumption that a ‘ form of words ’ which did not amend the text of the Treaty would be sufficient for the Danish Government to be able to claim that it had satisfied the wishes of the people as expressed in the referendum . |
| 14 | The city used to claim that it had some of the cleanest air in Latin America . |
| 15 | However , I do not wish to claim that it follows from this that observation statements should play no role in science . |
| 16 | A governing party is apt to claim that it has a mandate for doing something which it said it would do in its election manifesto , or which it simply said it would do some time before being elected . |
| 17 | I was only three-and-a-half when I saw the Zeppelin , although I can not claim that it kindled any positive interest in flying . |
| 18 | In fact as well as fiction the Victorian house had become more private than its Regency predecessors ; one might even claim that it had developed distinct symptoms of Wemmick 's siege mentality . |
| 19 | It may even claim that it has had more complaints of bias from the Labour Party . |
| 20 | It is highly doubtful that any offshore centre could claim that it has never been tainted by drugs money . |
| 21 | A third party may claim that it has a direct interest in the actions of States or it may accept that its interest is indirect or peripheral . |
| 22 | A third State may claim that it has become associated with a treaty through acceptance or approval . |
| 23 | A third party may claim that treaty rights have been assigned to it , or a party may claim that it has made an assignment and is thus discharged from that particular responsibility under the agreement . |
| 24 | One must clearly study the variation of a species throughout its geographical range , at one moment in geological time , before one can claim that it has changed into something else . |
| 25 | With that as its dominant posture , particular schemes could fail and it would still retain and perhaps even enhance its support , if it could claim that it pursued a course which was known to be difficult but which was still the ideologically sound thing to do . |
| 26 | The proposed quota and duty system was strongly criticized by the Latin American producer countries , which claimed that it violated the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
| 27 | On Aug. 16 Iraq 's permanent representative at the UN , Abdul Amir al-Anbari , rejected Resolution 706 as a violation of Iraq 's sovereignty and claimed that it reduced Iraq 's position to one of " trusteeship " . |
| 28 | Several years ago , miso came under fire from researchers who claimed that it caused high blood-pressure , then Japan 's number-one killer . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Some other passengers claimed that it had actually ‘ only ’ taken 36 hours , but I do n't believe them . |