Example sentences of "claims [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chris Hook claims that it takes expert knowledge and a great deal of patience to hack into a computer system . |
| 2 | Najaar claims that it does not have any side-effects and that it does not affect the taste of food . |
| 3 | Warwick Collins points out that the keel design not only has a distinct draught advantage over a fin keel , but also claims that it helps to damp any pitching motion in a seaway . |
| 4 | It also includes tools which allow the user to examine a Document Type Definition structure graphically , without detailed knowledge of SMGL syntax — in short , the company claims that it combines the cumbersome power of SMGL with the simplicity more commonly associated with a WYSIWYG word processor . |
| 5 | On Feb. 23 the government denied UNITA claims that it had used chemical weapons in the area . |
| 6 | WG claims that it overpaid for Alkar by almost £2m , and that it subsequently poured £11.2m into the company in an attempt to rescue it . |
| 7 | The Labour party claims that it listens to the views of business . |
| 8 | The Training Agency frequently claims that it insists on non-discriminatory practices , but ‘ all the evidence points to widespread exclusion of Black trainees from prestigious employer based schemes … most likely to lead to full-time jobs , top-ups to the allowance and higher quality training ’ . |
| 9 | Science travels hopefully but rarely claims that it has arrived . |
| 10 | Siemens Nixdorf claims that it has 40% of the European market , with an installed base of 500 in the UK . |
| 11 | After years of anticipation , the Taiwanese-backed NuTek USA Corp in Cupertino , California has finally come down to the wire with its Macintosh-compatible technology : the company claims that it has developed the first machine that emulates the Macintosh without requiring installation of Apple Computer Inc 's proprietary ROMs . |
| 12 | Array 's sales and marketing manager Paul Barwick claims that it has sold 50 systems since March and expects to sell 600 by the end of the year — it plans SparcClassic- and Sparcstation 10-compatibles by the end of the year . |
| 13 | As well as distributing the new version 1.2 of Aspect , due out at the end second quarter , Goldmine claims that it has other distribution deals in the pipeline to be announced over the next few weeks . |
| 14 | Toshiba Corp claims that it has developed a much more compact version of the C programming language . |
| 15 | Archipel SA of Paris claims that it has the first Inmos International Ltd Transputer-based distributed Unix system , built using Chorus Systemes SA 's Unix System V-compatible microkernel technology on Archipel 's Volvox-TS line of multiple instruction-multiple data parallel processors . |
| 16 | The Court also considered the reverse situation , where the third party claims that it has become entitled to the benefits of a Convention , either because it has declared itself willing to be bound , or because it has shown its willingness by its conduct . |
| 17 | Sphinx Tours claims that it has lost revenue as a result of the campaign mounted by the Malta Ornithological Society , which succeeded in persuading the Egyptian government to place restrictions on the shooting of small birds . |
| 18 | In its second environmental report , the chemicals company ICI claims that it has reduced its worldwide emissions by 9 per cent over the period 1991-92 . |
| 19 | The Indian government claims that it investigates all allegations of torture , but this rarely happens without public pressure . |
| 20 | Claims that it shortened the war by several years can not be proved one way or the other . |
| 21 | River Edge , New Jersey-based Delta Management Systems Inc , which specialises in administrative software for Kindergarten to 12th Grade schools and community colleges , claims that it completed the conversion of its Unix-based Administrative/Student Software to the HP 3000 in eight weeks , using the Posix interface , and availability is expected later this month . |
| 22 | The Institute claims that it acted as quickly as possible in the circumstances because the DTI did not publish its reports until 1990 . |
| 23 | IBM claims that it runs Windows 3.1 standard-mode applications , including multimedia ones , and ‘ major ’ enhanced-mode applications ; not requiring a VxD device driver , with performance comparable to that of native Windows 3.1 . |
| 24 | IBM claims that it runs Windows 3.1 standard-mode applications , including multimedia ones , and ‘ major ’ enhanced-mode applications ; not requiring a VxD device driver , with performance comparable to that of native Windows 3.1 . |
| 25 | Sir Christopher Prout , the leader of the Conservative MEPs , claims that it means that the ‘ higher levels ’ of government ( e.g. the EC ) should be ‘ subsidiary ’ to the ‘ lower levels ’ ( the national governments ) , a topsy-turvy explanation if ever there was one . |
| 26 | The insurance group itself will be among the banking and shipping tenants with damage claims as it retained a 20 per cent stake in the building . |