Example sentences of "claim [to-vb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only Basel can claim to have maintained a strong international list of exhibitors . |
| 2 | I can not claim to have undertaken a comprehensive content analysis of the literature , but it is very unusual to find systematic analysis of the ‘ state ’ as such in works on Japan written in English . |
| 3 | If this occurs , the buyer can no longer claim to have suffered a total failure of consideration . |
| 4 | Unpredictably it is Cambridge that may claim to have played a major part in his developments . |
| 5 | Yet I perceive there is still some way to go before voluntary and statutory bodies can claim to have made a serious break-through in mobilising action . |
| 6 | The Committee concluded that the broadcasters could legitimately claim to have made a praiseworthy attempt to deliver the sort of programmes they had promised . |
| 7 | But a formally established exchange can also claim to have made a formal ( and , in the case of an RIE , a legally binding ) commitment to establish and maintain such features . |
| 8 | By 1915 it had become one of the obsessions by which Curtis was possessed serially in the course of his long and active career , and , of all his many projects , the political evolution of India was the one where he could most truly claim to have made a direct contribution to events . |
| 9 | Although I could not claim to have made a detailed ethnographic study of the school , the many visits enabled me to gain a fairly broad picture of its ‘ ethos ’ . |
| 10 | I had known this lady for many years and could claim to have had a friendly relationship with her . |