Example sentences of "claims be [be] " in BNC.

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1 In the new-technology jobs of banking and computers , where employers are anxious to avoid publicity , most claims are being settled out of court , but as the number of cases increases , litigation could become more popular .
2 So far they have found nothing , but his claims are being taken seriously , police said .
3 The vital date was long held to be 1825 , on a work published by Pickering ; but other claims are being advanced , and some inexpensive fun may be had by searching booksellers ' shelves in the endeavour to push the date back a little .
4 All claims are being met and the company has Government blessing to accept new customers .
5 Claims are being made that its future is currently under debate in a roundrobin of meetings and phone calls among the founders and staff of the Open Software Foundation and that no decision has been reached .
6 The rate at which compensation claims are being lodged against medical practitioners may be escalating faster in the United Kingdom than in North America , and there are fears that if this trend continues unchecked the cost of litigation may ultimately damage the quality of healthcare by eroding already restrained budgets .
7 Whether , in a given context , the use of " existence predicates " might be avoided , this will depend upon whether it is clear what kind of claims are being made and whether there exists a consensus about those claims .
8 This in turn proves to be an attraction to many destitute persons abroad , who feel that if they apply for refugee status in a Western country , they will be taken care of by the social welfare system of that country for a year or two , or even longer , while their claims are being examined . ’
9 But two other claims are being made as well : " Lord of the Flies is William Golding 's best novel " , and " There was widespread pessimism about the morality of children in the 1950s " .
10 A Scotland Yard spokesman confirmed that the new claims were being investigated .
11 Sensational claims were being made about Di and her friend Major James Hewitt .
12 We were also aware that ‘ TTT ’ began to be in danger of becoming yet another over-used and under-defined primary slogan and all kinds of claims were being made for its educational efficacy for children simply because of the novelty , stimulus and enjoyment which it could give to their teachers .
13 But there was enough money to compensate farmers , and claims were being worked on as fast as possible .
14 One farm had received £150,000 from the oil fund , and nine claims were being dealt with , three of which should be paid as advance hardship payments today .
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