Example sentences of "claims [that] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many , therefore , blamed Callaghan for the explosion in union wage claims that followed in the early seventies . |
| 2 | A PRO-LIFE group has dismissed as ‘ rubbish ’ claims that support for legalising abortion in the province is on the increase . |
| 3 | The Wine & Spirit Association , the importers ' trade body , claims that signs that French wine was losing volume and market share in Britain emerged suddenly in 1990 after years of rapid growth . |
| 4 | She claims that joyride killers get away with ‘ murder on the cheap ’ . |
| 5 | It claims that developing the single isomer form of conventional drugs is a good way for such companies to minimise erosion of their market share by generic drug manufacturers by effectively extending patent protection for the product . |
| 6 | MP claims that Met fraud squad leaked Fraser report to Lonrho . |
| 7 | CHESHIRE 'S chief constable claims that planned new laws to cover travelling people are unworkable . |
| 8 | The company claims that porting applications from its HP/UX Unix line is much easier now that MPE/ix is in place — hence the surprising number of software houses that HP persuaded to work on both Unix and MPE/ix versions in its recent drive for high-end commercial software ( UX No 386 ) . |
| 9 | In a stark and poignant phrase , he refers to God as the belly of the starving man and claims that to give food to such a man is to give a gift to God . |
| 10 | It claims that operating a reactor at higher temperature , but lower pressure , would strengthen the welds . |
| 11 | A committed runner himself and one of the original running shoe repair specialists , Davis claims that compared with the boom years of the mid-eighties fewer people now look to the skills of the cobbler . |
| 12 | IT TAKES a confident — and brave — man who claims that freefalling without a parachute is safe . |
| 13 | DEMI MOORE claims that filming sex scenes with Cheers star Woody Harrelson was like holding a woman 's hand . |
| 14 | The Secondary Heads Association claims that opting out will not ‘ improve good schools but will certainly weaken those that are less strong ’ . |
| 15 | The Secretary of State claims that opting out is in the best interests of patients . |
| 16 | Unify 's buzzword of the moment is Dbits — database independent tools — and Nierenberg claims that means you do n't have to buy any part of the related database product to run the tools , not even the data dictionary . |
| 17 | He claims that adopting certain Buddhist practices and yoga techniques has helped him find peace of mind . |
| 18 | Mr David Thomas , the editor , claims that losing his job was a deliberate tax avoidance strategy . |
| 19 | Claims that verge on the outrageous are made for this material — but very many fishkeepers will vouch for its effectiveness . |
| 20 | InteCalc claims that pressing the right arrow key will scroll through the currently available files but this was n't the case on my sample . |
| 21 | The Marine Conservation Society claims that potting can damage fragile and rare seabed species , including the sea fan and black cave sponge . |
| 22 | Transport 2000 claims that reopening a rail link to Guisborough could save taxpayers millions and remove the need for a bypass . |
| 23 | During the past decade , the zealous attempt to rid public buildings in the United States of the flimsiest traces of asbestos , and the personal damage claims that have simultaneously multiplied , have been financed to a substantial degree by the people at Lloyd 's . |
| 24 | A stand-up , straight-backed style has proved to be less effective against professional opponents although Biggs claims that attempts to make him more aggressive were counter-productive against Tyson . |
| 25 | Furthermore , he claims that attempts to make clerical work more routine have had a limited impact because clerical skills and qualifications have not been standardized . |