Example sentences of "claiming [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During April 1988 , Suchard , the Swiss-based chocolate manufacturer , launched a dawn raid on Rowntree , the York-based company , quickly scooping up a stake of 14.9 per cent as a ‘ strategic investment ’ , but claiming that it had no intention of launching a full-scale takeover bid . |
| 2 | The following year Lawson requested reimbursement of this sum from Sir William , claiming that it had been paid from his own pocket ! |
| 3 | The Egyptian government responded to the attack with dismay , claiming that it had been " primarily directed against the efforts aimed at advancing the peace process in the region " . |
| 4 | The all-party talks on Oct. 12 proved inconclusive , and on Oct. 29 the SLFP withdrew its support for such talks , claiming that it had lost confidence in the government 's will to solve the country 's problems and that none of the opposition proposals had been put into effect . |
| 5 | W R Grace gained a patent on neem extract , which it called Margosan-O , in 1988 , claiming that it had developed a means of stabilizing the extracts . |
| 6 | I HAD to laugh when I read recently that a water authority had charged a customer for collecting rain-water , claiming that it belonged to them . |
| 7 | The Department of the Environment has rejected the report , claiming that it contained misleading information and that the existing statutory framework was effective in controlling pollution . |
| 8 | Sealink released figures for their performance from June 27 to August 28 , claiming that it carried 38,493 more passengers and 10,818 more cars between Larne and Stranraer than last year . |
| 9 | Environmentalists oppose the deep burial method for dealing with radioactive waste , claiming that it constitutes a hazard for many thousands of years and should thus be stored above ground where it can easily be monitored for leakages . |
| 10 | Deputies from Estonia 's Russian minority boycotted the vote on the new law , describing it as discriminatory and claiming that it violated the constitution of Soviet Estonia , although Estonian nationalist deputies countered that that document had ceased to be valid since the March 30 declaration of a transition to independence [ see pp. 37322 ; 37461-62 ] . |
| 11 | Minority Constituent Assembly groups not consulted , along with PL and Social Conservative Party ( PSC ) delegates in the Congress , strongly criticized the pact , claiming that it amounted to a period of " presidential dictatorship " . |
| 12 | The Middle East Economic Digest of Oct. 23 was also sceptical of the Sunday Times report , claiming that it ran counter to the " general view in Damascus that it is the president 's son Basel al-Assad> who is now favoured for the succession " . |
| 13 | OpenVision , a new Pleasanton , California company headed by Michael Fields , former president of Oracle USA , launched its first product , claiming that it represents the industry 's most advanced approach moving vital corporate-wide applications from mainframe to client-server networks by providing mainframe-like systems management capabilities for large geographically dispersed networks of different computers . |
| 14 | ( Critics of the Keynesian approach often pointed an accusatory finger at this assumption , claiming that it removed wage theory from the hands of economists and handed it over to sociologists . |
| 15 | EPA administrator Carol Browner described the auction as a success , claiming that it proved " utilities and the public are taking emission trading seriously and that a market-based approach to environmental policy can succeed in meeting the dual goals of environmental protection and economic growth " . |
| 16 | Geest denies the charges , claiming that it has a valid permit for all clearances . |
| 17 | During negotiations between Syria and Israel the head of the Syrian delegation , Muwaffaq al-Allaf , was reported to have raised immediately the issue of UN Resolution 242 , stating that Israel continued to distort the interpretation of the resolution by claiming that it did not demand a withdrawal from the occupied territories . |
| 18 | 15 of them , together with Austria , issued a formal objection to the conference 's final statement , claiming that it did not go far enough in setting goals for limiting global warming , or in guaranteeing aid to developing countries . |
| 19 | Peabody Coal , a subsidiary of Hanson , is suing Costain , claiming that it broke the terms of an agreement by accepting a higher offer for its Australian coal mining business from Altus Finance . |