Example sentences of "[subord] it [is] claimed that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also highly doubtful that this character state can be identified in the broken and distorted partial skulls of Dryopithecus and Graecopithecus , although it is claimed that the former is klinorhynchous because of the brow ridge development . |
| 2 | Although it is claimed that these cases indicate an impairment in executing symbolic gestures it may in fact be the case that this aspect of their difficulty is secondary to a deficit in dealing with sequences of movements in general , the apparent linguistic defect deriving from this ( Kimura , Battison and Lubert , 1976 ) . |
| 3 | Sadly there is little documentary evidence relating to early introductions to Britain , although it is claimed that the Romans brought the walnut and sweet chestnut while remains or myrtle , bay and rosemary have been found on the sites of Roman villas , suggesting that these Mediterranean shrubs were cultivated in their gardens . |
| 4 | Cost savings have been made in levels of management , although it is claimed that only around 50 jobs have gone . |
| 5 | If it is claimed that a poetics of textual production and reflexivity replaces mimetic strategies of any kind , then the early nouveau roman can also be made to conform to this new postmodern aesthetic . |
| 6 | If it is claimed that reasons are needed for this verdict , which might be doubted , one has to do with the fact that we do not take all the causes of behaviour to be other behaviour . |
| 7 | In the courts political questions may come before the judges because the matter is already in public controversy , like race or industrial relations ; or because it is claimed that a public authority has exceeded its powers ; or because the matter concerns the activities of the police ; or because the matter impinges on the individual rights of citizens , affecting their freedom or their property . |
| 8 | LDOCE is of particular interest , since it is claimed that its entries are defined using a controlled vocabulary of around 2,000 words , and that the entries have a simple and regular syntax [ Boguraev & briscoe , 1989 ] . |