Example sentences of "claim that it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sad truth of the matter is that Group 4 has such low levels of performance to live up to that already , despite its much publicised failures , the Home Secretary is able to claim that it is outperforming the public services it is replacing . |
| 2 | It is also illegal for manufacturers to give their product a misleading name , or to claim that it is made of a particular ingredient which in fact makes up a very small proportion of the product . |
| 3 | Military experts suggested yesterday that the US was hoping its troops would be attacked by the pro-Noriega forces , allowing Washington to claim that it was attacked first and forced to intervene . |
| 4 | Afterwards , he could always claim that it was sent to an old or wrong address by mistake , or that it must have got lost in the post . |
| 5 | Following municipal law agency principles a third party could claim that it was bound with respect to the protectorate provided the agent had acted within the scope of its express , implied , or apparent authority . |
| 6 | Rejecting this accusation , China claimed that it was drilling on the Chinese side of a north-south boundary line in the Gulf of Tonkin agreed in 1887 by China and France , Vietnam 's then colonial ruler . |
| 7 | Critics of the privatization plan claimed that it was improvised , lacked clear conditions and had suffered from poor regulation . |
| 8 | Some reports by the Nazi authorities on the unrest which had arisen claimed that it was having an impact on confidence in Hitler himself . |
| 9 | However , although the dramatic progress , in terms of productivity , made by Jaguar since privatisation is acknowledged , critics claim that it was bound to be a takeover candidate before too long , as it was a small player in a market which was becoming increasingly concentrated . |
| 10 | The result was that the Government virtually had to climb down over its much heralded claim that it was offering the miners a significant increase in pay . |
| 11 | A coach firm is claiming that it 's owed more than two thousand pounds by a charity set up to help Bosnian children . |
| 12 | However , by early June it was clear that the Army was hesitant , claiming that it was functioning without full constitutional cover . |
| 13 | At a press conference held in the terminal of Zurich Airport on April 12 King Michael denied any political motive for the visit , claiming that it was based purely on " personal and spiritual reasons connected with my wish to spend Easter in my own country " . |
| 14 | At the end of May students demonstrated in Accra and in provincial cities in protest at the composition of the consultative assembly claiming that it was packed with government supporters . |
| 15 | The PKK had denied responsibility for a bomb which caused one death in Istanbul on Jan. 25 , claiming that it was carried out as a provocative act by a " counter-guerrilla " force . |
| 16 | The Body Shop had brought a complaint against the Board , claiming that it was prejudging the Commission 's view , and that it was paying too much attention to industrial lobby groups and not enough to the concerns of consumers and environmental organisations . |
| 17 | So , while the Government claims that it is targeting help on those in greatest need , it is simultaneously increasing the numbers caught , in the Government 's terminology , in a ‘ dependency culture ’ . |
| 18 | Perkins also claims that it is making a segment virtue out of necessity . |
| 19 | The government claims that it is tackling this issue through its Making Belfast Work programme . |
| 20 | The FMLN denied government claims that it was refusing to withdraw its forces to appointed territories , that it had under-reported its arms and troop inventories , or that it was encouraging land occupations and was planning to establish agrarian settlements in a disputed border area with Honduras . |
| 21 | In those discussions BIIBA claims that it was agreed that its members would be allowed to renew their existing policies up to 31 October 1990 . |