Example sentences of "claim that there had been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Begg later claimed that there had been no protest at the time . |
| 2 | The Maronites were later to claim that there had been provocation for the killings but the attack appeared to have been carefully planned . |
| 3 | We did not claim that there had been any cases of poisoning in Britain , but referred to the numerous American cases ( FDA Drug Bulletin 1977 , vol 7 , p 26 ; New England Journal of Medicine 1979 , vol 300 , p 238 ) . |
| 4 | The DTI statement was made after the brewers had agreed to arbitration for their tenants — see page 11 — and some commentators claimed that there had been a trade-off . |
| 5 | He claimed that there had been a bona-fide revival of Gothic architecture during the reign of Queen Victoria , that there was with those who loved architecture and made it the subject of special study , |
| 6 | However , Mrs. Buttigieg claimed that there had been no prior warnings to indicate that changes would take place over the weekend . |
| 7 | According to Index on Censorship , lawyers claimed that there had been ‘ insufficient evidence ’ and that the outcome of the trial had been influenced by ‘ external pressures ’ which amounted to an international campaign against ranchers in the Amazon ( see pages 18–19 ) . |
| 8 | At the end of the 11th round on Aug. 7 , Burt admitted that " no major achievements ' had been made but claimed that there had been " solid progress ' on all issues except those relating to space weapons on which the sides remained " too far apart " . |
| 9 | Iran claimed that there had been " 14 major cases " of Iraqi ceasefire violations between Feb. 20 and March 10 . |
| 10 | In a report issued on May 30 the New York-based human rights organization Asia Watch claimed that there had been a large number of dissident trials in China during the previous six months . |
| 11 | The Israeli human rights group Betselem issued a report on Dec. 8 which claimed that there had been a reduction in the number of casualties inflicted by the security forces in the occupied territories during 1990-91 . |
| 12 | A report issued by the New York-based human rights group Asia Watch in late March claimed that there had been a recent crackdown against dissident activity in Inner Mongolia , reflecting government fears of nationalist influence spreading from neighbouring Mongolia . |
| 13 | As provisional results were announced , opposition leaders claimed that there had been a " giant fraud " after polling stations closed . |
| 14 | Pierre Tapsoba of the National Convention of Progressive Patriots-Social Democratic Party ( CNPP-PSD ) claimed that there had been " widespread fraud and massive vote-buying " in the first legislative elections since 1978 . |
| 15 | Opposition MPs claimed that there had been only one small bookmaker in favour and that everyone else had either objected or been neutral . |
| 16 | Although Commonwealth observers reported that voting had been free and fair , Mancham said that the poll had been rigged against the Democratic Party , claiming that there had been an " abundant use of state apparatus " in the SPPF campaign and that there had been irregularities in the establishment of the electoral lists , allowing some people to vote more than once . |
| 17 | Savimbi , however , claiming that there had been widespread electoral fraud , threatened to resume UNITA 's guerrilla war against the MPLA-PT . |