Example sentences of "it be claimed to [be] " in BNC.

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1 Los Altos , California-based Full Source Software Inc has begun shipping UniShred , a $150 suite of media erasure applications that irrevocably delete files and securely obliterate data in files , making any kind of retrieval impossible : it 's claimed to be the first Unix package to conform to the strictest government and commercial standards , directly replacing Unix 's rm utility .
2 Dragon racing uses skills learned from a two thousand year old legend … yet it 's claimed to be the fastest growing sport in Britain .
3 So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ .
4 It is claimed to be simple for users and hard for learners , to aid readers and to hinder writers , and to speed the reading of the able while condemning the less able to semi-literacy .
5 It is claimed to be particularly useful for field engineers since it 's small size makes it ideal for use with portable computers .
6 It is claimed to be equally efficient for removing stains and organic growth from bricks , concrete and stone .
7 When set , it is claimed to be more crack-resistant and harder than normal concrete .
8 It smells and tastes so richly revolting that it is claimed to be the only fruit expressly forbidden in the plush Mandarin Hilton hotel in Singapore .
9 It is claimed to be one of the largest projects ever funded by the British government 's aid programme .
10 Where there was success it was claimed to be due to local outlets and relevant local knowledge .
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