Example sentences of "have claimed that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends of the Earth has claimed that the British government is failing to alert the public adequately when ozone levels in the atmosphere cause a deterioration of air quality . |
| 2 | The Forestry Commission has claimed that the red squirrel faces extinction in southern Britain , and continuing decline in the north , unless large areas of contiguous conifer forest are maintained . |
| 3 | The Exxon oil company has claimed that the massive spill from the Exxon Valdez tanker in 1989 has had little lasting effect on the wildlife of Alaska 's Prince William Sound . |
| 4 | The Moldovan leadership had claimed that the Soviet Army in the republic was supplying arms to " extremist elements " in Russian areas , and on Dec. 7 it had appealed to the UN for action . |
| 5 | In early October government spokesmen had claimed that the armed forces controlled the south , asserting that the SPLA was split and that its leader , Gen. John Garang , had lost control . |
| 6 | On April 30 a television programme had claimed that the Labour Party had hosted secret fund-raising dinners for prominent business executives , that certain companies had made significant secret contributions to the party 's campaign fund , and that these had subsequently profited from sales of state assets . |
| 7 | The gesture followed months of escalating political violence in Sind during which the PPP had claimed that the provincial government had launched a political vendetta against its members [ see pp. 38338 ; 38393 ; 38683 ] . |
| 8 | The Middle East Economic Digest of Sept. 7 reported that in its memorandum submitted to the UN Security Council , Jordan had claimed that the Iraqi embargo would cost Jordan some US$4,000 million during the first 12 months and that the country 's foreign debt would become virtually unmanageable . |
| 9 | Graham et al , however , have claimed that the exaggerated meal stimulated gastrin response caused by H pylori is the result of an increase in biologically inactive progastrin . |
| 10 | On the other hand , others have claimed that the class-related variation that undoubtedly occurs is caused by differences in language use , which significantly affect children 's ability to make use of the opportunities provided by formal education . |