Example sentences of "it be claim that [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It concerned the toxic effects of atmospheric lead and was characterised by a series of comments like ‘ It 's claimed that even low levels of lead can cause brain damage ’ , ‘ It 's been difficult to get conclusive evidence ’ , ‘ There 's a whole lot of evidence ’ , ‘ Yes but there is conflicting evidence ’ , all delivered without any one of the four speakers actually providing figures to explain what the concern and disagreement was all about . |
| 2 | In Sweden , it is claimed that nearly 10,000 lakes have such high concentrations of mercury that any fish caught in them should not be eaten . |
| 3 | It is claimed that about half of the almost 4,000 senior management posts in companies controlled directly or indirectly by INI were ‘ superfluous sinecures ’ ( Graham 1985 : 97 ) , available for distribution as political favours . |
| 4 | It is an area in which it was claimed that reasonably good relations existed between young blacks and the police , as a result of the practice of community policing introduced in the late 1970s . |
| 5 | In speeches summing up for Yeltsin it was claimed that about 40,000,000 people had been " eliminated " by the CPSU , and that 19,840,000 " enemies of the people " had been repressed . |