Example sentences of "claim that [prep] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These figures were produced in support of the employers ' position in the course of a bitter wage dispute ; the weavers claimed that on some types of cloth they could hardly make 4d ( 2p ) a day . |
| 2 | Both countries claimed that in these areas of Northeast Asia their political and economic rights and interests were paramount to national security . |
| 3 | The Turkish Human Rights Association claimed that in 1990 censorship of the press had been more severe than in any year since 1980 ; seven publications had their offices raided and 11 journalists and writers were arrested [ see also below ] . |
| 4 | But it remained true , as a very experienced commentator pointed out , that " any man filled with an excessive desire of fortune or riches should abandon the calling of negotiator " , while the most successful English diplomat of the eighteenth century claimed that after fourteen years in several highly important posts he found himself £20,000 worse off . |
| 5 | Imagine a book which claimed that among heterosexual patients in psychiatric hospitals each had low personal self-esteem . |
| 6 | The company claims that since first shipment in June 1991 , it has sold more than 500 development and 100,000 run-time licences , primarily to large corporate customers . |