Example sentences of "[be] claimed [conj] such " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American critics were usually poets themselves ; Leavis made no attempt to be a creative writer — though he has been claimed as such by Ian Robinson — but his own criticism emerged from the Cambridge milieu of the twenties , where Eliot was a dominant influence . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it can be claimed that such exploration will be discussing a theistic structure found in the Eastern as well as the Western traditions . |
| 3 | For though it might be claimed that such an education would help a child to see more in his immediate environment , and understand it better , yet it would also greatly diminish his chances of going beyond that environment . |
| 4 | Only by engaging in extreme forms of economic casuistry can it be claimed that such things can be supplied satisfactorily without the agency of government at either national or local level . |
| 5 | It might then be claimed that such a form of the text was incomplete or inadequate , because the point which the author wishes to make is no longer accessible from the written text . |
| 6 | It is claimed that such systems satisfy heating requirements at a reasonable cost . |
| 7 | Indeed , it was claimed that such ‘ a wide and vague expression as ‘ State maintenance ’ would excite great prejudice and alarm ’ ( Report , 1905 , p. 7 ) . |