Example sentences of "[pers pn] claim that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They claimed that mid-week polls showing a large Labour lead had shocked some floating voters into the realisation that opting for the Liberal Democrats would let Mr Kinnock in by the back door . |
| 2 | They claim that literacy brings ‘ enhanced cognitive and intellectual competence ’ and creates the adaptable , more productive ‘ Modern Man ’ ( sic ) . |
| 3 | The problem with all these formulations is that they are reductionist : that is , they claim that complex and multi-faceted phenomena can be explained by a single , simple cause . |
| 4 | In general they claim that recovery of the polluted parts of the Sound is almost complete . |
| 5 | They claim that impact studies revealing likely " catastrophic consequences " for wildlife have been deliberately suppressed by contractors . |
| 6 | How is it claimed that punishment reduces crime ? |
| 7 | He claimed that drinking enhanced some of his performances . |
| 8 | He claimed that communication professionals should not just be guided by codes of conduct but , more fundamentally , by universal principles of justice , solidarity and reciprocity . |
| 9 | He claimed that tournament judges had openly declared they would not place him first because he was ‘ queer . ’ |
| 10 | It claimed that bull-running was and warned that |
| 11 | Reverend Sawyers already asked his congregation to provide the communal wine to help save money , he claim that scheme 's working quite well . |
| 12 | It claims that cholesterol testing is more effective when done by experienced medical staff who can interpret the results , and that the £7.99 kits are difficult to use . |
| 13 | It claims that proof is necessary for knowledge , yet can not prove itself to be true . |
| 14 | It claims that class struggle has two distinct phases . |
| 15 | MC Hammer is obviously on the money when he claims that Vanilla Ice stole his act . |
| 16 | He claims that Conservatism is ‘ not an idea , still less is it a system of ideas ’ and that the Conservative tradition is marked by ‘ scepticism , a sense of the limitations of human reason , a rejection of abstraction or abstract doctrines , a distrust of systems and a belief in the importance of experience and circumstances ’ . |
| 17 | He claims that tobacco advertising was banned in Italy 30 years ago but that cigarette consumption had gone up . |
| 18 | Yolanda Serrano , a Harlem resident who is the Director of ADAPT , an advocacy group for the rights of intravenous drug users , disagrees : ‘ He claims that needle exchange is genocide . |
| 19 | The relativist often sets up standards of mutual understanding which are unrealistically high , and when we fail to reach them claims that understanding is impossible . |