Example sentences of "[pers pn] claimed that this " in BNC.
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| 1 | They claimed that this was an annual event and it does seem that the date coincided with a regular initiation ceremony for new members of their organisation . |
| 2 | They showed that such models could start with a big bang , even though the galaxies were no longer always moving directly away from each other , but they claimed that this was still only possible in certain exceptional models in which the galaxies were all moving in just the right way . |
| 3 | He claimed that this was not necessary , that Seton was an excellent commander and had put up a splendid defence . |
| 4 | Professor Fei Xiaotong of Beijing University was the chairman of the biggest Democratic party called the Democratic Alliance and he claimed that this party represented the interests of intellectuals and especially intellectuals involved in teaching ( Chan 1989 : 83 ) . |
| 5 | Huszti said that while the APEH did require an ‘ open system ’ , but he claimed that this did not necessitate a Unix system , indicating that conformance to the X/Open Co Ltd XPG/3 branding standard might not be obligatory — even though the Hungarian government decreed that X/Open branding should be used in all government tenders back in August last year . |
| 6 | He claimed that this amount did have significant effects on the person 's capacity to remember ( though presumably it did not cause them to remember their past experiences as yeast cells ! ) . |
| 7 | It claimed that this would extend the life of the timber reserves of Sarawak to at least 20 years , in contrast to the International Tropical Timber Organization 's estimate of 11 years . |