Example sentences of "government claimed that [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In response , the government claimed that political reform could not be contemplated while the rebellion of the Tuareg in the north of the country [ see p. 37800 ] continued to pose a threat to national security .
2 The Buddhist Vesak festival on May 27-29 was marked by the official suspension of offensive operations by the army , but the government claimed that nine soldiers were killed by the LTTE during this three-day period .
3 The government claimed that 10 guerrillas had been killed for the loss of 12 soldiers , with 66 others wounded , and that three civilians had also been killed and an estimated 50 more wounded .
4 Responding to Senegalese assertions in May 1990 that Mauritania was blocking efforts by the Organization for African Unity ( OAU ) and Egypt to find a solution to the border dispute between the two countries , the Mauritanian government claimed that 300,000 Mauritanians were being held in Senegal against their will .
5 The activities of the Nahda movement had in September severely strained relations with Algeria , as the government claimed that Tunisian fundamentalists were allowed to operate from bases in Algeria .
6 The Conservative Government claimed that these bodies were an unnecessary and highly expensive tier of administration .
7 Throughout June , the RPF continued to launch attacks from southern Uganda on communes within the northern prefecture of Biumba , although the government claimed that these attacks had been repulsed .
8 The government claimed that this was a step towards the demilitarization of Nicosia .
9 The Vietnamese government claimed that this was a violation of its sovereignty .
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