Example sentences of "be [adj] claim that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be absurd to claim that this day is already near . |
| 2 | Putting it in an academic essay would certainly be unexpected , but it might be possible to claim that it is a regional/class standard written form . |
| 3 | It was no doubt less advanced in its industrial organisation than Lancashire , where the last of the surviving handloom weavers were absorbed into other employment in the 1850s , but it would be unrealistic to claim that it was not industrial . |
| 4 | It would be wrong to claim that Darwinism had no impact on the study of what would now be called ecological relationships , but the impact was indirect . |
| 5 | However it would be wrong to claim that this represented a view of existence . |
| 6 | Irrespective of the immense problems posed by the preservation of electronic record that the traditional archives are now having to face , it would be wrong to claim that many of these problems are entirely new or unchallenged . |
| 7 | It would be foolish to claim that the unions have done nothing right since 1979 . |
| 8 | Of course , it would be naive to claim that all gifts are made with no thought of any benefit that might accrue to the individual or his or her family at some future time , or to deny that gifts are often a reflection of gratitude for past services rendered to a member of the family or the donor him or herself . |
| 9 | Granted , if his deficit-reduction plan eventually gets through Congress relatively unscathed , he will be able to claim that he has done more good in an important area of policy than either of his predecessors . |
| 10 | It is not at all clear why a plaintiff seeking material located in , say , France or Germany , but able to invoke United States jurisdiction ( available , perhaps , as a result of the long-arm claims to extensive jurisdiction made by Federal or State courts ) should be able to claim that American practices should apply as exclusively as in a purely domestic case . |
| 11 | The third party must be able to claim that its assent is invalid if any of these grounds can be substantiated . |
| 12 | Thus a member that protests from the outset of institutional action that is not sanctioned by the constitutive treaty should be able to claim that it is not bound by that action . |
| 13 | If Artai 's reign was marked by disaster or excess they would be able to claim that they were not responsible , and their influence over the affairs of the Khanate would not be diminished . |
| 14 | The first was the assumption that a ‘ form of words ’ which did not amend the text of the Treaty would be sufficient for the Danish Government to be able to claim that it had satisfied the wishes of the people as expressed in the referendum . |
| 15 | Might the assailant be able to claim that he acted in self-defence ? 4 . |
| 16 | There seems no good reason for the husband to be able to claim that he should not convey as " beneficial owner " and the wife 's solicitors should therefore insist that he so conveys ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 17 | It would be ridiculous to claim that the resistance of the last two decades has achieved nothing , for on the contrary it has brought about significant , noticeable change . |
| 18 | However , of the studies I have mentioned it would be difficult to claim that more than a handful fulfilled the criteria I mentioned earlier : both ( a ) respected as an original scholarly contribution within its own discipline and ( b ) could clearly not have been done without a computer . |
| 19 | But it certainly would n't be fair to claim that all you need to do in order to shed surplus weight is to add sufficient fibre-rich foods to your diet or switch from refined carbohydrate foods to natural fibre-rich foods like wholemeal bread . |
| 20 | It would be fair to claim that the exam results in Classics are very good . |
| 21 | Although it would be mad to claim that I felt happy , my first feeling was one of cheer that I had escaped from prison . |