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

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1 Said 's lawyer claimed successfully that this constituted a serious libel against his client as a man of honour .
2 But a leading Jehovah 's Witness claimed tonight that other treatments are available which do n't break the rules of their faith .
3 The government and the FIS claimed respectively that 17 or 20 people had died by June 10 .
4 Mr Meacher claimed yesterday that next April the value of those allowances would not be enough to cover even the most conservative forecasts of average poll tax payments .
5 The Merchant Navy officers ' union , NUMAST , in its submission to the Donaldson inquiry , claimed yesterday that some tankers sail with crews unable to steer or understand basic safety rules .
6 Mr Major claimed yesterday that this was under way .
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