Example sentences of "[adj] claim to [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lingering in the background was the English claim to overlordship of Scotland , occasionally dragged out as a diplomatic counter to Scottish military ambitions on England 's northern border ; but these neither seriously interrupted the peace between the two countries nor undermined Scotland 's status as an independent kingdom . |
| 2 | Laughable in an altogether more tragic sense are No Man , who now have the dubious claim to fame of featuring three ex-members of Japan ( Steve Jansen , Richard Barbieri and Mick Kam ) in their backing band , though to the uninitiated they come across as three craggy muso casualties looking more than ready for the knacker 's yard . |
| 3 | But second key-noter Dr Arno Penzias , vice president of Research at AT&T 's Bell Labs , who besides being a Nobel prize winner has the additional claim to fame of being the boss of Unix creators Ken Thomson and Dennis Ritchie , disagreed . |
| 4 | The principal claim to greatness of even the popes themselves , before the mid-eleventh century , lay in their conduct as bishops of Rome , building churches , organizing poor relief , and resisting the attempts of every tinpot contender for the empire to dominate the city and its people . |
| 5 | Initially she was supportive of the continuing claim to office of President Barre whose overthrow she did not at that stage recognise . |