Example sentences of "[pron] [be] claim that [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Perhaps this is why it is claimed that boys ' academic performance is higher in ‘ mixed ’ schools than in ‘ boys only ’ schools : they benefit from having a whole group to be better than ! |
| 2 | If it is claimed that reasons are needed for this verdict , which might be doubted , one has to do with the fact that we do not take all the causes of behaviour to be other behaviour . |
| 3 | In a similar way in suprasegmental phonology it is claimed that utterances may be divided up into tone-units , and that one can identify on phonetic or phonological grounds the places where one tone-unit ends and another tone-unit begins . |
| 4 | It is claimed that children of similar ages inevitably approach problems from similar perspectives and therefore appreciate the learning difficulties that each other have . |
| 5 | It was claimed that soldiers on a British training exercise had been caught by a fearsome ‘ flame weapon ’ which had burned dozens of them alive at the water 's edge . |
| 6 | In short , it was claimed that meditators ' moral senses were enlivened and it helped them ‘ become better Christians ’ . |
| 7 | However , it was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators into giving up their runs to let them move into the area . |
| 8 | It was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators . |
| 9 | However , it was claimed that criminals saw the vans operating in the city 's large housing schemes as an ideal front from which to sell drugs and stolen goods , and threatened the legitimate operators into giving up their runs to let them move into the area . |
| 10 | It was claimed that unions set out by being radical and militant in their outlook , but then went through a ‘ maturation ’ process , ultimately becoming pragmatic and less militant . |
| 11 | It was claimed that trustees of the NUM ( the President , the Vice-President and the Secretary ) were in breach of their duties and the High Court ordered them to recover these assets and hand them over to the sequestrators . |