Example sentences of "[adv] claim that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is widely claimed that English speech tends towards a regular alternation between stronger and weaker , and tends to adjust stress levels to bring this about . |
| 2 | Many prep schools use small classes as their trump card in their marketing campaigns rightly claiming that small classes allow each child to have a big slice of teacher time . |
| 3 | We are not claiming that personal leadership is all important but rather that Mrs Thatcher 's personality and policies enabled her to take advantage of the constellation of events and ideas . |
| 4 | Election candidates and doctors clashed over claims that waiting times have increased in the town . |
| 5 | But adjudication officers may eventually claim that part-time employment is your normal pattern , and that you should not be entitled to benefit on the days you do n't work because you would not normally expect to be working anyway . |
| 6 | But adjudication officers may eventually claim that part-time employment is your normal pattern , and that you should not be entitled to benefit on the days you do n't work because you would not normally expect to be working anyway . |
| 7 | But adjudication officers may eventually claim that part-time employment is your normal pattern , and that you should not be entitled to benefit on the days you do n't work because you would not normally expect to be working anyway . |
| 8 | ‘ Aristotle , my dear Roger , always claimed that careful observation , coupled with logic , would solve any problem under the sun . |
| 9 | Mr Savage promptly claimed that black Chicagoans support white Democratic candidates , but that the converse does not hold — even when the black candidate is someone as respected as Harold Washington , mayor of the city from 1983 until his death in 1987 . |
| 10 | The MRD later claimed that small crowds had assembled in six places without confronting the police and that 1,500 had been detained . |
| 11 | He also claimed that Western imperialism was pressurizing the Soviet Union and China to break off links with Cuba and said that he was surprised by the terrible wave of " neoliberalism " currently " scourging " the world and especially Latin America . |
| 12 | He also claimed that other Uzbek human rights activists had been arrested without warrants to prevent them attending the conference . |
| 13 | Adams also claimed that top points scorer Tony Hand was ‘ gooned ’ and added : ‘ Someone was put there to take him out . ’ |
| 14 | He also claimed that local protestors blocking factories would be ‘ very serious for the country 's image ’ . |
| 15 | He also claimed that high-end multi-processor and security features would be delayed by Novell concentrating on the desktop . |
| 16 | We can no longer smugly claim that literary criticism is concerned only with ‘ the best ’ expression of the period , because what is best is dependent on a host of preconceptions about what we wish to learn about Renaissance writing . |
| 17 | The government also claims that environmental impact assessment already carried out as part of the process of gaining planning permission met EC standards . |
| 18 | The committee also claims that tight controls have slowed the introduction of new drugs . |
| 19 | Critics often claim that non-offensive defence uses only complex and highly centralised technologies . |
| 20 | Politicians often claim that human life is beyond economic calculation and must be given absolute priority whatever the cost . |
| 21 | Pecquet even claimed that good diplomats needed to be prepared from childhood for the work . |
| 22 | Economists and politicians are already celebrating the disappearance of these huge external imbalances — even those who only a few years ago claimed that current-account deficits did not matter . |
| 23 | Rival ministers must even claim that heavy spending in one area is holding back growth in others . |
| 24 | Stensland and Semonin ( 1982 ) even claim that severe drought and duststorms affected much of the USA in the 1950s , increasing the calcium and magnesium levels in soils , thereby partly explaining differences in precipitation acidity between the 1950s and 1970s . |
| 25 | Jana , the official Libyan news agency , had earlier claimed that Libyan control would be a'logical and historical' move because of the considerable early Arab links with the city . |
| 26 | Anti-nuclear campaigners sometimes claim that nuclear fission and its dangerous products are a purely manmade phenomenon . |
| 27 | O.K.W. subsequently claimed that German fighters had shot down seven Hurricanes without loss , yet strangely only three claims can be found for 7/JG 26 , one of which may not even have been confirmed . |
| 28 | It was a breach of the Code to falsely claim that criminal proceedings could be brought for non-payment , or to compel anyone to sign documents which allowed repossession of goods . |
| 29 | Monetarists therefore claim that monetary policy is an extremely powerful weapon for controlling aggregate demand . |
| 30 | Keynesians therefore claim that monetary policy is an extremely unreliable weapon for controlling aggregate demand . |