Example sentences of "[pron] claim [conj] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who claim that a noisy motorway has ruined village life are planning to carry on their campaign , despite accepting government compensation . |
| 2 | While pluralist writers can not be interpreted as suggesting that there is a perfect or even extensive distribution of political power through the mechanism of interest participation in government decision making , — ’ what pluralists do argue is that more groups are involved in making decisions than is suggested by Marxist and elitists , who claim that a particular class or group has a monopoly of influence . |
| 3 | A man may be willing to believe another who claims that a particular woman has a liking for sado-masochism or has other sexual preferences . |
| 4 | They claimed that a forensic team had taken hundreds of items from the house . |
| 5 | He claimed that an expanded L Detachment could on the same night simultaneously attack the ten most important aerodromes in Libya and Cyrenaica , the bulk storage points on the enemy lines of communication and the main airfields in Crete , Rhodes , Greece and possibly Sicily . |
| 6 | It claimed that a large amount of money would be the immediate reward if you were delivered unharmed to the nearest British post . |
| 7 | Similarly , he claims that a powerful test in China in May was to blame for various natural disasters in Central Asia and an earthquake in California . |