Example sentences of "[pron] was claim that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far from the state sanctioning male vice by providing men of the forces with a clean supply of women , it was claimed that the acts were essentially moral in aim and intention . |
| 2 | It was claimed that the chairman never went fishing and did not own his boat . |
| 3 | When the 10th anniversary came round , it was claimed that the incident was invented by the nasty Tory press . |
| 4 | Yet , with all parties widely flouting this provision , it was claimed that the authorities had systematically overlooked DLP transgressions while acting against opposition violations of the law . |
| 5 | It was claimed that the police investigated the attack which happened as Kylie returned to Australia after another of her visits to Britain . |
| 6 | By re-amended notice of appeal dated 30 August 1991 the defendants sought an order to set aside or vary the judge 's order or to order a retrial and sought leave to adduce fresh evidence on the grounds , inter alia , ( 1 ) that the judge had erred in law in failing to take into account ( a ) the lack of a penal notice on the order which it was claimed that the appellants had breached ; and ( b ) the plaintiff 's delay of 18 months in applying for the committal order ; ( 2 ) that the judge 's decision was arrived at without regard to fresh evidence which the defendants had obtained since the hearing , part of which related to matters subsequent to the hearing and the remainder of which could not have been obtained with reasonable diligence ; which , if given , would probably have had an important influence on the result , which was credible and which should , therefore , be admitted ; ( 3 ) that , alternatively , the court should exercise its discretion to admit the fresh evidence as the liberty of the defendants was at risk ; and ( 4 ) that the sentence imposed was excessive . |
| 7 | It was claimed that the children lived mostly with their grandmother , Cynthia Dawson , near their home in Tottenham , London . |
| 8 | It was claimed that the population of these desert ascetics was equal to that of the Nile towns , but religious fervour can hardly be trusted to have a head for figures . |
| 9 | It was claimed that the plaintiff should be compensated for care of her parents to the full commercial rate in accordance with the principles expressed in Abbel . |
| 10 | Now , just as the long-standing debate had been settled , here was Kammerer adducing experimental evidence in favour of Lamarck 's discredited theory , for he was claiming that the pads had been ‘ re-evolved ’ in a few generations as a direct consequence of the parents being persuaded to mate once more in water ! |