Example sentences of "[pers pn] claim that [adj] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The details of the comparative method are a little sketchy , but she claims that Melanesian practice is very similar . |
| 2 | They claim that other problems are more urgent . |
| 3 | They claim that this age is far worse than previous ages , and they go on as though they had learned nothing at all from history — and yet history is the great teacher of life ( magistra vitae ) . |
| 4 | He claimed that capitalist society was polarizing ‘ into two great hostile camps , into two great classes directly facing each other : Bourgeoisie and Proletariat ’ ( Marx , 1977 : 222 ) . |
| 5 | It claims that these lawyers are wrong , lacking in insight and perception , that they misconceive their own behaviour . |
| 6 | The EC is blocking pork and beef imports because it claims that American slaughterhouses are unsanitary ; the Americans are blocking some wine imports because they have not tested a drug used in its production . |
| 7 | He claims that industrial society is characterized by boring and monotonous work , lack of freedom for the individual to control his or her own life and a compulsion to acquire material possessions , directed by the mistaken belief that they bring happiness and fulfilment . |
| 8 | As we pointed out then , although a stretch of discourse can appear to be largely concerned with a single individual , or one discourse subject , so that the discourse may be loosely reported as being ‘ about ’ that individual , this should not lead us to claim that all discourses are about single individuals or can be given convenient one-word titles . |