Example sentences of "[Wh pn] claim that [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Opposition to the move , at the annual Scottish Prison Officers ' Association conference in Inverness yesterday came from the staff of Porterfield Prison , Inverness , who claimed that the moth-balled unit would not fulfil the role for which it was originally intended — to house disruptive prisoners . |
2 | Suggestions of a split were denied , however , by the FMLN leadership , who claimed that the complete halting of the offensive was dependent upon the acceptance of a mediation role by the UN Secretary-General , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , who had appealed to the guerrillas to show restraint . |
3 | Three High Court judges rejected appeals by six motorists who claimed that the standard charge sheet was badly worded and therefore invalid in law . |
4 | The signing of START came amidst embarrassing revelations from US officials who claimed that the Soviet Union had attempted to circumvent the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces ( INF ) treaty by stationing SS-23 missiles in three Warsaw Pact countries . |
5 | The staff appraisal interviews were conducted by the Head and the Deputy Head ( Staff ) , who claimed that the main benefits were : a report on individual teachers , agreed with them , on their personal file ( to which the Head added ‘ they 're helping to write their own references ’ ) , and clarification for the Senior Management Team as to what INSET actions they ought to take on the individual teacher 's behalf . |
6 | People who claim that a noisy motorway has ruined village life are planning to carry on their campaign , despite accepting government compensation . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | This was set up to promote the theory and findings of Dr Ryke Geerd Hamer , who claims that the real causes of cancer are mental conflict experienced in isolation . |