Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] claim that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The refugees also claimed that water and electricity supplies had been cut in some parts of Kuwait City but not in others .
2 In that case the defendants falsely claimed that trees were dangerous and offered to cut them down .
3 Kabbalists even claimed that God En Sof , God as he is in himself , was not mentioned in either the Bible or the Talmud .
4 Instrumentalists also claim that poulantzas ' conception of the state as the factor of cohesion in the social formation is equally unhelpful .
5 Jubilant Tory Euro-sceptics immediately claimed that Mr Bangemann had ‘ let the cat out of the bag . ’
6 Estate agents ' advertisements habitually claim that country houses are suitable for every use from country clubs to prestige headquarters .
7 Writers of old recipes often claimed that lemon curd keeps for years .
8 Colleagues and city councillors frequently claim that Dr Fohrbeck 's policies are increasingly affected by her religious convictions , but during our conversation with her there was no evidence of any fanaticism .
9 After James II 's death , and during the reign of Anne , Jacobites usually claimed that James Francis Stuart was the rightful heir to the throne , who should succeed his sister : it was not until after the Hanoverian succession that we find him being hailed as James III .
10 Reports also claimed that Syria had begun reinforcing its army positions in the Bekaa Valley and on the eastern front of the Syrian-Lebanese border .
11 Some of these Lutheran priests also claim that women 's bodies are impure and so the presence of a woman at the altar would pollute the sacred rites .
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