Example sentences of "[noun pl] claim that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authors claim that single dose treatment has not yet been proved adequate in this context . |
| 2 | Some aid workers claimed that gang-like violence had been exacerbated by the security-minded approach of the police which stressed control of the refugees at the expense of community organization . |
| 3 | Officials claimed that large numbers of weapons had been found in various towns . |
| 4 | The move provoked anger in Russia , and confusion ensued as Yeltsin told the Russian Supreme Soviet on March 18 that Kravchuk had reversed his decision and that the original deadline of July 1 would be observed ; NATO officials claimed that identical assurances had been given by Ukraine . |
| 5 | Other investigators claim that endogenous prostaglandins may not be essential since gastric cytoprotection persists after pretreatment with prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors . |
| 6 | Officials claim that reasonable prices will be paid for the land that is purchased . |
| 7 | Syrian sources claimed that logistical problems had delayed the release of Erriquez and confirmed that he would soon be freed . |
| 8 | First , classical elitists claimed that Marxist theory , which pervaded most European socialist parties by the 1890s , was a flawed and limited explanation of the persistence of domination in human societies . |
| 9 | His advertisements claimed that spinal misalignment caused various illnesses . |
| 10 | Some sociologists claim that low levels of social mobility only provide movement within the system but that , on a bigger scale , this mobility can change the system ( Kahl 1970 ) . |
| 11 | There was a climate of fear after anonymous tip-offs claiming that live weapons would be used . |
| 12 | Employers claim that hard-pressed firms in eastern Germany can not afford the pay rises . |
| 13 | Many black-rights groups claim that black deprivation is the result of continuing racism , and that reversing discrimination will rescue blacks from poverty . |
| 14 | Traditionalists claim that foreign bulls are destroying the purity of the British Hereford . |
| 15 | Two forces were at work : the curriculum requirement of central government changed sufficiently often for critics to claim that important changes in original policy were repeatedly taking place . |
| 16 | Critics claimed that economic success had done little to alleviate fundamental problems of poverty and the grossly unequal distribution of income . |
| 17 | Critics claim that gay activists were closely involved in the creation of the curriculum , which is being pushed by Schools Chancellor Joseph Fernandez . |
| 18 | The plaintiffs claimed that certain grass verges were part of the manorial lands of the manor and wished to re-litigate the question of whether the road verges were part of the highway . |
| 19 | Two of the sons of one of the " suspects " died in a bomb explosion shortly after the abduction , and Lebanese police claimed that Israeli forces had planted the bomb during the raid . |
| 20 | Buthelezi criticized the action as " confrontationist " , while the police claimed that intimidatory tactics were used to implement the strike . |
| 21 | The Egyptian police claimed that false identity papers had been discovered and that Misrati had jumped from a balcony in a bid to escape , breaking a leg in the process . |
| 22 | Some theorists claim that English spelling is a triumph of English muddling-through that achieves the best possible compromise between conflicting needs . |
| 23 | Commentators claimed that formal relations with China would not strain Singapore 's strong ties with Taiwan . |
| 24 | Some reports claimed that Egyptian forces had been sent to Saudi Arabia even before the summit , at which Egypt formally undertook to send troops as part of a pan-Arab force . |
| 25 | Some Western reports claimed that Iraqi troops had been told that they were invading Israel and were deeply distressed when they found themselves in another Arab state . |
| 26 | The initial reports claimed that local fisherman had killed the dolphins in order to protect their fishing grounds and for dolphin meat , which was divided up amongst Fukue islanders in the East China Sea off Nagasaki . |
| 27 | Soviet spokesmen claim that American ambitions in the 1980s are not confined to cultivating relations of ‘ alignment ’ on a bilateral basis . |
| 28 | Environmentalists claim that industrial peat extraction is one of the most ecologically-ruinous forms of development in such areas , and point out that alternatives to peat exist for both fuel and horticultural purposes . |
| 29 | Week after week you publish reports claiming that Israeli doves are winning the political argument , that more and more Israelis want to abandon all the territories administered since 1967 , and so on . |
| 30 | Analysts claimed that close links between Class 5 and Class 11 would ensure a future non-contested attainment of the post of Army C.-in-C. by Gen. Issarapong . |