Example sentences of "[noun pl] claim that [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So generally clear perceptions of strong press bias were overlaid by a tendency for readers to claim that their paper was relatively sympathetic to their own political viewpoint . |
| 2 | The contras claimed that their action was intended to focus attention on the government 's failure to provide funds for the resettlement of former contras and their dependents . |
| 3 | The doctors in these countries claim that their results are as good as those obtained by giving just one remedy at a time . |
| 4 | Firstly , many sociologists claim that his theory still provides the best explanation of the nature of class in capitalist society . |
| 5 | Over a quarter of respondents claimed that their organisation was either implementing and operating an Open Systems strategy . |
| 6 | Gnostic teachers claimed that their dualism explained the origin of evil far better than the orthodox church 's view that the created world comes from a perfectly good and all-powerful God . |
| 7 | One effect of the early deadline was that some teachers claimed that their reports had to be rushed and that there was little opportunity for a considered appraisal : |
| 8 | Mohawk leaders claimed that their action had focused world attention on land compensation claims of Canadian Indians and on the poor living conditions on reservations . |
| 9 | Some critics claim that his diets are high in cholesterol and could cause heart attacks . |
| 10 | The European proposals , which could add $10 a barrel to the price of oil by the end of the century , were also opposed by large-scale energy users claiming that their businesses would be hampered if other trading partners did not introduce similar measures . |
| 11 | Mrs Ozal 's detractors claim that her candidacy is an example of third-world dynastic ambitions in the Peron mode . |
| 12 | However , the role of Campylobacter pylori in ulcer formation is controversial with some clinicians claiming that its property of promoting excess gastrin and gastric acid secretion is a primary ulcer inducing factor , while others argue that it is a secondary factor . |
| 13 | By a majority of 51 per cent at the start of the campaign , rising to 58 per cent at the end , Conservative partisans claimed that their paper was biased towards the Conservative party . |
| 14 | Residents claim that their homes were already being ‘ shaken to bits ’ by the amount of heavy traffic connected with Park Foods on the existing industrial complex . |
| 15 | The Fascists claimed that their name derived from the fasces , bundles of rods carried as a symbol of power by victors of the Roman Empire . |
| 16 | Sviridenko 's colleagues claim that his death was the result of his attempts to investigate a lucrative clandestine operation involving works of art from the so-called Zagorsk Archive , a collection of art treasures held as war booty stored in the Pivnaya Bashnya ( Brewer 's Tower ) of the Holy Trinity Monastery in Sergiyevyy Posad ( formerly Zagorsk ) . |
| 17 | The nuns claim that their eggs have never been associated with an outbreak of food poisoning , and although salmonella is present in the environment it is not necessarily in the eggs . |