Example sentences of "[noun pl] claim that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its authors claim that some operations are carried out unnecessarily because doctors are frightened of being sued . |
| 2 | But conservatives claim that this sort of argument leads to the destruction of the moral foundations on which the social order is built : ‘ men can not for long tolerate a sense of spiritual meaningless in their individual lives , so they can not for long accept a society in which power , privilege , and property are not distributed according to some morally meaningful criteria ’ . |
| 3 | Several returns claimed that all TP hours were supervised : one claiming 630 hours of supervised practice . |
| 4 | Meanwhile on Feb. 25 Armenian troops had taken the village of Khodzhaly , north of Stepanakert , and Azeri sources claimed that these troops had murdered more than 1,000 of the town 's fleeing Azeri inhabitants . |
| 5 | However , critics claimed that this scheme did not provide sufficient funds to those in real need . |
| 6 | Both anonymous respondents claimed that both events had had no impact whatsoever on their recruiting . |
| 7 | Critics claim that that consumers will , in effect , be SUBSIDISING the major industrial polluters who continue to evade prosecution . |
| 8 | Its critics claim that any assessment based on arbitrary demographic characteristics rules out a substantial number of people who would have been accepted on the basis of their individual performance , and is therefore unfair to them . |
| 9 | The form critics claim that some development of the stories took place in the passing down of these traditions . |
| 10 | However , through their various media organs , Aoun and Geaga offered contradictory interpretations of the peace pact and a number of press reports claimed that both sides were using the ceasefire as a means of consolidating their defensive lines . |
| 11 | Some naturalists argued that all characters should be taken into account when determining relationships , but others claimed that some characters were more fundamental than others and should thus be given more weight . |
| 12 | The Israeli Peace Now organization ( on July 23 ) and Palestinian representatives claimed that this decision would allow the population of some 120,000 settlers in 140 Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza strip to be increased by a further 50,000 . |
| 13 | Carmakers claim that such figures do not compare similar models , and that the price differentials take no account of discounts given to British buyers . |