Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] claim that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was claimed that a ‘ natural ’ rate of unemployment existed in an economy at any particular time , determined by such things as the state of technology and any impediments to the free movement of labour such as restrictive work practices . |
| 2 | Thirdly , it was claimed that no general warrants were issued . |
| 3 | Unlike the earlier occasions , it was claimed that no one knew of an Alexander Atkins . |
| 4 | It was claimed that the chairman never went fishing and did not own his boat . |
| 5 | It was claimed that the police investigated the attack which happened as Kylie returned to Australia after another of her visits to Britain . |
| 6 | When the 10th anniversary came round , it was claimed that the incident was invented by the nasty Tory press . |
| 7 | It was claimed that the unsolicited letter from Watts revealed the extent to which the partnership principle had failed to secure active , purposeful and genuine co-operation between the Cambridge Board and the WEA . |
| 8 | For example , it was claimed that the military government had reduced the infant mortality rate to between 24 and 30 per thousand in the West Bank and 30 per thousand in Gaza , comparing very favourably with the rate , 22 per thousand , for Palestinians in Israel . |
| 9 | It was claimed that the children lived mostly with their grandmother , Cynthia Dawson , near their home in Tottenham , London . |
| 10 | It was claimed that the Ptolemaic builders at Edfu in constructing the great girdle wall had followed a design written down by Imhotep . |
| 11 | By re-amended notice of appeal dated 30 August 1991 the defendants sought an order to set aside or vary the judge 's order or to order a retrial and sought leave to adduce fresh evidence on the grounds , inter alia , ( 1 ) that the judge had erred in law in failing to take into account ( a ) the lack of a penal notice on the order which it was claimed that the appellants had breached ; and ( b ) the plaintiff 's delay of 18 months in applying for the committal order ; ( 2 ) that the judge 's decision was arrived at without regard to fresh evidence which the defendants had obtained since the hearing , part of which related to matters subsequent to the hearing and the remainder of which could not have been obtained with reasonable diligence ; which , if given , would probably have had an important influence on the result , which was credible and which should , therefore , be admitted ; ( 3 ) that , alternatively , the court should exercise its discretion to admit the fresh evidence as the liberty of the defendants was at risk ; and ( 4 ) that the sentence imposed was excessive . |
| 12 | It was claimed that the population of these desert ascetics was equal to that of the Nile towns , but religious fervour can hardly be trusted to have a head for figures . |
| 13 | Far from the state sanctioning male vice by providing men of the forces with a clean supply of women , it was claimed that the acts were essentially moral in aim and intention . |
| 14 | In effect , it was claimed that the unpopular and disastrous system of adversary politics and the threat of democratic socialism was in existence because of the working of the established electoral system . |
| 15 | There had been plans to introduce a separate currency , in the form of Soviet roubles stamped with a letter " U " ( Ukraine ) for purchasing basic goods , but it was claimed that the Soviet authorities had thwarted the plans at the last minute , forcing the reintroduction of coupons instead . |
| 16 | Yet , with all parties widely flouting this provision , it was claimed that the authorities had systematically overlooked DLP transgressions while acting against opposition violations of the law . |
| 17 | It was claimed that the plaintiff should be compensated for care of her parents to the full commercial rate in accordance with the principles expressed in Abbel . |
| 18 | Now , just as the long-standing debate had been settled , here was Kammerer adducing experimental evidence in favour of Lamarck 's discredited theory , for he was claiming that the pads had been ‘ re-evolved ’ in a few generations as a direct consequence of the parents being persuaded to mate once more in water ! |