Example sentences of "[pers pn] claim [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gombrich sombrely recalled hearing about Auschwitz while working at the BBC Monitoring Service during the war : ‘ They claimed at that time — I remember that as if it were yesterday — they claimed that at least five million people had been killed , and I remember a colleague of mine coming to me to check this figure , because it seemed impossible . |
| 2 | They claim for each piece of work done and are paid according to rates laid down by the Dental Estimates Board . |
| 3 | If the security forces are as well informed as they claim about paramilitary leadership , north and south of the border , they must carry their offensive to them , wherever they are . |
| 4 | While I am sure that there may indeed be any number of genuine psychics and astrologers who can do precisely what they claim in this field , what is to prevent charlatans telling you that you were a Roman gladiator , a druid or even Napoleon ? |
| 5 | He claimed for one period several months ago , there were no spare ITU beds available in the entire southern half of the region . |
| 6 | It claims for all women a far greater potential in terms of powers and skills than any woman has ever demonstrated . |
| 7 | From this it is deduced that one who is seised must have an estate , and unless he claims through some gift which cuts down the estate then it will be a fee simple … |
| 8 | One of the consequences he claims for this theory is the disappearance of ideas ‘ to the precise extent that it has emerged that their existence is inscribed in the actions of practices governed by rituals defined in the last instance by an ideological apparatus ’ ( Althusser 1971 : 159 ) . |