Example sentences of "[pers pn] claim that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alice Heim was beginning her work on creativity in which she claimed that verbal reasoning tests ignored vital aspects of child potential . |
| 2 | The details of the comparative method are a little sketchy , but she claims that Melanesian practice is very similar . |
| 3 | He claimed that capitalist society was polarizing ‘ into two great hostile camps , into two great classes directly facing each other : Bourgeoisie and Proletariat ’ ( Marx , 1977 : 222 ) . |
| 4 | His employment , and the creation of a deputy batteur de musique [ sic ] , permits us with difficulty to understand what M. Devismes meant to say when , in sacking Guenin , first violin , he claimed that extraordinary authority [ une force extraordinaire ] was necessary to direct [ diriger ] the orchestra . |
| 5 | And he claimed that Nuclear Electric can never test for every possible accident or allow for human error . |
| 6 | He claimed that adding VAT to domestic fuel and power would help create a greener and cleaner world by stimulating the use of more energy efficiency measures , particularly in the home . |
| 7 | It claims that protectionist farming policies have increased the burden of poverty in the developing world and subsidised the destruction of the British countryside . |
| 8 | It claims that individual growth can take different , nurturance- or achievement-oriented forms for women or men respectively , and offers women minimal growth programmes congruent with this division . |
| 9 | He claims that industrial society is characterized by boring and monotonous work , lack of freedom for the individual to control his or her own life and a compulsion to acquire material possessions , directed by the mistaken belief that they bring happiness and fulfilment . |
| 10 | But now he claims that new material has come to light , from British and former Soviet KGB archives , which he believes casts doubt on Lord Aldington 's account of events . |
| 11 | He claims that serious work on inner-city policy began in 1979 : but it was , undoubtedly , the riots of 1981 , coinciding with the biggest drop in employment and job vacancies since the war , which gave impetus to the new approach . |
| 12 | He claims that widespread poverty amongst elderly people has been relatively ignored by academics and politicians , although it has resulted in the ‘ social creation of dependent status ’ . |
| 13 | He claims that limiting greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere by such methods would be cheaper than using nuclear power or energy-efficiency as a means of combating global warming . |