Example sentences of "claim have [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In which direction did Michael Heseltine claim to have no ambition ? |
| 2 | Similarly , we might claim to have a right to private property on account of having interests which crucially depend on private ownership . |
| 3 | It must be irritating for ministers , used to almost unbridled power at Westminster , to be faced by hostile local bodies who can also claim to have a democratic mandate . |
| 4 | After the 1987 election Mrs Thatcher can claim to have a very clear mandate . |
| 5 | The commission looks to be an inspired choice on the part of New York 's Metropolitan Opera House , who will stage the premiere in October 1992 , for Glass is one of the few contemporary composers who could claim to have a made a journey in any way comparable to that of Columbus . |
| 6 | At that time the bones of a saint were important : the Abbeys would vie with each other to see who could claim to have the best holy relics , because bones performed miracles , which brought in the visitors . ’ |
| 7 | While Smith can claim to have the votes of some left-wingers ( all but one Scot , at any rate ) , Beckett 's nominations come almost exclusively from the right . |
| 8 | The reduction of the concept of communication to comprehensible input , in association with the absence of any clear definition of what is meant by comprehensible or any criteria for knowing whether language has been comprehended or not , means that almost any approach to teaching can claim to have the blessing of the theory . |
| 9 | An ideal utilitarian like Moore may claim to have the moral insight that promise keeping is only right or obligatory , where one can not do better or as well by breaking the promise ( taking general account of effects on human trust into account ) but he can not claim that this insight is merely into how words are properly used . |
| 10 | From the Arche de la Défense at one end of the city to the Parc de la Villette on the other , with the Pyramide of the Louvre , the Musée d'Orsay and Beaubourg in between , Paris can claim to have the most impressive monuments to the religion of culture to be seen anywhere in the Western world . |
| 11 | Views of individual scientists on science policy tend to be channelled through a multiplicity of professional societies , and the only unifying body which can claim to have an overview of national needs in science is the Royal Society . |