Example sentences of "claim [to-vb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They claimed to speak for traditional family values and found support from various fundamentalists — Orthodox Jewish , Roman Catholic , Baptist — in an attempt both to broaden their appeal among Haringey 's multiracial population and to strengthen their message that homosexuality was ‘ unnatural ’ in all cultures . |
| 2 | The public profile of the CBI 's director general mainly derives from his willingness to pronounce in public on issues of political interest , his fluency and persuasiveness in doing so and the fact that he can claim to speak for British industry . |
| 3 | The 15 or so parties that claim to speak for British Muslims are constantly at war with each other . |
| 4 | Those who most confidently claim to speak for British interests sometimes seem to have the least confidence that those interests are likely to prevail . |
| 5 | One afternoon in late October we heard on a local radio station that someone , claiming to speak for Islamic Jihad , had phoned to announce that two Americans would be executed . |