Example sentences of "claim that [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's claimed that for some men and women it 's like a drug they ca n't do without — and they end up like any other addict , ruining their lives , desperate for the next ‘ fix ’ . |
| 2 | Several commentators have claimed that on this expedition Gould 's party was the first ever to reach the great western bend of the Murray overland from Adelaide . |
| 3 | The receiver is not , however , obliged to fulfil existing contracts and because of this it is claimed that in this regard he is better placed than the company which of course must stand by its contracts . |
| 4 | Such a situation has led Matsuda ( 1965 ) to claim that in most insects the head comprises an acron and only five cephalic segments . |
| 5 | Yet with contradictory logic he claimed that at this level a contributory pension would stimulate retirement , since older people would withdraw from full-time work and would ‘ eke out ’ their pensions by |
| 6 | These figures were produced in support of the employers ' position in the course of a bitter wage dispute ; the weavers claimed that on some types of cloth they could hardly make 4d ( 2p ) a day . |
| 7 | These were not people with chronic or serious illnesses and yet they claimed that on most days they had some sort of ache or pain or just a feeling of being ‘ run down ’ or ‘ drained ’ . |
| 8 | Both countries claimed that in these areas of Northeast Asia their political and economic rights and interests were paramount to national security . |
| 9 | The Italians claimed that by this treaty Menelik had granted them a protectorate over Abyssinia . |
| 10 | He was lucky not to get a prison sentence and claims that since that time he has remained sober . |
| 11 | The letter from Mr. Roper in the March issue of the Record claims that in many authorities it has been staff themselves who have initiated the blacking of News International newspapers . |
| 12 | IBM claims that in many cases , homophones such as ‘ to , ’ ‘ too ’ and ‘ two ’ are successfully distinguished . |