Example sentences of "claim that [prep] [adj] [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 company has claimed that in environmental terms , there is " little to choose " between pampers and traditional cloth nappies . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Such a situation has led Matsuda ( 1965 ) to claim that in most insects the head comprises an acron and only five cephalic segments . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | In a fiery encounter , he claimed that on five occasions his players were grabbed by the testicles and , on more than one occasion , were spat on by their opponents . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | However , he claimed that in other respects clerks had retained distinct market advantages over manual workers . |
| 11 | Some teachers described the inspection as a very artificial set-up and claimed that in general people were not giving ‘ normal ’ lessons . |
| 12 | Both countries claimed that in these areas of Northeast Asia their political and economic rights and interests were paramount to national security . |
| 13 | Mr Langdale claimed that in 1990 south London drug-dealers supplied cannabis to Northern Ireland , frequently sending it via Red Star parcels . |
| 14 | The Turkish Human Rights Association claimed that in 1990 censorship of the press had been more severe than in any year since 1980 ; seven publications had their offices raided and 11 journalists and writers were arrested [ see also below ] . |
| 15 | The Italians claimed that by this treaty Menelik had granted them a protectorate over Abyssinia . |
| 16 | But it remained true , as a very experienced commentator pointed out , that " any man filled with an excessive desire of fortune or riches should abandon the calling of negotiator " , while the most successful English diplomat of the eighteenth century claimed that after fourteen years in several highly important posts he found himself £20,000 worse off . |
| 17 | Imagine a book which claimed that among heterosexual patients in psychiatric hospitals each had low personal self-esteem . |
| 18 | Along the road , another glimpse of the Buller of Buchan : they claim that in stormy weather the waves crash over the top of the Buller , a full two hundred feet . |
| 19 | Motorola Inc says it is now shipping the 40MHz version of the 68040 in volume , claiming that at 41.8 VAX MIPS , Motorola , it runs faster than the 50MHz version of the full 80486 from Intel Corp . |
| 20 | Motorola Inc announced yesterday that it is now shipping the 40MHz version of the 68040 in volume , claiming that at 41.8 VAX MIPS , Motorola , it runs faster than the 50MHz version of the full 80486 from Intel Corp.The 40MHz 68040 is $393 for 1,000 or more . |
| 21 | Carrow claims that for normal children the test scores increase with age and that it differentiates individuals with known disorders , including deaf children and those with articulation difficulties , from ordinary , non-handicapped children . |
| 22 | The company claims that since first shipment in June 1991 , it has sold more than 500 development and 100,000 run-time licences , primarily to large corporate customers . |
| 23 | He was lucky not to get a prison sentence and claims that since that time he has remained sober . |
| 24 | Testing and confidentiality are discussed , but more controversially under the small section on sexual abuse , the document claims that in certain circumstances , public health interests can ‘ override the duty of confidentiality ’ . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | IBM claims that in many cases , homophones such as ‘ to , ’ ‘ too ’ and ‘ two ’ are successfully distinguished . |