Example sentences of "claim are make [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is doubtful how much influence a critic has today , though high claims are made for Clement Greenberg as the promoter of American Abstract Expressionism .
2 In the hard sell of this linguistic and cultural economy , claims are made for English , not unlike those formerly made for Latin or for certain styles of French , that it is better suited to particular intellectual and scientific purposes , notably in the current situation , those for which consumers want to buy languages .
3 As with other contributors , exaggerated claims are made for détournement ( the communication which contains its own critique ) , firstly because it was an inheritance from Cubism and Dada , and secondly , because , as the exhibition shows , its deployment by ‘ pro-situs ’ has made of it a commonplace , popularised in punk fanzines , and ‘ Biff ’ postcards etc .
4 More typically claims are made between States on behalf of individuals , for example under the traditional theory of State responsibility .
5 A number of misleading claims are made by companies suggesting that their products are environmentally friendly when clearly they are not .
6 The theory of State responsibility means that international claims are made by States , with individual interests subsumed to those of the State .
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