Example sentences of "the [noun pl] claim that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experts claim that men laugh more at slapstick while women chuckle over anecdotes based on their everyday lives . |
| 2 | The authorities claimed that Jorge Quintana Silva was rearrested because he had contravened the conditions of his earlier release , although they did not specify how he had done this . |
| 3 | The authorities claimed that PKK guerrillas killed eight civilians in the south-east on April 20 . |
| 4 | Nevertheless the authors claim that A levels are not an artificial barrier to access to higher education , given the relative performance of students entering via the three routes and the association between A-level scores and degree performance . |
| 5 | The Scots claim that Malcolm offered homage only in respect of his holdings in Cumbria and the largely anglicized Lothian ; William and his successors chose to interpret the acknowledgement as embracing all Scotland . |
| 6 | The shopkeepers claim that wholesalers have a monopoly , and are refusing to supply them with papers . |
| 7 | The Americans claim that Iraq 's two surviving nuclear reactors ( unlike the one Israel knocked out in 1981 , these were small research reactors ) have been completely destroyed , along with many of Iraq 's chemical and biological weapons plants . |
| 8 | Sandro said ‘ no , I 'm going back ’ , and with that the police claim that Martin Frears and the other two members of the gang set about Sandro by using gas , tear gas , then handcuffed him . |
| 9 | They were known as Wets , and the Wets claimed that Prohibition would result in drinkers switching from drink to drugs . |