Example sentences of "it claim that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It claimed that some teachers in the primary school had allowed performance in the basic skills of reading , writing and arithmetic to be adversely affected by their inadequate understanding and hence uncritical application of child-centred , or informal , methods . |
| 2 | It claimed that some trees might have been listed as endangered through insufficient data , and decided that if the report were published , it could adversely affect efforts to sell species " mistakenly " included on the list . |
| 3 | It claims that protectionist farming policies have increased the burden of poverty in the developing world and subsidised the destruction of the British countryside . |
| 4 | It claims that individual growth can take different , nurturance- or achievement-oriented forms for women or men respectively , and offers women minimal growth programmes congruent with this division . |
| 5 | It claims that these lawyers are wrong , lacking in insight and perception , that they misconceive their own behaviour . |
| 6 | The EC is blocking pork and beef imports because it claims that American slaughterhouses are unsanitary ; the Americans are blocking some wine imports because they have not tested a drug used in its production . |