Example sentences of "claimed that a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is then claimed that a great variety of fundamental facts concerning the structure and social organization of the society can be directly inferred from a close analysis of " the kinship system " in this verbal sense . |
| 2 | Yet it 's also claimed that a primary characteristic of the play is that element of redemption which binds together all your work . |
| 3 | It was also claimed that a 25-km oil slick , observed in July 1989 some 35 km off the Californian coastline , had been caused by the Exxon Valdez making its way in a bad state of repair to dry dock in San Diego , California . |
| 4 | In terms of computer technology trade libel would occur if someone falsely claimed that a particular software dealer was trading in pirated software or was in financial difficulties or if a software house 's products were defective or would not operate on a particular make of computer . |
| 5 | In the courts political questions may come before the judges because the matter is already in public controversy , like race or industrial relations ; or because it is claimed that a public authority has exceeded its powers ; or because the matter concerns the activities of the police ; or because the matter impinges on the individual rights of citizens , affecting their freedom or their property . |
| 6 | Further , it could be claimed that a phonological analysis is a type of scientific theory , and a scientific theory should be stated as economically as possible . |
| 7 | It was also claimed that a national curriculum would facilitate movement from one area of the country to another with minimum disruption to children 's education . |
| 8 | This really meant the abandonment of the original reductive theory , since it could no longer be claimed that a non-observation statement was exactly equivalent in meaning to any collection of observation statements , however complex and conditional that collection might be . |
| 9 | Over a period of twenty years it is claimed that a fast reactor could breed enough additional plutonium to fuel another similar power station . |