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‘A critic may claim that something-is-the-case.’

[⟨det critic.nclaim.v (that.p something-is-the-case)]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The critic also claims that endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) provide unequivocal evidence for common descent, even though biologists are beginning to suspect ERVs have function and are not merely functionless genetic’ ’ junk.” (12)
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In Wikipedia:

No critic has ever claimed that Brome was a great dramatic poet or a truly distinctive literary stylist; his verse and prose are generally nothing more than functional, and certainly lack the vivid eloquence of Shakespeare and the intellectual knottiness of his idol Jonson.
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The academic literary critic John Sutherland has claimed that the project threatened “to completely overhaul the way literary criticism is conducted”.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

German authorities look into allegation that RTP maker’s pesticide harms environment Sabine Vollmer, Staff Writer Comment on this story Critics claim that clothianidin is to blame for devastated bee colonies.
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This event, Akhtar’s reaction and other similar issues with companies such as Nike and Unilever have been used by conservative political critics, such as James Joyner, claiming that western nations and organizations are kowtowing too easily to Muslims’ claims or threats and by commentators, including author Daniel C.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A British critic claims that “Ledger becomes, in a curiously twisted way, the moral centre of the film, and this makes The Dark Knight an unintentionally sick spectacle, pretending to justify law and justice, but in reality celebrating violence and chaos.”
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It also prompted a renewed backlash over the compensation culture in global finance, with critics claiming that many bankers receive pay and rewards that bore no relation to the job they had done.
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“Entertainment Weekly” magazine’s critic Neil Drumming claimed that the album validates Knowles’ “taste in innovation”.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The critic claims that biologists such as Ralph Seelke and Michael Behe are not true skeptics of’ ‘evolution’’ and don’t belong on the list.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Other critics claim that media users themselves show little inclination toward diverse ideas.
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Critics claim that making the use of drugs this readily acceptable will only lead to a widespread use of them flourishing with the members in real life.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Critics claim that Myspace can turn into a rapid and consuming addiction.
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Indeed, one critic has claimed that sexual harassment and abuse by teachers is 100 times more frequent than abuse by priests.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

There will also be critics who claim that the Sixers are shoveling out too much cash, but ever since the Celtics put up or shut up, it’s time for the Sixers to do the same.
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Reading “Endpoint” aloud, the critic Charles McGrath claimed that he found “another, deeper music” in Updike’s poetry.
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One critic claimed that “his landscape paintings reflect his nostalgic attachment to classical Chinese aesthetics.
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Critics claim that the business model is untenable because fraud against 180solutions, which harms unknowing users via non – consensual installs, can never be completely removed.
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A critic from the Lewis Carroll Society claimed that Beddor has not understood Lewis Carroll; Beddor has responded by saying “As if that’s what I’m writing about.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The critic claims that some people asked to be removed from the list but were not.
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Queried on 2013-05-21.