Sentence examples for claim in effect from inspiring English sources

But only subtle logical error could have led Treasury to claim, in effect, that past risky behaviour by investment bankers in London, inadequately supervised by the Bank of England, somehow disqualifies an independent Scotland to be a currency union partner of England".

To the Editor: While Denis Dutton has made a valid point regarding society's fascination with end-of-world scenarios, his article is just another in a long line of commentaries over the last decade that claim in effect that Y2K never happened.

These premises claim, in effect, that a moral belief needs a certain kind of justification.

Each is claiming, in effect, to be more middle class than the other and more in touch with voters.

Microsoft claims, in effect, to have been surprised by the "Draconian" and "unprecedented" remedy the plaintiffs recommend.

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have just caused a sensation by claiming, in effect, that they were extorted by Donald Trump and the National Enquirer.

Scott claims, in effect, that he and his peers have come to town to protect the defenseless populace from the ruthless greed of corporate overlords.

These people love you.' " Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski have just caused a sensation by claiming, in effect, that they were extorted by Donald Trump and the National Enquirer.

He is claiming, in effect, that the absence of evidence is evidence, rather than acknowledging that he has looked at the poem and discovered his own meaning within it.

The government, in particular, has wanted to prevent the company from raising electricity rates to pay for compensation claims, in effect passing on the accident's costs to its customers.

When Patten and the trust were called to the PAC to respond to it, trust members sought to distance themselves from the original decisions, claiming, in effect, to have been misled by Thompson and his senior team about what was going on.