Sentence examples for claim to continue from inspiring English sources

It has been clear for a while that this will be the first congress to lack a super-authority of the stature of a Mao or a Deng who can settle disputes between the party's factions.So Deng's chosen successor, Jiang Zemin, a man who may be said to have risen to power without trace, will have to establish a robust claim to continue as head of party and state.

Ferdinand's claim to continue ruling Castile as regent was somewhat tenuous after Isabella's death, but no plausible alternatives existed as the sovereign, their widowed daughter Joanna, was mentally unfit to reign on her own.

An eidetic person claims to continue to "see" an object that is no longer objectively present.

The 7th-century Paulicians of Armenia may have claimed to continue his traditions, hence their name.

A score of 70-75% of the vote, on a turnout of 60%, as planned by the Kremlin, would strengthen his claims to continue to lead the country.

It was very negatively received, and his response was to quit writing or, as he claimed, to continue writing but to refuse to have anything to do with publishers or the commercial literary scene.

The operation — dubbed #OpParis — claims to continue previous efforts by Anonymous to track down IS-related Twitter accounts and get them suspended.

Wednesday's appellate decision allows some claims to continue in the courts, specifically those brought under a California law that allows individuals to step into the shoes of state regulators and sue for labor law violations.

Nelson's claims to continuing radicality are implicit but seem to be twofold.

Is it reasonable for Cameron to claim to be continuing Jesus's work?

Still, the idea that some Indians have a claim to "whiteness" continues to rule the country's concept of beauty.