Sentence examples for first claiming that from inspiring English sources

One of the most recent defectors showed up on YouTube in recent days, first claiming that he had been kidnapped, then that he was simply a student studying in the United States.

He confuses the topic a little by first claiming that the original intention of the constitution's ratifiers cannot really be expected to resolve the ambiguous relationship between Congress and the president when it comes to foreign affairs.

Those messages accused Mr. Pearl of being an intelligence agent -- the first claiming that he worked for the C.I.A., the second that he worked for Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency.

And he lies about his relationship to Putin, first claiming that he had "got to know him very well" and that they had spoken "indirectly and directly", then saying he had no relationship with him.

The Booker committee had balked at first, claiming that The Angels of Russia was not a real book.

First, claiming that gender is socially constructed implies that the existence of women and men is a mind-dependent matter.

Ms Rice first claimed that the meeting never took place.

"They first claimed that Coleen and I owed them £8.3 million, then £4.5 million.

Mr Cameron at first claimed that he would rid Whitehall of many of its external consultants.

But crime and punishment have been politically neuralgic ever since Michael Howard first claimed that prison works.

Taylor's lawyer first claimed that Connor had found a man lying in the sand and tried to help.