Sentence examples for make spurious from inspiring English sources

"We do come across organisations that make spurious claims about the quality standards they have met.

Brennan said, "I am deeply dismayed that some members of the Senate have decided to make spurious allegations about C.I.A. actions that are wholly unsupported by the facts".

"I am deeply dismayed that some members of the Senate have decided to make spurious allegations about CIA actions that are wholly unsupported by the facts," Brennan said, intimating that the "legislative branch" may be the guilty party.

Mr Cameron added: "We will correct in the Immigration Bill the fact that it is so difficult to deport people who don't have a right to be here and should be facing trial overseas or should be deported overseas but make spurious arguments about the right to a family life.

"Councils must be given the appropriate legal support when people make spurious claims.

The conflicting rumors about the fate of the family allowed impostors to make spurious claims that they were a surviving Romanov.

This is not the first time George Osborne has made spurious claims regarding the independence debate.

As I say, both sides have been making spurious claims as well as solid points about fairness or stability.

For months David Cameron has tried to avoid a direct confrontation by making spurious objections to broadcasters' proposals.

What it was really about was another mix – a tangle of principles and pragmatism, of making spurious virtues out of necessity.

But the BMA has behaved like an old-fashioned trade union, persistently moving the goal posts and making spurious claims to dodge the central issue.