Sentence examples for making claim to from inspiring English sources

In the same section of his essay, Kant wrote that "it would be quite different if a state, by internal rebellion, should fall into two parts, each of which pretended to be a separate state making claim to the whole.

He said his party appeared likely to win more seats than in any election in 80 years, but avoided making claim to the keys at 10 Downing Street, saying, "What will guide me will be what's in the national interest".

Shepstone also vied with the president of the Boer South African Republic (SAR), Marthinus Pretorius, in making claim to much of the African interior not already occupied by Europeans.

While making claim to the notion that the Conservatives are the party of "working people", he is "squeezing the very poorest who have no job" and "indulging in some modest acts of redistribution from the very rich".

Funnily enough, the two places making claim to be the geographical centre of Europe are in Belarus and in Lithuania - which by definition would mean that about half of Europe is actually western Russia.

He attributed this collapse to the fact that those who wielded power as well as those who occupied subordinate positions did so by making claim to titles for which they were not worthy.

THE deadline for making claims to the sebed passed on Wednesday May 13th.

Several cereals making claims to be good for you got a red light too.

Well, there's no way I'm making claims to anything.

It has been loyal to him ever since, possibly because he's not a controlling showboater making claims to exclusivity or competing with his clientele for star power.

Women were in difficulty making claims to their family's land without male relatives.