Sentence examples for offence to claim from inspiring English sources
Think about it: it made it an offence to claim social equality.
At the time Posttraumatic stress disorder (known as "shell shock" because it was initially wrongly thought to be caused by concussion damage to the membranes of brain) was beginning to be recognised and was admissible in defence – it was classified as a war injury, although there were concerns that soldiers accused of offences tried falsely to claim shell shock as a defence.
The US pop star caused offence to some Muslims who claimed her latest video was "blasphemous".
Some controversial works are held back from public display because directors are worried they will cause offence to financial backers or minority interests, claim researchers.
Sue Hemming claims it is "an offence to go out and get involved in a conflict", but that is not always true.
* No offence to Finsbury Park.
No offence to Frosty, but probably, yes.
His transitional play, from offence to defence and defence to offence, is quick.
The offence: Claimed to be African American — even alleging discrimination and hate crimes based on her race — when she is, in fact, of German and Czech ancestry.
