Sentence examples for thus claimed from inspiring English sources

Mary's father-in-law, Henry II of France, thus claimed the English throne on her behalf.

It is thus claimed that the anus in vertebrates is derived, directly or indirectly, from the blastopore.

He thus claimed that the task of the church was to teach mankind how to live in unity and freedom.

Pagan origins were thus claimed for everything from Father Christmas to Morris dancing and the Easter bunny was retroactively recast as Eostre's sacred hare, grafting a faked pagan provenance on to a creature first mentioned as late as 1682.

The Knicks thus claimed their 12th straight win and gave the streak an indisputable new legitimacy, taking down the defending Western Conference champions on their home court, where the Thunder 56-211) had lost just five times.

Islamic Jihad thus claimed credit for the fighting and for the subsequent truce.Within 20 minutes, says an Islamic Jihad veteran, his group fired 130 rockets from underground launch-pads at a stretch of Israeli land eight kilometres (five miles) inside Israel.

This novel, made up largely of biographical fragments, thus claims a Flaubertian rationale.

After their attacks, Isis released the clips, thus claiming the dead men as their own "combatants" and the brutal murders they committed as further strikes in the war the group believes it is waging.

A few of them may be followed by question marks, sure, but you suspect that's only so that the selectors can provide evidence of work – and thus claim their bar tab as a tax deduction.

The Waratahs were aiming to make the last available semi-final spot of the season, but to do so they needed to score two more tries and thus claim the bonus point.

Merchant thus claims that in Bacon's view, God had not forbidden the 'inquisition of nature'.