| The story is about a scientist who claimed that he could resurrect the dead. |
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| He claimed he was playing badly because of an injury, but I think he was sandbagging. |
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| He claimed he was an experienced pilot, but he turned out to be an impostor. |
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| The climatic conditions on the North Sea coast have been claimed to be healthful. |
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| Since it was east of the dividing line, he claimed it for Portugal and this was respected by the Spanish. |
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| As the Aztec Empire ended he claimed the city for Spain, renaming it Mexico City. |
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| Juan Fernandez, sailing from Chile in 1576, claimed he had discovered the Southern Continent. |
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| Objectors claimed that Dartmoor should be an area for recreation, and that the training disturbs the peace. |
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| Moorman, claimed the first extant work of English literature, Beowulf, was written in Yorkshire, this view does not have common acceptance today. |
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| England was at war with France and hence did not want to offend Spain, which claimed the territory as part of New Granada. |
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| Tamm, who was born into Chinmoy's organisation, claimed that Chinmoy predicted she would become his perfect disciple. |
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| The owners claimed the tax assessment on their house was too high. |
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| The Prince of Wales has claimed that only he has the authority to use the symbol. |
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| Guest later claimed that he had written and directed the film as a vehicle for Sellers, and thus had started Sellers's film career. |
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| Sellers later claimed that his relationship with Kubrick became one of the most rewarding of his career. |
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| Oldman's former wife Donya Fiorentino, as part of a child custody battle in 2001, claimed he had a drug habit and abused her. |
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| In 2007, she won a libel suit against Grazia magazine after it claimed that she had visited a diet doctor. |
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| Parthenon Marbles claimed by Greece were also claimed by UNESCO among others for restitution. |
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| England's players claimed a goal whilst the Germans were adamant that the ball had not fully crossed the line. |
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| The club claimed that they did not want to devalue the FA Cup by fielding a weaker side. |
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| The famous scientific hoax of Piltdown Man was claimed to have come from a gravel pit at Piltdown near Uckfield. |
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| The documentary claimed it was possible to bribe IOC members into voting for a particular candidate city. |
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| These two teams claimed 24 total medals, in other words half of the total medals given. |
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| The Old Links at Musselburgh Racecourse is claimed to be the oldest playing golf course in the world. |
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| Two months later, in July 1987, Faldo claimed his first major title at The Open Championship at Muirfield. |
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| In the following press conference, he denied the list had any part in his tactics, and claimed it was a list of the players' sandwich orders. |
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| Barry Hearn claimed that, as a draw was not written into the contract, Eubank was free to sign a new deal with him instead of King. |
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| Hatton later claimed that 4 of Castillo's ribs were broken with this one punch. |
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| Hatton later claimed he was angered by the referee, which caused him to lose his calm and contributed to his downfall. |
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| Eddie Hearn claimed the fight could take place at heavyweight or at cruiserweight for Bellew's WBC title. |
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| In total, the teams claimed 27 pole positions, 23 victories, a further 39 podium finishes and three championship titles. |
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| In the Motocross World Championship, Honda has claimed six world championships. |
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| In motorcycle trials, Honda has claimed three world championships with Belgian rider Eddy Lejeune. |
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| Red Bull claimed a total of 15 pole positions with 10 going to Vettel and five going to Webber. |
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| Hailwood claimed to have been told by a fortune teller in South Africa that he wouldn't live to 40 and would be killed by a truck. |
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| Taylor and Priestley remain great friends, and Taylor has claimed Priestley is the toughest opponent he has faced. |
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| George Hennard was an American mass murderer who claimed 24 victims on a rampage at Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas. |
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| Morale within the city was boosted when Peter Bartholomew claimed to have discovered the Holy Lance. |
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| Mackinder claimed that whoever controlled the Heartland would have control of the world. |
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| Also, there are states which do not hold de facto control over all of their claimed territory or where this control is challenged. |
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| Devon Island in Canada is claimed to be the largest uninhabited island in the world. |
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| Durkheim claimed that social integration in traditional society required authoritarian culture involving acceptance of a social order. |
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| The parties claimed that many of the new members were former Scottish Labour Party members. |
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| Naypyidaw was founded in Burma's interior as the former capital, Rangoon, was claimed to be too overcrowded. |
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| With the authority of the papal bull Henry landed with a large fleet in 1171 and claimed sovereignty over the island. |
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| Those arguing to remain in the EU, claimed that millions of jobs would be lost. |
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| The Office for Budget Responsibility also claimed that taxes from immigrants boost public funding. |
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| It has also been claimed that there were a tribe of Iverni in Ireland who spoke a Brythonic language. |
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| They set about conquering Leinster and the territories Diarmait had claimed sovereignty over. |
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| Spain claimed the right to board and search British vessels to ensure compliance with this provision. |
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| As was typical in the wars of the era, disease claimed far more lives than battle. |
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| At the Berlin Conference in 1884, Germany claimed several colonies including German East Africa, German South West Africa, Togoland, and Kamerun. |
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| Roughly a further 360 pilots claimed between 40 and 100 aerial victories for round about 21,000 victories. |
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| Another 500 fighter pilots claimed between 20 and 40 victories for a total of 15,000 victories. |
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| Proponents of this tactic claimed interceptions in large numbers caused greater enemy losses while reducing their own casualties. |
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| The marchers claimed that police did nothing to protect them and that some officers helped the attackers. |
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| The IRA eventually apologised for what it claimed had been a mistake and that its target had been the British soldiers parading to the memorial. |
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| One member, RUC officer John Weir, claimed his superiors knew of the collusion but allowed it to continue. |
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| Several casualties that were listed as civilians were later claimed by the IRA as their members. |
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| At the meeting, they both claimed they would resign if their demands were not met. |
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| As the crisis deepened and the Prime Minister stood her ground, opponents claimed that up to 18 million people were refusing to pay. |
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| Amid claims of widespread fraud, both top contenders, Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, claimed victory. |
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| The group of islands were claimed for the English Crown, and the charter of the Virginia Company was later extended to include them. |
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| While Emilio Palma was born in the Antarctic territories claimed by the UK, he has not claimed British citizenship. |
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| In the subsequent centuries, the islands were claimed by several European powers with the British Empire eventually gaining control. |
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| Argentina claimed the South Sandwich Islands in 1938, and challenged British sovereignty in the Islands on several occasions. |
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| Locals claimed the masts would endanger local lives and cause cancer, as well as have a negative impact on wildlife in the area. |
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| Some disgruntled Tories claimed they would repeal the Bill once they regained a majority. |
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| It has been claimed that this includes the power to prevent unconstitutional use of the armed forces, including its nuclear weapons. |
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| In 1831 Muhammad Ali of Egypt, who was the most powerful vassal of the Ottoman Empire, claimed independence. |
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| He claimed that Soviet missile capabilities were far superior to those of the United States, capable of wiping out any American or European city. |
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| By March 1992, perhaps three quarters of the country were claimed by Serb and Croat nationalists. |
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| In 2004, John Pilger claimed that for six years prior to 1998, the KLA had been regarded by the United States as a terrorist group. |
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| At one point Rugova even claimed that it was set up by Serbian intelligence as an excuse to invade, or to discredit DLK itself. |
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| Yugoslavia claimed that NATO attacks caused between 1,200 and 5,700 civilian casualties. |
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| In 2001, the Yugoslav authorities claimed 462 soldiers were killed and 299 wounded by NATO airstrikes. |
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| Later, in 2013, Serbia claimed that 1,008 Yugoslav soldiers and policemen had been killed by NATO bombing. |
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| At the end of war, NATO officially claimed that they had destroyed 93 Yugoslav tanks. |
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| Wales claimed their first points in Euro 2012 qualifying with a morale-boosting victory in Cardiff over former Group G joint leaders Montenegro. |
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| With these policies, Osborne has claimed to be at the forefront of combating tax avoidance. |
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| In 2007, 143 workers at the Texas City refinery claimed that they were injured when a toxic substance was released at the plant. |
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| Modern navigation systems now minimise the dangers but in the past the stormy seas have claimed many ships. |
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| Barra's airport is claimed to be the only one in the world to have scheduled flights landing on a beach. |
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| These new romantic novelists, at the same time, claimed to explore the entire realm of fictionality. |
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| Dahl was also a huge fan of ghost stories and claimed that Trolls by Jonas Lie was one of the finest ghost stories ever written. |
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| Maugham publicly disowned her and claimed she was not his biological daughter. |
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| He died of syphilis, which he claimed he got from dirty sheets when out of town. |
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| He claimed to regard the letters as works of art rather than something of which to be ashamed. |
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| The 1972 book In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally claimed that the Count in Stoker's novel was based on Vlad III Dracula. |
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| George Buchanan claimed that they had replaced the trumpet on the battlefield. |
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| The claimed figures are referenced from online articles created by highly reliable sources. |
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| The claimed figures are upgraded only when there is a significant progress in artists' certified sales. |
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| The certified sales of the newer artists may sometimes be higher than their listed claimed figures. |
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| On the 2014 documentary The Joy of the Bee Gees, Barry claimed that the Bee Gees were also influenced by the Hollies and Otis Redding. |
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| Largely self-taught, he claimed to have been influenced by Schoenberg, Messiaen, and the musique concrete movement. |
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| Sometime after the incident, Block claimed that he had subsequently apologised to Wood for his behaviour, and Wood had merely brushed it off. |
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| Noel Gallagher claimed in 2010 that the plagiarism was unintentional and he was unaware of the similarities until informed of Innes's legal case. |
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| In 2006, the journalist Lynn Barber claimed that she had received a death threat from the brothers, following conducting an interview with them. |
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| It claimed that in 2011 at Windsor Castle, while having lunch with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, the monarch criticised the union. |
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| Prior to its launch, Sky claimed that 40,000 people had registered to receive the HD service. |
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| Discovery stated 'enough is enough' and claimed that Sky is paying less for its channels than it was ten years ago. |
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| By contrast, Reid claimed that the foundations upon which our sensus communis are built justify our belief that there is an external world. |
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| Having claimed that people do, in fact, desire happiness, Mill now has to show that it is the only thing they desire. |
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| Many critics have claimed that this argument relies on a dubious assumption about how individual happiness is related to the general happiness. |
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| A 2005 opinion poll published by the BOA claimed that a majority of Scots supported the creation of a British team for the 2012 Olympics. |
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| From the 1950s onwards, the IFA no longer claimed it was the association for the whole of Ireland. |
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| The games are claimed to have influenced Baron Pierre de Coubertin when he was planning the revival of the Olympic Games. |
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| In December 2012, Sunni Arabs protested against the government, whom they claimed marginalised them. |
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| Greece has claimed an exclusive economic zone, as it is entitled to do so, as per UNCLOS 1982 as well as customary international law. |
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| The United Kingdom has not as yet claimed its rights with regards to Gibraltar or the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus. |
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| After it ensued, it claimed the election, amidst charges of fraud and intimidation. |
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| All the defendants denied the charges and claimed that they were merely protesting in defence of their rights. |
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| Unsurprisingly, no lunar astronaut has ever claimed to have seen the Great Wall from the Moon. |
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| The Waal was bridged in 1878 by a rail bridge and in 1936 by a car bridge, which was claimed to be Europe's biggest bridge at the time. |
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| The Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. |
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| These Amur River islands were until then administered by Russia and claimed by China. |
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| After the Reformation there was the development of a national kirk that claimed to represent all of Scotland. |
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| Edouard Piette claimed to have filled the gap with his discovery of the Azilian Culture. |
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| Several states claimed to be the Roman Empire's successors after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. |
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| Although he claimed to have been unaware of his men's intentions, this was considered unlikely by those who heard of the murder. |
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| Maitland claimed that Chastelard's ardour was feigned, and that he was part of a Huguenot plot to discredit Mary by tarnishing her reputation. |
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| As was typical in wars of the era, diseases such as smallpox claimed more lives than battle. |
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| From its inception, the Free Church claimed it was the authentic Church of Scotland. |
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| The village is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland. |
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| In another story, Adomnan claimed there to be a monstery on the island of Tiree that was called Artchain. |
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| No territories are claimed between the red squirrels, and the feeding areas of individuals overlap considerably. |
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| Lochgilphead later claimed to be the county town, as the seat of local government for the county from the 19th century. |
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| The protesting and dissenting minority at once claimed to be the legitimate Free Church. |
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| Various alterations occurred over the years as the arms of other realms acquired or claimed by the Kings were added to the Royal Arms. |
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| James VII claimed that he was reviving an earlier Order, but this issue is marked by widely varying claims. |
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| It has been claimed that the English system has been borrowed from Brittonic, since Welsh tag questions vary in almost exactly the same way. |
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| Rogers, designer of the final version of the Confederate National flag, claimed that it was based off the saltire of Scotland. |
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| Many clans have often claimed mythological founders that reinforced their status and gave a romantic and glorified notion of their origins. |
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| Macpherson claimed to have found poetry written by the ancient bard Ossian, and published translations that acquired international popularity. |
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| The raid, although a morale boosting victory in Britain, was also claimed as a victory in Germany. |
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| Contrary to their name, french fries are claimed to have originated in Belgium, although their exact place of origin is uncertain. |
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| Following the Black Death there was a change of ownership of the manor to the Neville family by 1367, but in 1391 Robert Hansard claimed it back. |
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| Another recent study has claimed water in faults vaporizes during an earthquake, depositing gold. |
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| After Montgomery other Normans claimed the north Powys' cantrefi of Ial, Cynllaith, Edernion, and Nanheudwy. |
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| Rhodri was the son of Merfyn Frych, who had claimed Gwynedd upon the extinction of Cunedda's male line. |
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| Duke William claimed that he had been promised the throne by King Edward and that Harold had sworn agreement to this. |
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| Roberts claimed to be a corporation sole in succession to the bishops and to have the status of a rajah and effective state immunity. |
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| The First Minister Carwyn Jones claimed that it was in the Welsh Labour party's political thinking not to cross a picket line. |
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| Plaintiffs with nontried cases receive their claimed amount multiplied by the ratio of awarded damages to claimed damages in the tried subset. |
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| Additionally, 28 per cent of the population of Wales claimed to understand Welsh. |
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| Williams, who immediately gave themselves up to the police and claimed responsibility. |
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| The Holyhead Maritime Museum is housed in what is claimed to be Wales's oldest lifeboat house. |
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| Some analysts claimed that black people were disproportionally represented in the 2011 England riots. |
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| Rhygyfarch claimed it was based on documents found in the cathedral archives. |
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| There are Pentecostal believers who have claimed to receive their baptism with the Holy Spirit while being water baptized. |
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| This inspired Frank Ewart who claimed to have received as a divine prophecy revealing a nontrinitarian conception of God. |
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| The Ottoman historian claimed that this incident was celebrated by the Zaydi Shia community in the northern highlands. |
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| However, by the end of the year, Yemen claimed that 3,000 soldiers had been killed in renewed fighting. |
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| Officials in Yemen said that the attacks claimed the lives of more than 60 civilians, 28 of them children. |
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| Some thinkers claimed that myths result from the personification of objects and forces. |
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| This claim was first put forward by Smith, who claimed that people begin performing rituals for reasons not related to myth. |
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| Each group claimed to be successors of a revolution launched by Guillaume Apollinaire. |
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| But he also claimed at the Welsh Open at Newport that this statement had been blown out of proportion, and that he would remain a professional. |
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| The event was dominated by the British team, who claimed 14 medals in total, including eight golds. |
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| She had claimed that 33 stories about her that appeared in the News of the World were the product of illegal hacking into her family's voicemail. |
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| If the Crown claimed the land of an idiot, the person had first to be found an idiot by office. |
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| A conveying device, as claimed in claim 1, further including a coaxial spiral body carried by and offstanding from the core. |
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| American stage, film, and television actor George Macready claimed to be a descendant. |
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| Secombe always claimed that his ability to sing could always be counted on to save him when he bombed. |
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| The sinking claimed 1,198 lives, 128 of them American civilians, and the attack of this unarmed civilian ship deeply shocked the Allies. |
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| Although the Germans claimed victory at Jutland, the British Grand Fleet remained in control at sea. |
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| Greenpeace had claimed that the tanker contained 5,500 tonnes of crude oil, while Shell estimated it only contained 50 tonnes. |
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| He stated that the Portuguese explored the area and claimed it for Portugal. |
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| When Louis the Pious finally died in 840, Lothar claimed the entire empire irrespective of the partitions. |
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| However, in 2013, Eurostar claimed that its 'business would be hit' by stopping trains there. |
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| Subsequently, Philip II of Spain claimed the throne and so became Philip I of Portugal. |
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| Quesnel Lake, located in central British Columbia, is claimed to be the deepest fjord formed lake on Earth. |
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| Built in 1707, the now ruined stone building of Windhouse is claimed as the most haunted house in Shetland. |
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| The Trow of Windhouse was about as recently as the 1880s, when a shipwrecked sailor claimed he had been attacked by the mythical monster. |
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| The tsunami claimed more than 123,000 lives in Sicily and Calabria and is among the most deadly natural disasters in modern Europe. |
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| In the book The End of the Line, it is claimed cod is an example of how unsustainable fishing is destroying ocean ecosystems. |
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| Its proponents claimed that it was a language common to Norway and Denmark, and no more Danish than Norwegian. |
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| The Capetian kings in Paris, though weak militarily, claimed a right of homage. |
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| To complicate matters, the bishops of the province of Canterbury also claimed the right to appoint the next archbishop. |
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| Isabella of France, sister of Charles IV, claimed the throne for her son, Edward III of England. |
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| Another Capetian lineage, the Montfort of Brittany, claimed male succession in the Duchy of Brittany. |
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| The first shots were heard as he did so, although Sir John Bentley in Warspite claimed that they were fired without his orders. |
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| By 17 May, Rommel claimed to have taken 10,000 prisoners and suffered only 36 losses. |
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| Most units surrendered on 25 June, and the Germans claimed to have taken 500,000 prisoners. |
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| At noon 605 Squadron claimed four Ju 87 Stukas from StG 77 and a Hs 126 for a loss of a Hurricane. |
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| The Luftwaffe was met by 16 squadrons of the Royal Air Force, who claimed 38 kills on 27 May while losing 14 aircraft. |
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| However, RAF intelligence at the time claimed that the Allies had shot down 96 German aircraft, thus winning a major victory. |
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| The Marshal claimed that his letter was a forgery, a claim that historians overwhelmingly reject. |
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| Others claimed that removing the flotsam contributed to the cleanup of Branscombe beach. |
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| In addition, the flooding claimed the sites of historic villages and archaeological sites. |
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| Chinmoy claimed that for about eight years, he was the personal secretary to the General Secretary of the ashram, Nolini Kanta Gupta. |
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| For example, in his History of Animals he claimed that human males have more teeth than females. |
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| He claimed that dreams are not foretelling and that they are not sent by a divine being. |
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| He claimed that a dream is first established by the fact that the person is asleep when they experience it. |
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| Following the Norman invasion in the 12th century, England claimed sovereignty over Ireland. |
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| From 1751 to 1758, Makandal, a one-armed former slave and houngan, staged a rebellion that claimed some six thousand lives. |
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| Some local people claimed to have seen a living mammoth, but they only came out at night and always disappeared under water when detected. |
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| They are claimed to belong to a population certainly different from that which built the previous megalithic temples. |
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| The Second Mithridatic War began when Rome tried to annex a province that Mithridates claimed as his own. |
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| This triggered the Hundred Years' War, in which both the Plantagenets and the House of Valois claimed the supremacy over Aquitaine. |
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| While Kennedy infought to trim outlays to match resources, critics claimed that the era of the big eleemosynaries had come to an end. |
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| Initially invited to arbitrate a succession dispute, Edward claimed feudal suzerainty over the kingdom. |
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| Stratford claimed that Edward had violated the laws of the land by arresting royal officers. |
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| The Aberffraw family had long claimed primacy over all other Welsh lords, including over those rulers of Powys and of Deheubarth. |
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| He claimed the title in exile in France and loyalists revolted in his name across Wales. |
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| Since Henry's death, none of the Jacobite heirs have claimed the English or Scottish thrones. |
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| It is claimed government cuts to local authorities have hit Birmingham disproportionately. |
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| However, he was noted for his poor aim and reports more sympathetic to Winchilsea claimed he had aimed to kill. |
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| It could be claimed civilians were not to be targeted directly, but the breakdown of production would affect their morale and will to fight. |
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| In November and December 1940, the Luftwaffe flew 9,000 sorties against British targets and RAF night fighters claimed only six shot down. |
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| John McDonnell claimed NHS spending per head is falling for the first time in NHS history. |
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| It was claimed in 2002 that, if animals were being transported, temperatures on the Tube would break European Commission animal welfare laws. |
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| They are claimed to be from other areas such as Myanmar, Iran, Iraq, and Africa. |
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| Lord Mountbatten claimed the Queen was opposed to the invasion, though Eden denied it. |
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| His attorney claimed the court lacked jurisdiction in this matter. |
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| The merchants who owned the goods claimed that the King of Almain was the lord of the town, and the Bishop could not do justice in the matter. |
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| Sinclair Lewis claimed that American letters exemplified a divorce of intellectual life from authenticism and reality. |
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| The reflection of a greater thing claimed her and taught her, held her like a bayadere in a temple court. |
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| Even in the posthippie era, no Chicago territory could be claimed for bare-ass beachgoing. |
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| Not only did the Dublin barkeeps not make a shamrock in the foam, they claimed to not even know what a black and tan was. |
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| Some farmers, however, quit raising cowpeas on blowy land, because they claimed it aggravated drifting. |
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| The Mayor claimed that the action was reasonable, but in reality the action was arbitrary and capricious in nature. |
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| The medium claimed to have taken part in channellings of the spirits of the dead. |
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| After a series of warnings regarding his administrative errors and failings, the employee left and claimed constructive dismissal. |
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| It has often been claimed that the Household Cavalry's mounted dutymen have a busier routine than any other soldiers in the Army. |
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| The one thing everyone agrees on is that they've never encountered a band that claimed to be emo. |
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| The Federation house claimed a unique place in architecture, even if it offended architects. |
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| The teacher had selected all the words, and claimed they were all genderneutral. |
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| The Swedish experts claimed that some 20 percent of the ghost rocket reports appeared to be neither aircraft nor natural phenomena. |
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| It became associated with Saint George, along with countries and cities, which claimed him as their patron saint and used his cross as a banner. |
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| Claudius himself claimed that he had exaggerated his ailments to save his life. |
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| Strabo, writing late in Augustus's reign, claimed that taxes on trade brought in more annual revenue than any conquest could. |
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| Attila claimed Honoria as his wife and half of the Western Empire's territory as his dowry. |
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| Centwine was succeeded by another supposed distant relative, Caedwalla, who claimed descent from Ceawlin. |
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| Bishop Asser claimed that the pagans agreed to vacate the realm and made good their promise. |
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| He claimed that Sweyn, who was baptised along with his father, was a heathen. |
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| The Normans claimed that Edward sent Harold to Normandy in about 1064 to confirm the promise of the succession to William. |
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| For some time the Abbey had claimed that it possessed a set of coronation regalia that Edward had left for use in all future coronations. |
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| Waltham Abbey, which had been founded by Harold, later claimed that his body had been buried there secretly. |
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| Later legends claimed that Harold did not die at Hastings, but escaped and became a hermit at Chester. |
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| The chronicler also claimed that the duke secured the support of Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and King Sweyn II of Denmark. |
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| The title of Duke of Aquitaine, already revived, was now borne by Rainulf, although it was also claimed by the counts of Toulouse. |
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| Edward in turn claimed the entire Kingdom of France as the only grandson of King Philip IV of France. |
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| Instead of paying homage to the French king, as his ancestors had done, Edward claimed that he was the rightful King of France. |
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| But Edward, having descended from the French kings, claimed the throne for himself. |
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| The Dukes of Orleans were descended from Valentina Visconti, and through her claimed the Duchy of Milan. |
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| They claimed descent from Charlemagne and had designs on the French throne. |
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| Mother and son both claimed on several occasions the throne of France, and later the Duchy of Burgundy. |
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| When Charles IV died in 1328, Isabella, unable to claim the French throne for herself, claimed it for her son. |
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| It was not until October 1460 that he claimed the throne for the House of York. |
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| With the House of Lancaster extinct, Henry claimed to be the Lancastrian heir through his mother Lady Margaret Beaufort. |
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| He was summoned to London to face enquiries, but he claimed that attempts had been made on his life, and returned to Calais. |
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| Perkin Warbeck claimed he was the younger of the Princes from 1490 and was recognised as such in international diplomacy outside England. |
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| Catherine claimed that her marriage to Arthur was never consummated and so was not a valid marriage. |
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| James's Palace, during an influenza epidemic that also claimed the life of Reginald Pole later the same day. |
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| Both sides will be disappointed not to have claimed their second win of the season, but in the end each had reasons to be grateful for the point. |
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| In an action with enduring historical import, Balboa claimed the Pacific Ocean and all the lands adjoining it for the Spanish Crown. |
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| Spain claimed a protectorate over the coast of Guinea from Cape Bojador to Cap Blanc, too. |
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| David Beers Quinn theorized that the colonists moved north to integrate with the Chesepians that Chief Powhatan claimed to have killed. |
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| From 1937 to 1941, a series of stones were discovered that were claimed to have been written by Eleanor Dare, mother of Virginia Dare. |
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| The Dutch claimed that a treaty signed with the sultan's predecessor the year earlier had granted them control of the region. |
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| This translation, though still derived from Tyndale, claimed to represent the text of the Latin Vulgate. |
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| Instead, the Commons passed the bill as an ordinance, which they claimed did not require royal assent. |
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| At The Hague, Charles had a brief affair with Lucy Walter, who later falsely claimed that they had secretly married. |
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| Press reports were released that deliberately exaggerated the damage and claimed the expedition would be postponed till the spring. |
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| Fox claimed that France was England's natural enemy and that it was only at Britain's expense that she could grow. |
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| The French conveniently ignored the Second Partition Treaty and claimed the entire Spanish inheritance. |
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| Opposition to what was claimed to be the Conservative intention to privatise the NHS became a major feature of Labour's election campaigns. |
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| Farage claimed that his resignation was rejected by his party, and he remained in post. |
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| Thatcher herself claimed philosophical inspiration from the works of Burke and Friedrich Hayek for her defence of liberal economics. |
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| In 2004, the party claimed 20,000 members, with this remaining broadly stable, and in June 2007 it had a recorded 16,700 members. |
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| Edward III claimed the French Crown, setting off the Hundred Years' War between England and France. |
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| Of the remaining seats the Liberal Party won three and the Green Party claimed two. |
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| The most notable of which is Steve Parry who claimed a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in the 200m butterfly. |
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| The one point in the King of the Mountains Competition was claimed by Chris Froome of Team Sky. |
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| It is also claimed that an inn existed on the site in 1690, but no earlier. |
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| The Supreme Court ruled narrowly against Novartis, but opponents of patenting drugs claimed it as a major victory. |
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| By June 2014, Dassault claimed it was close to signing a contract with Qatar for 72 Rafales. |
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| It has been claimed to have been one of the inspirations for Central Park in New York. |
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| Although Priestley claimed that natural philosophy was only a hobby, he took it seriously. |
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| Shelburne blamed Priestley's health, while Priestley claimed Shelburne had no further use for him. |
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| He concluded that cowpox inoculation was a safe alternative to smallpox inoculation, but rashly claimed that the protective effect was lifelong. |
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| A study released in 1978 by the United States Department of Transportation claimed that cars with automatic seat belts had a fatality rate of. |
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| Newton claimed Leibniz stole ideas from his unpublished notes, which Newton had shared with a few members of the Royal Society. |
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| The title has also been claimed for Saint Petroc who was patron of the Cornish diocese prior to the Normans. |
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| It is claimed that this would also help in spreading modern or scientific notions among the less educated and as well democratise public life. |
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| The printed forms, however, were claimed by some to be more readable when used for Germanic languages. |
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| They claimed the new building would block views of the Basilica from nearby Italian apartments. |
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| In 2010, Adventism claimed some 22 million believers scattered in various independent churches. |
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| It is also claimed that the territory to the north formed part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. |
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| One volunteer claimed that the toys were destroyed instead of being given to other agencies. |
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| He ruled a large number of monasteries, and claimed to be the first Englishman to introduce the Rule of Saint Benedict into English monasteries. |
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| Other individual practitioners and writers such as Paul Huson also claimed inheritance to surviving traditions of witchcraft. |
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| It is often claimed that King's' students played football with the embalmed head of Jeremy Bentham. |
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| Wellington, noted for his poor aim, claimed he did, other reports more sympathetic to Winchilsea claimed he had aimed to kill. |
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| The Times reported that LSE director Howard Davies attended the fun run event, while LSE claimed that Davies only attended for a short time. |
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| In October 2004, Sarah Forsyth claimed that she had been dismissed unfairly by Eton College and had been bullied by senior staff. |
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| She also claimed she was instructed to do some of Prince Harry's coursework to enable him to pass AS Art. |
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| No one claimed responsibility for the blast, but the police investigated suspicions that the IRA was behind it. |
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| Michael's is claimed to be the third tallest cathedral spire in England, after Salisbury and Norwich. |
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