claim

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Claim and counter - claim, then.

I would claim that the reality is very different.

Brussels is not all of us, as you claim.

Another group may claim that the proposal contains technical problems.

We should not claim that a single currency will resolve unemployment.

contend

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Despite this, there are still major problems to contend with.

Women from other parts of the world often have to contend with the same problems.

We have known for a long time what kind of problems the fishing industry as a whole has to contend with.

profess

To claim, contend, assert, argue; to allege.

affirm

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We must clearly affirm our commitment to combatting them.

This forum means to affirm that intimidation and blackmail are not enough to silence consciences.

allegate

allege

Esimerkkilauseet

For a long time we have adopted a foreign policy which we allege is based on moral rules.

argue; to allege.

assert

Esimerkkilauseet

Assert yourself in your party.

You are daring to assert that competition provides considerable protection against the abuse of power.

aver

avouch

insist

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19150 I must insist on this.

But we do not insist on this.

I therefore insist that this be entered in the minutes.

We insist that humanitarian aid be provided without impediment.

We insist that these violations of human rights are investigated.

predicate

purport

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Irrespective of what these groups purport to stand for, this is behaviour that can never be defended.

rumor

rumour

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Rumour has it that this situation will soon change.

To claim

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It is not enough to claim to adhere to democracy in order to be a democrat.

It is strange to claim that if everyone is not included it would be impossible to bring into effect.

It is quite ridiculous to claim that crime cannot be effectively combatted without frontier controls.

To claim that could undermine our credibility in the future when we may have real cause for concern.

22185 It is impossible to claim, as some do, that this text is inoffensive.