1.   The costs of war enabled government to claim that they could not afford social expenditure.

2.   The government claimed the policy was a major success.

3.   The government claims that as long as they have nuclear weapons, they can negotiate from a position of strength.

4.   The government claims that it is tackling this issue through its Making Belfast Work programme.

5.   The government claims that the economy is improving, but this survey suggests otherwise.

6.   No government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people.

7.   Sympathy for the rebels, the government claims, is beginning to fade.

8.   The government claims this is the only way to staunch the annual flow to Germany of hundreds of thousands of refugees.

9.   The government claimed that this was a step towards the demilitarization of Nicosia.

10.   The government claimed that the miners had come to Bucharest spontaneously but admitted that they were fed and lodged in government-owned sports halls.