If you want to lay claim on it, you have to viciously safeguard it.
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One of the Strata speakers who can genuinely lay claim to the title made the case.
No one group or person has any right to lay claim over the country.
But England can lay claim to victories over the USA and Slovenia under Capello at Wembley.
But which of the heavyweights can truly lay claim to the speed crown?
This is how Apple can now lay claim to a patent on a rectangle with rounded corners.
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C. can again lay claim to having to put up with the absolute worst motorists in the nation.
Doesn't Bangalore, India's homegrown technology hot spot, already lay claim to that title?
"They both can lay claim, " says Jeanne Schaaf, senior analyst at Forrester Research.
They included a mastery of science and technology, and an international reputation two qualities Mr Habibie would certainly lay claim to.
They also assert that, as a member, America could itself lay claim to some 600 square miles of additional Arctic seabeds.
There are other aspects of Keynes that no other economist can lay claim to: He helped Churchill finance World War II.
Al Gore cannot lay claim to any bipartisan mantle and Bush can.
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"There is no manufacturer that can firmly lay claim to the number three spot, " said the company's principal research analyst Anshul Gupta.
Or was it the impeccable stillness of a fortnight spent mostly sheltered indoors with the only two people she could lay claim to?
In 2008, both political parties, despite the heavy rhetoric of partisans, nominated the two candidates who could lay claim to being problem-solvers and consensus-builders.
The all-time leading Grand Slam title winner, Pete Sampras can lay claim to being the greatest player ever to grace the game of tennis.
That way, even if a tenant or visitor wins a judgment against your rental home, he will have no right to lay claim to your personal assets.
Several other factions face similar, if non-violent, feuds: no fewer than 11 pretenders lay claim to the chairmanship of the featherweight New Young Egypt Party.
Welsh people could lay claim to be the most ancient Britons, according to scientists who have drawn up a genetic map of the British Isles.
In October 1066 AD William I, Duke of Normandy, was about to lay claim to England on the field of battle against King Harold II.
The decision reignited tensions, with some in Thailand fearing it would make it difficult for their country to lay claim to disputed land around the temple.
The decision re-ignited tensions, with some in Thailand fearing it will make it difficult for their country to lay claim to disputed land around the temple.
Finally, we have the rumored 5730 (pictured) -- the only of the three to run S60 and lay claim to a genuine smartphone title.
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Some LPs have learned from hard experience that most PE funds can lay claim to top-quartile performance by selecting the benchmark that makes them look best.
They may not be offering the Lobster 700, but Virgin Mobile's US outpost can lay claim to one thing: they've bested all of their peers in J.
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