rival claim
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrivalandclaim
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rival
noun[C]
uk/ˈraɪ.vəl/us/ˈraɪ.vəl/
a person, group, etc. competing with others for the same thing or in the ...
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claim
noun[C]
uk/kleɪm/us/kleɪm/
a statement that something is true or is a fact, although other people might not ...
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(Definition ofrivalandclaimfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Such a necessity requires a sovereign state to be on the alert against the merest suggestion of arivalclaimor risk having its politeness mistaken for its policy.
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So long as he fulfils this maintenance condition, the legal right of the natural parent to family allowance prevails over anyrivalclaim.
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But then one would be deploying an alternative conclusion of justice; one would not challenge it in the name of one of the rival claims.
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Without an up-todate register it was impossible to resolve the rival claims concerning temple jewels and villages.
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An exclusivist need not necessarily reflect on the rival claims of religions other than her own.
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It is a set of rival claims to the same piece of territory or stretch of water.
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You have to balance up those rival claims: hardship to the farmer and hardship to the farm worker.
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If one has rival claims from competing fishermen, one is bound to support one's own.
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I have considered very carefully, in view of what has been said, the rival claims of non-expert and expert tribunals.
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It takes several months to bring a complete plant into being with all the rival claims for machine tools.
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I am not attempting to set up rival claims between local authorities and voluntary organisations in connection with these proposals.
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There is, of course, established machinery for deciding priorities between rival claims on building resources and for awarding starting dates for construction of this kind.
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We know that there are strikes about rival trade unions making rival claims of recognition.
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The difficulty is mainly one of finance, but the rival claims of drainage and nagivation have also to be considered.
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I know the difficulty of the rival claims.
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I do not think that this is an occasion for discussing the rival claims.
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They never tried to adjust difficulties between rival claims from various departments.
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One can use it in relation to a numerical assessment; one can use it in relation to judgment as between two rival claims.
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It would inevitably be followed by rival claims by some who have not done as well in the wage spiral as others.
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Very often they are confronted with a whole string of independent organisations, with no means of evaluating the rival claims which they often assiduously make.
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