claim the moral high ground

Examples of claiming

claiming

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

There is no theoretical reason for claiming that representations and computation need to be conscious.
But this is just as fallacious as claiming that because silicon is a cosmically abundant element so laptop computers will be widespread in the universe.
Instead of claiming these epistemological advantages, generalists can claim that their method has pragmatic advantages over particularism.
He begins by claiming that evolutionary theory does not have a criterion problem, since adaptations are judged with the currency of fitness.
They were claiming, that is, that the federal statute (including its "policy") gave them a right, or an entitlement, to a particular decision.
A fury for rights claiming has developed in the last twenty-years with media expansion and the strengthening of the individual's position in society.
By claiming that they are "obligated" to act in certain ways, officials are implying that they are not merely "obliged" to do so.
Alternatively, one may account for (34) by claiming that sluicing leaves a layered trace, and the condition (32) applies to this layered trace.
Other consultants, supporting their resident doctors, virtually stop all work, claiming that they cannot function in the absence of their residents.
Neither man wavered from his uncompromising position, and both went to the grave claiming that the other was palpably mistaken.
I want to begin by claiming that these seven fundamental properties are straightforwardly compatible with membership in the category of complementizers.
Although this analysis leaves little ground for claiming a bilingual superiority in an important developmental ability, it isolates nonetheless a formidable advantage in cognitive processing.
Besides, they draw a strict division line between them and the rest of evolutionary processes, claiming that only these three processes count as selection processes.
Juffs is certainly right in claiming that this requirement is often overlooked.
Instead of claiming inspiration for himself, he preferred the traditional vocabulary of technical ability.
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