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- noun Plural form of
claimant .
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Examples
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I have a simple method of telling the genuine benefit claimants from the underclass; They say “thank you” when we (the emergency services) help them.
National Victim Agency – Deckchairs, Titanic. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Now the competition to find cheaper accommodation for claimants is likely to have political consequences.
Housing benefit cuts: what's the real truth? Jamie Doward 2010
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In a statement, Woodside said Thursday that a compulsory acquisition would provide greater certainty for the development and that it remains committed to delivering benefits promised during discussions with the land council and native title claimants worth in excess of A$1 billion.
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The Kimberley Land Council, an association of Aboriginal people in the region, and native title claimants were unable to reach a pact on land use with the state and project operator
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And this has continued apace during the New Labour years, until there are now around 2.4 million IB claimants - and plenty of those are long-term claimants, with little hope or expectation of getting back into the labour market.
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The original plan was presented as an incentive for long-term claimants to find work.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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It would also include more than 300 Goolarabooloo-Jabirr Jabirr native title claimants and people linked to those groups.
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It would also include more than 300 Goolarabooloo-Jabirr Jabirr native title claimants and people linked to those groups.
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The venture is currently stalled by a dispute between Aboriginal native title claimants, who oppose a gas hub at the site, and the Kimberley Land Council, which supports it.
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Mr Roe had sought to prevent the KLC from representing native title claimants in negotiations over the proposed liquefied natural gas hub at James Price Point.
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