They neither of them have any pretensions of their own, or real standard of worth.

But few of those who fill the world with books have any pretensions to the hope either of pleasing or instructing.

All singing birds, and those that have any pretensions to song, not only in Britain, but perhaps the world through, come under the

It seemed absurd to Lindsay that she and Cordelia should have any pretensions about being able to solve the problem of Lorna Smith-Couper's death.

It is not possible that thirteen sensible gentlemen, who have any pretensions to form a Cabinet, could agree to a measure of this nature.

None of them had any pretensions to elegance, being built of the simplest masonry.

Of the three rooms mentioned, Field's was the only one having any pretensions to decoration.

But as neither my companion nor myself had any pretensions to wisdom we asked away merrily.

This is the only metrical composition of prolific Daniel that has any pretensions to be called a poem.

To the favour of the Crown few either of the old or of the new occupants had any pretensions.

Practically they had only one, for neither Ashe, nor Grant, nor Devenish had any pretensions to be considered batsmen.

What people that had any pretensions to being gentle-folks would care to be mixed up with our brother-in-law the linen-draper?

The position of the Labour party is worse than that of the Tories if it has any pretensions to be progressive.

Another acquaintance which, as soon as I had any pretensions to it, was converted into friendship, was that of M. Duclos.

Everybody went away having any pretensions to politeness, and of course, with them, Doctor von Glauber, the Court Doctor, and his Baroness.

I have seen many, both in their own courts and in Paris, but I have never known one who had any pretensions to equal talents.