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Meanings of have any pretensions in inglês

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Usage of have any pretensions in inglês
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They neither of them have any pretensions of their own, or real standard of worth.
Table Talk: Essays on Men and Manners
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But few of those who fill the world with books have any pretensions to the hope either of pleasing or instructing.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 04 / ...
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All singing birds, and those that have any pretensions to song, not only in Britain, but perhaps the world through, come under the
The Natural History of Selborne
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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.
Report for Murder
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It is not possible that thirteen sensible gentlemen, who have any pretensions to form a Cabinet, could agree to a measure of this nature.
Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1
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None of them had any pretensions to elegance, being built of the simplest masonry.
A Woman's Journey Round the World / From Vienna to Brazil, Chili...
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Of the three rooms mentioned, Field's was the only one having any pretensions to decoration.
Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1
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But as neither my companion nor myself had any pretensions to wisdom we asked away merrily.
The Adventures of a Special Correspondent Among the Various Race...
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This is the only metrical composition of prolific Daniel that has any pretensions to be called a poem.
History of the Plague in London
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To the favour of the Crown few either of the old or of the new occupants had any pretensions.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
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Practically they had only one, for neither Ashe, nor Grant, nor Devenish had any pretensions to be considered batsmen.
Mike
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What people that had any pretensions to being gentle-folks would care to be mixed up with our brother-in-law the linen-draper?
A Houseful of Girls
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The position of the Labour party is worse than that of the Tories if it has any pretensions to be progressive.
The Guardian
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Another acquaintance which, as soon as I had any pretensions to it, was converted into friendship, was that of M. Duclos.
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Volume 08
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Everybody went away having any pretensions to politeness, and of course, with them, Doctor von Glauber, the Court Doctor, and his Baroness.
Vanity Fair
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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.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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