The common claim the that the stories are remarkable for their even tone seems to me to miss the point.

Still, such claims do seem to have force when fitted to the case of the writer who is making or mediating them.

This claim seems to have been forgotten or abandoned quietly for the last 300 years.

The claims about God don't seem to lend themselves to a coherent picture.

She was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, no matter how outrageous his claims seemed to be.

The popular claim that "a person should consume eight glasses of water per day" seems to have no real basis in science.

Regardless of the original intent, the stated claim now seemed to be within reach.

The Ronin leader's claim that there were too many for him to handle alone seemed likely to be true.

That claim however seems to be mostly a lie.

Richard Parker's territorial claims seemed to be limited to the floor of the boat.