Example sentences of "[pron] [be] probably true [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It 's probably true to say that some actors just do n't mix well with other actors or directors .
2 It 's probably true to say , is n't it , that anybody who 's going to be picking this up are going to be in the school system rather than in the private school system ?
3 It is probably true to say that the first few solo flights are the safest that a student pilot ever makes .
4 The Congregational historian , Albert Peel , wrote that ‘ it is probably true to say that no one did more to raise the standard of worship in Nonconformist churches ’ than he .
5 It is probably true to say that the likely arrangements for assessment and recording of pupils ' achievement have provoked more concern among the teaching profession than almost any other area of the National Curriculum .
6 Generalizing rather , it is probably true to say that Hawaiian-type eruptions are more common on the oceanic island volcanoes than elsewhere ( though the examples of Nyiragongo and Nyamlagira emphasize that it is only a generalization ) , since it is in these environments that the fluid basalt lavas are most likely to be found .
7 It is probably true to say that , with the exception of the more recently founded universities and colleges , all higher educational establishments have archival collections of varying sizes which they have generated , been given , or have purchased .
8 Even now it is probably true to say that the recommendations in the report guide and influence BLR&DD thinking and action on user education funding policy .
9 Concerning those chemical changes , which were of fantastic magnitude , taking place during the first of these periods , it is probably true to say that most established religions do now , perhaps reluctantly , accept as true the scientific theories governing the associated processes of evolution .
10 It is probably true to say that these new sensations were at first quite undetected , as such , by himself .
11 Indeed , it is probably true to say that the House of Commons relies upon the House of Lords to do this job , up to a point .
12 It is probably true to say that it is in this way , rather than in any other , that governments learn exactly where the limits of tolerance lie .
13 However , it is probably true to say that Darwin 's theory does not dominate biological thought as much as it used to .
14 It was an unjust war if ever there was one ; but it is probably true to say that no one attempted to discriminate morally between the wars of secular lords at this period unless they affected the interests of the Church .
15 It is probably true to say that there will never be a huge assemblage of flying aircraft , supported by expensive ‘ props ’ on the ground , ever again .
16 In terms of the content of this newer work — the question that is so often evaded — it is probably true to say that much of it has been ultimately concerned with the processes and exercise of power .
17 Nevertheless , despite the earnest evangelical endeavours it is probably true to say that many bourgeois groups had little direct interest in working-class morality , as long as work relationships were secured .
18 Indeed it is probably true to say , as a rough generalization , that the larger the concern , and the larger the number of people involved or affected , the less likely is it that the concern or interest will be represented accurately , or at all , within an interest-group system .
19 Voices have sometimes been heard to question or deny the validity of this requirement but , while it is probably true to say that this issue has not been central in the cases since Thomson v. Deakin , the necessity for unlawful means has been so consistently repeated in subsequent statements of the law that it is now hopeless to argue the contrary .
20 It is probably true to say , therefore , that most small towns , when taken with their immediate surroundings , were to some degree self-sufficient in basic agricultural produce .
21 It is probably true to say that his party did more decade after decade to destroy the availability of properties in the private rented sector — to the impoverishment of some of the most needy sectors of society .
22 It is probably true to say that if young British-born Caribbeans from London have a conversation lasting longer than a few turns , then it will contain London English even if it contains Creole as well .
23 It is probably true to state that a country must achieve sustained increases in real GNP per capita to avoid social and political tension .
24 And it is probably true to add that no tortoiseshell cat has ever fathered a litter of kittens .
25 Apart from this it was probably true to say that the Truman Administration , well before it came to an end , had run out of ideas on Vietnam ; and it is probably true also that at the end of 1951 the weight of the French problem was beginning to shift : not so much how the US could get France out but how to keep her in .
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