Example sentences of "[adv] been true of " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have the score in your mind — you once said you do n't need a tape or a score to oversee in your mind the whole of Tristan — and this has obviously been true of other great conductors . |
| 2 | This had especially been true of the larger members . |
| 3 | In the twentieth century increasingly it has become possible for older people who have withdrawn from the labour market to support themselves from resources provided by the state rather than rely on their families ; the same has not been true of the youngest generation . |
| 4 | What has always been true of secondary schools is now becoming true of primary schools also , and one of the main vehicles for that change is the Education Reform Act . |
| 5 | Its formidable bulk means that you are unlikely to want to carry it about with you if you can avoid it , but that has probably been true of most audit manuals for some time now . |
| 6 | There is no reason to suppose that the Russians are seeking trouble and the same has so far been true of the East Germans . |
| 7 | That has certainly been true of banks since the Basle capital standards were set in 1988 . |