Example sentences of "[be] true say [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be true to say that Cleveleys has grown with the tramway , large areas being developed before and after the Second World War . |
| 2 | It would not be true to say that Death smiled , because in any case His features were perforce frozen in a calcareous grin . |
| 3 | It might be truer to say that Tina slept with him . |
| 4 | It is true to say that man has lost much since the perfection of Adam . |
| 5 | In the spring Petrakis 's survey of sexuality for It revealed , amidst a cluster of curious statements , that ‘ it is true to say that homosexuals are neurotic ’ . |
| 6 | So while it is true to say that discrimination on the grounds of age is not unlawful , that is not the complete picture . |
| 7 | Generally it is true to say that use of Creole is restricted to the private domain , and informal situations . |
| 8 | It is true to say that Tamburlaine sets himself very few limits , and this is shown when he makes his aspirations clear by telling his friends that he wants ‘ to become immortal like the Gods ’ . |
| 9 | Whenever anyone , Y , is in a position to say , ‘ X is φ ’ on account of what he sees , drawing no inferences , and not lying , then it is true to say that X appears to him to be φ , even if it goes against our linguistic practice of saying , ‘ X appears to Y to be φ ’ only if we have a reason not to say , ‘ X is φ ’ . |
| 10 | Although it is true to say that Lizzie felt at the start very much under her mother 's shadow and in any case was naturally of a rather shy disposition — she was coaxed into recording quite early on in her career ; indeed , her voice can be heard ( singing Far Over the Forth ) on the same 1953 School of Scottish Studies tape devoted to her just-discovered mother . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's true to say that Linford was less than overjoyed ! |
| 12 | For while it 's true to say that opposites attract , it 's also true that the attraction wears very thin when intense non-stop aggravation takes over . |
| 13 | It 's true to say that tourism brings jobs and a strong local economy , but the tourism of today is conducted on a grand scale , unknown in the past . |