Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] true say [that] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 It 's true to say that Linford was less than overjoyed !
3 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 .
4 So while it is true to say that discrimination on the grounds of age is not unlawful , that is not the complete picture .
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 It is true to say that man has lost much since the perfection of Adam .
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 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 .
10 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 ’ .
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