Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [not/n't] [adv] true that " in BNC.
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1 | Breeds develop according to local needs and fashions , so that it is not necessarily true that a large , red , short-horned breed in one area has a common ancestry with a similarly large red in another , any more than it is correct to assume a blood link between the black-eared , white-coated White Park and the similarly coloured but polled British White , or between the Gloucester and the Pinzgauer of Austria because their coat patterns are similar . |
2 | Even if real output per capita rises , it is not necessarily true that actual economic welfare will have improved . |
3 | It is not entirely true that people are as handicapped as we , the comparatively unhandicapped , are prepared to handicap them , but there is more than a grain of truth in that statement . |
4 | Finally , it is not entirely true that the wave is the independent variable and the beach the dependent one , because the form of the wave , at least when it nears the coast , is to some extent dictated by the form of the beach and the immediate offshore bottom . |
5 | In any case , it is not quite true that the subject can be perceived , so to speak , only in recollection . |
6 | It is not quite true that the currents of migration and urbanisation were the same . |
7 | Hence it is not always true that the natural way of classifying a set of objects is hierarchical ; nor was it immediately obvious that this is the best way of classifying living things . |
8 | It is not always true that combining two substances into one releases energy . |
9 | To be more specific , he showed that , if chemical substances react in a medium through which they can diffuse , it is not always true that the reactants will become uniformly distributed . |
10 | It is not always true that either the London agencies or the " big boys " of the business are the places where you 'll learn a more professional approach . |
11 | It is not always true that deficiencies in service are to blame . |
12 | ‘ So it was not altogether true that Cuchulain did not kill messengers , ’ a monk dutifully recorded . |
13 | It was not quite true that this was the only connecting link . |