Example sentences of "[pers pn] is true that [adj] " in BNC.

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31 It is true that contractual accountability may be viewed as an alternative to political accountability , but much of what the voluntary sector does is not capable of precise measurement for inclusion in a contract .
32 It is true that phenol-formaldehyde resins can be set in the cold but this requires large additions of a chemical catalyst , or hardening agent .
33 It is true that local authorities do not achieve uniformity of provision , but usually an attempt is made to match resources to need .
34 It is true that public relations contrives news and events and gets photographs in newspapers which are really just promotional efforts .
35 If it is true that public goods and services are oversupplied when benefits are concentrated and costs ( revenues ) dispersed , should they not by the same argument be undersupplied when benefits are dispersed but costs concentrated , or when both costs and benefits are dispersed ( Goodin 1982 ) ?
36 It is true that lengthy and detailed scrutiny takes place in a Standing Committee off the floor of the House , but even then it is typically the special interest groups , briefing Opposition spokesmen and Government backbenchers alike , which provide more of the dynamic than the representation of constituents ' views .
37 It is true that electronic document management is here .
38 It is true that enlightened officials and liberal members of the intelligentsia were pressing for change .
39 It is true that English Heritage has carried out frequent monitoring .
40 It is true that British Aerospace has a good total record — especially if one includes the OTS , ECS and Maritime satellites .
41 Perhaps the most striking case of this is J. A. Thugut , Austrian representative at Constantinople in 1769–75 , who was throughout these years an agent in French pay regularly transmitting confidential information to his French colleague , the Comte de Saint-Priest ( though it is true that French and Austria were at that time allies , at least in name ) .
42 While it is true that different assessment procedures usually focus on one or other of these different aspects of language , this is a reflection on the recent history of psycholinguistic research and ought not be taken to imply that assessment is best carried out by focusing on discrete areas .
43 It is true that Franciscan spirituality put new stress on the necessity for integrating action and contemplation .
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