Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] it is true " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if it is true it is false . |
| 2 | So while it is true to say that discrimination on the grounds of age is not unlawful , that is not the complete picture . |
| 3 | Thus although it is true that " teachers articulate purpose " , this articulation and its achievement will often be the more effective for professional cooperation . |
| 4 | Thus although it is true to say more Blacks chose to be committed to the Crown Court for trial this was certainly not a complete explanation of the difference , as magistrates also committed more cases . |
| 5 | Finally whilst it is true that prices and costs did increase between 1978 and 1987 , none of this was directly attributable to expenditures on the Mahaweli Project , which was financed by outright grants and concessionary loans from friendly governments : basic social services and food subsidies were never curtailed . |
| 6 | Now although it is true that we need to consider contextual factors to explain what it is that creates a feeling of unity in stretches of language of more than one sentence , we can not say that there are no formal links between sentences in discourse . |
| 7 | However , Strawson also draws a stronger conclusion from it — the conclusion that , since a theory of the determination of action is true now if it is true at all , such a theory would have to be compatible with our distinction between behaviour towards which reactive attitudes are appropriate , and behaviour demanding an objective response . |
| 8 | Together they illustrate that , even if it is true that Conservatism harbours ‘ a distrust of the purely intellectual approach in politics ’ , this in itself is an ideological position with important implications in terms of both the theory and practice of Conservatism , and Honderich concludes that ‘ the commodious proposition that Conservatives only have and only favour factual beliefs which have passed the test of time , are empirical and so on , and hence are untheoretical in various senses … needs to be delivered , if necessary by private contractors , to the rubbish heap of history ’ . |
| 9 | Even if it is true that only intention is relevant , this is no argument whatsoever for the admissibility of such trusts . |
| 10 | Even if it is true that God has guided someone into a particular religion , there is no reason why the sociologist can not study the social processes involved in the person 's conversion ; and , conversely , even if it is not true that it was God who was responsible , that does not mean that the sociologist can not study the belief and the ( possibly very considerable ) consequences of that belief for the individual concerned and for society . |
| 11 | ‘ But , ’ warned Kingsley ( and these are his concluding words ) ‘ remember always that this is all a fairy tale , and only fun and , therefore , you are not to believe a word of it , even if it is true . ’ |
| 12 | Intuitively , it would be difficult to deny that there was a connection between the semantic contributions of black in the two sentences : blackness is not irrelevant to blackbirds ( even if it is true that not all blackbirds are black ) — this is proved by the normality of blackbirds , crows and other black birds . |
| 13 | Even if it is true that Saddam is Hitler and human evil incarnate , or less dramatically , that the Iraqi regime is akin to fascism , and must be destroyed , is the benefit simply self- evident — that international law will be asserted as the Kuwaitis regain their autonomy over the grave of their oppressor ? |
| 14 | Even if it is true that policemen require special protection in the course of their duties because of the proactive roles that we expect them to undertake , it does not follow that the person who assaults them without justification should be marked as having committed what is , in reality , an aggravated form of assault . |
| 15 | For you must really endeavour to get ahead with your composition , and that you can do if you have in readiness copies of symphonies and divertimenti to present to a Prince or to some other patron … the divertimenti can be copied very quickly , even though it is true that yours have a number of parts and are rather long … |