Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] true [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | For a necessary condition for such knowledge , 3 ( that if it were not true that you are not a brain in a vat , you would not believe that you are not a brain in a vat ) fails . |
| 2 | The MMC pointed out that the block exemption only applied if there were no effective competition , no refusal to supply , or if it were not true that less favourable conditions were imposed on those with an exclusive purchasing obligation . |
| 3 | It 's not true that girls dress up to impress men , or ‘ catch ’ a boyfriend , because I think girls know that the people who will most appreciate their particular look or style , or the fabric or colour in their outfit , will be their friends . |
| 4 | I suppose I am plump — according to the ‘ Height and Weight ’ charts I am on the heavy side of OK , but my weight has stayed the same since I was fourteen , so I know it 's not true that I 'm overeating , or greedy . |
| 5 | However it 's not true that their life is all a deceit . |
| 6 | Innocuous though it may seem at first sight , this can be interpreted ( at least in the written form ) in two ways : either ‘ I dislike him ’ ( the most usual reading ) , or , in suitable contexts , ‘ It 's not true that I like him ’ ( for instance , in I do n't dislike him , but I do n't like him either ) . |
| 7 | There is no need to postulate different negative elements , or different meanings of like : it is enough to allow the negative element either to take the whole of the rest of the sentence as its scope ( Neg ( I like him ) ) , in which case the meaning will be ‘ It 's not true that I like him , ’ or the single element like ( I Neg-like him ) , in which case the meaning will be ‘ I dislike him . ’ ’ |
| 8 | It 's not true that I saw no one while I was writing my book reviews in the printer 's office . |
| 9 | And it 's not true that I do n't get anything out of it when I see him . |
| 10 | But although he took this very stiff line about theism and organized religion , it 's not true that Russell himself was void of religious feelings and interests . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ It 's not true when they say that 's not how they do business . |
| 12 | It 's not true and of course wife might not survive . |
| 13 | half of it 's not true and the other half is lies . |
| 14 | It 's not true and you — ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It 's also true that we make moral and ethical judgements about women in particular who are overweight even |
| 17 | It 's also true that a company is judged by the people it keeps . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's true that you ca n't blame an animal for its nature , but it 's also true that they do a lot of harm . |
| 19 | Erm and you 'd thi I mean , it 's also true that she did n't know many . |
| 20 | Cos it 's it 's puts it do , I know you were saying about it 's difficult to answer yes or no to a question but i in this case it 's really true because I answered no but I 've I 've got erm I mean I 've I 've got a degree in politics and I studied er , I did a a course women in politics |
| 21 | ‘ It 's as true as I stand here … had it from Mary Daniels as works at the Galleon . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's as true as I 'm sitting here telling you , ’ insisted Dodger Gillespie , never one to be subject to fancies or unsought hallucinations . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's as true as I 'm standing here , as God 's my witness , there were two dead rats in the babby 's cradle , one on either side of her . |
| 24 | It 's quite true that er wheels from subsidiaries in Dagenham and bodies would be on the road inside two hours of having left another factory because they were on the same industrial site . |
| 25 | So erm , it 's quite true that Bullett had a personal axe to grind , I think it was a rather justified axe . |
| 26 | Obviously , as erm I am in fact the local member referred to in er in the reports and erm it 's quite true that erm , it 's rare with some of these erm parking proposals that you get so much positive response from the residents but this has been very evident . |
| 27 | No , I , I , I , just , just a cover note , I think it 's quite true that this is one of the small steps one can make to make it a little bit more possible for people with dependents to take a full part in local government , and the majority of the people who are excluded at the moment are in practise erm , women with dependent children , but there are many other people including men , and including people with dependent elderly relatives , and I think we need to make it the rule rather than the exception that local government has a carer 's allowance scheme . |
| 28 | They are self selecting , and what we 've got to puncture is not the erm idea that the best goes forward , which is what you 're suggesting , erm but the idea of this self-selecting bit , it 's quite true that it tends to be men who put themselves forward for selection and election , and women do n't . |
| 29 | It 's been said before , but it 's perfectly true that Scorpio is the most enigmatic and least understood of all the zodiac signs . |
| 30 | It 's perfectly true that the front garden policy on the assets has been stated by Thamesdown Borough Council they do n't want to sell it . |