Example sentences of "but [conj] it is true " in BNC.

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1 This may be a bit of an exaggeration but where it is true much damage is done .
2 But if it is true that change is not always linear , then surely even the average candidate must know this , if he is to understand the concept of change .
3 We have no way of measuring the immediate impact of this writing on Jewish readers because we have no document we can safely date about 300 B.C. But if it is true that Kohelet , Ecclesiastes , wrote in the early third century B.C. , one must acknowledge that at least one of the Jewish sages was not prepared to play the part the Greeks had assigned to him .
4 But while it is true that an economic or financial crisis will generally have a clear effect on a state 's coinage , the converse is not necessarily true : a debasement of the coinage does not in itself indicate a financial crisis , since it might take place for some other reason .
5 But while it is true that some Tory rebels would oppose any motion proposed by the Prime Minister , it is worth remembering that the vote is still about the Maastricht Treaty .
6 But while it is true that such a division is discernible , it is also true that the goal is in sight from the start .
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