Example sentences of "it is true [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is true that warrants must be for a fixed period and may not be open-ended , the period in question is a relatively long one and may exceed the purposes for which the warrant is initially granted . |
| 2 | It is true that things have happened above the ground at the Tate , but the Government 's responsibilities for its fabric — the wiring , the structure , the roofs and so on — have been appallingly neglected . |
| 3 | Perhaps it is true that women are kept humble by the nature of their everyday activities . |
| 4 | It is true that women in the main tend to be more lovingly affirming of each other , and use less competitive and down-putting styles of relating than men , but the problem is not only personal : it is embedded in all our social structures . |
| 5 | It is true that women live longer when more of such caring is undertaken hence there are more women carers in absolute terms — 3.5 million compared to 2.5 million men . |
| 6 | I was brought up in one myself , but it is true that girls on the whole do better in the subjects traditionally regarded as male subjects in single sex schools . |
| 7 | It is true that cases of seditious words brought before the courts at the time of the disturbances show that disaffection was often expressed in terms of a belief in Stuart legitimism : in early 1715 , Londoner Phillip Hide cursed King George and said " he had no right to the Crowne of England " , whilst on 29 May 1715 , during the Jacobite demonstrations in London , John Burnoist was noticed to be wandering the streets shouting " James the third is right and Lawfull King of England " , the " protector of the protestant religion " , and " George is a Usurper to the Crown " . |
| 8 | It is true that females predominate in most Latin American populations , but the difference between numbers of males and females in national populations is much smaller than the difference between them in migrant populations . |
| 9 | Whilst it is true that disadvantages arise from different aspects of the same dispute being adjudicated upon by different courts , it must be pointed out , on the one hand , that a plaintiff is always entitled to bring his action in its entirety before the courts for the domicile of the defendant and , on the other , that article 22 of the Convention allows the first court seised , in certain circumstances , to hear the case in its entirety provided that there is a connection between the actions brought before the different courts . |
| 10 | It is true that geomorphologists have tended to neglect large-scale continental problems but this arises because they have not been prepared to contribute to tectonics and geophysics , which must surely be a prerequisite for an effective and accepted research contribution at the world level . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is true that policy-makers in Washington often saw themselves as using financial inducements to compel the British to act as they desired . |
| 13 | It is true that players like Igor Shalimov , Aleksandr Mostovoy , Valery Shmarov and Vasily Kulkov have since moved to the west , but their 5-1 success away to Luxembourg 's Avenir Beggen this season shows Spartak can still threaten away from home . |
| 14 | In contrast , Western whaling nations needed the whale oil , although it is true that products from coastal whaling in Europe included meat as early as the 11th century . |
| 15 | Specifically , he notes that lenders like banks have an interest in the firm 's undertaking projects that carry little risk of default even if the expected return is low , whilst if it is true that shareholders in general hold diversified portfolios , they would want the firm to go for high expected returns . |
| 16 | Murty , the Assistant Government Agent at Matara , wrote in his annual report for 1902 that ‘ it is true that cattle stealing can be and has been suppressed by drastic measures , such as wholesale convictions , involving both innocent and guilty , and by the application of the lash , but I can not conscientiously recommend this procedure . ’ |
| 17 | Now , of course it is true that thoughts can be collected into bundles , so that one bundle is my thoughts , another is your thoughts , and a third is the thoughts of Mr Jones . |
| 18 | One lab , one set of engineers and a worldwide sales force would seem to be all that is needed if it is true that companies and markets are becoming more global . |
| 19 | It is true that audiences shrieked with laughter , ultimately sealing Gilbert 's fate as a ‘ talking ’ actor , but that was due to the awful dialogue . |
| 20 | While it is true that men 's consumption of bread and beer can vary , the quantity of these basic foodstuffs remains a tolerable , rough criterion of the size of a population . |
| 21 | It is true that elephants existed at that time in the extreme south of China , but the fact that Fu Hao 's cup was studded with turquoise points to India as a possible source . |
| 22 | Whilst it is true that Utopias are generally short on analysis , the best ones do provide an image of a world which , despite their fantastical form , one can come to terms with . |
| 23 | Dr Tournier comments : ‘ It is true that grandparents can often understand their children better than the parents do , and give them the acceptance they need in order to grow up . ’ |
| 24 | Certainly , it is true that PMS is exacerbated by stress and a poor diet ( which is why it can be remedied to a great extent ) , but the real culprit is fluid retention — caused by natural changes in body chemistry . |
| 25 | Thus , if it is true that children who speak the more prestigious variety are the more successful than others , this is caused by other factors such as higher teacher- expectations or the middle-class values of the school . |
| 26 | It is perhaps noteworthy that two chroniclers refer to the plague of 1361 as the pestis puerorum , the plague of the children , and if it is true that children in particular had perished in that outbreak , it could be that by the early 1370s the supply of labour was being reduced by a shortage of new recruits , particularly as the survivors of 1361 would also have been attacked by another outbreak in 1369 . |
| 27 | It is true that artisans with skilled crafts initially developed craft unions and displayed a distinctive group consciousness , a ‘ craft consciousness ’ . |
| 28 | After all , if it is true that husbands and wives invariably pool their money and share it fairly , it does n't matter who earns what , does it ? |
| 29 | If it is true that kings only legislated when faced with an urgent need to enhance their standing with their subjects by prestigious acts of law-making , the appearance of royal codes of law in Kent and Wessex at this time may reflect something of the very considerable crisis through which these regions had recently passed . |
| 30 | It is true that cats often nibble an irritation , rather than scratch it , but unfortunately some of the most urgent scratching requirements are in the region of the head , mouth , neck and especially the ears . |