Example sentences of "may [adv] be true of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is to be distinguished from the relation of assignment ( below ) , notably because , in qualification , the property of the sub-ordinate element — even where that is an adjective — may not be true of the whole , despite the fact that it helps to identify it . |
| 2 | That may still be true of the set-piece studio interview — though even there the prior indication of ‘ lines of questioning ’ is by no means unknown ( and the viewer would probably be astonished at the general closeness of the atmosphere that prevails in the green room afterwards ) . |
| 3 | Where one particular elite ( or elite coalition ) has a stranglehold on political power , it is common to find increased governmental inertia , conservative leadership , networks of nepotism and patronage , and generally rising levels of corruption , as some observers suggested was true ofthe French Fifth Republic between 1958 and 1981 , and may still be true of contemporary Italy . |
| 4 | The same may also be true of a similar approach to curriculum development , because a number of recent curriculum development projects have attempted to combine the resource advantages of the centralised project with the relevance of school-based development . |
| 5 | This may also be true of Aung San , Sukarno , and others ; but the careful investigator can disentangle myth from reality for most of their important moves and decisions . |
| 6 | [ This may also be true of theses ] . |
| 7 | The old master-spy , William Casey , was said , not least by North , to have masterminded both the Iran and contra operations , and that may well be true of the broad canvas ; but the marks are those of an enthusiastic amateur in espionage , a man who had learnt his craft of secret agent more from the cinema than from the CIA handbook . |
| 8 | The same may well be true of other courts . |
| 9 | The difficulty is that a like conditional ( derived from the independent conditional ( 6 ) also set out in 1.3 ) may well be true of b . |
| 10 | The same may well be true of the comprehensive resources we have suggested may soon become available in fixed sites . |