Example sentences of "it is certainly true [that] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It is certainly true that they enact an awareness of the efficacy of penance which is at the very foundation of Christian spirituality ; but it also true that part of their potency depends on an understanding of the joy of " brennyng in loue ouur al thynge " when : The meditation on the Passion in Ego Dormio , on the other hand , engages directly with the experience of receiving such a gift .
2 ‘ But it is certainly true that there have never been a king and queen who are divorced .
3 It is certainly true that it is worth ‘ pooling ’ sovereignty in some areas since it makes more sense to do this than to act independently .
4 On the other hand , it is certainly true that it is harder for specialist literature in German to be accepted .
5 It is certainly true that it can be used in this way but it is far from being the only way to use video in the classroom — particularly in language teaching .
6 Nathan had needed no special arrangements : when very well dressed he looks scruffy — I suppose it must be a gift ; it is certainly true that he could n't give it away — and today he was not very well dressed .
7 It is certainly true that he gave a sculpture of Our Lady of Sorrows , with a gold heart round her neck , to the hospice .
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