Example sentences of "but it [is] certainly [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They look at each individual case , but it is certainly possible that Liverpool will be punished for three red cards . |
| 2 | Whether personal acrimony stimulated Loder can only be surmise , but it is certainly likely that Bill Saxby , jocked off Craganour after the Two Thousand Guineas , would not be bending over backwards to support that horse 's cause in the enquiry in which , as rider of Louvois , he was called to give evidence . |
| 3 | But it is certainly true that in the last sixty years the various schools and academies of acting have had a significant effect on the climate of acting . |
| 4 | It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years . |
| 5 | Such anthropomorphism would appear to be unjustified , but it is certainly true that association is most definitely a mental process , whether we are dealing with insects , crocodiles , birds , beasts or humans . |
| 6 | It is perhaps overstating the case to say that motorists can speed with impunity in residential areas , but it is certainly true that the limit is widely disregarded and rarely enforced . |
| 7 | ‘ But it is certainly true that there have never been a king and queen who are divorced . |
| 8 | But it is certainly true that many of the variables that have been studied do not show a clear effect of social constraints , and it seems reasonable to suggest ( cf. |
| 9 | From our knowledge of Nietzsche 's earlier thinking on that subject , we would naturally take such a title to imply a central concern with tragedy and its demise , but it is certainly significant that the word " tragedy " is not itself part of the title . |