Example sentences of "it is [adv] true [that] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generally true that if organisations try to set up such functions in-house , they are unlikely to keep and retain the best people ; thus there is always a gulf between the in-house employees and their performance and what can be obtained in the way of services by using external consultants to undertake the job . |
| 2 | Whilst there is no denying that cartography in its more advanced forms was never seen as an integral part of geography , it is nevertheless true that as cartography adopted more advanced technology it became more remote from geography , possibly as a result of the relatively lower interest in technology among most geographers . |
| 3 | Even some like-minded philosophers ( Mackie , 1974 , Ch. 2 ; Sanford , 1985 ) have been ready enough to take it that if c caused e in an ordinary situation then it is true , as we have it in ( 1 ) , that if c had n't occurred , neither would e , but they have omitted or denied what we now have in ( 3 ) , that it is also true that if or since c occurred , so did e . |
| 4 | It is also true that when a decline sets in in F1 , it is very difficult to retain one 's status . |
| 5 | It is undoubtedly true that when a family member dies , other members of the family are often too upset themselves to recognize the distress of the children in their midst . |
| 6 | It is certainly true that if neither of the main parties emerges with an overall majority after Thursday there will have to be some intense horsetrading . |
| 7 | . It is certainly true that as men came to understand the natural world and thus to control it , they began to banish God from it . |
| 8 | It is certainly true that whilst such lists can provide an important first step towards making visible the nature of gender bias , it is the consequent further and more detailed thought concerning each question which often results in : |
| 9 | Although it is usually true that if the interests of the covenantee and the covenantor are satisfied then so is the public interest , it is important to realise that in some cases the courts have chosen to examine the restraint primarily from the point of view of the public interest rather than from that of the parties . |
| 10 | Well it is quite true that if you come to eat before you see a film you have to ask if they can do it in time . |
| 11 | It is still true that whether we regard E as the original field ( without the contribution of the charges ) or as if Ec were added to the original field . |