Example sentences of "'s [adv] true that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Innocuous though it may seem at first sight , this can be interpreted ( at least in the written form ) in two ways : either ‘ I dislike him ’ ( the most usual reading ) , or , in suitable contexts , ‘ It 's not true that I like him ’ ( for instance , in I do n't dislike him , but I do n't like him either ) . |
| 2 | There is no need to postulate different negative elements , or different meanings of like : it is enough to allow the negative element either to take the whole of the rest of the sentence as its scope ( Neg ( I like him ) ) , in which case the meaning will be ‘ It 's not true that I like him , ’ or the single element like ( I Neg-like him ) , in which case the meaning will be ‘ I dislike him . ’ ’ |
| 3 | It 's not true that I saw no one while I was writing my book reviews in the printer 's office . |
| 4 | And it 's not true that I do n't get anything out of it when I see him . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's true that you ca n't blame an animal for its nature , but it 's also true that they do a lot of harm . |
| 6 | It 's also true that we make moral and ethical judgements about women in particular who are overweight even |
| 7 | Erm and you 'd thi I mean , it 's also true that she did n't know many . |
| 8 | They are self selecting , and what we 've got to puncture is not the erm idea that the best goes forward , which is what you 're suggesting , erm but the idea of this self-selecting bit , it 's quite true that it tends to be men who put themselves forward for selection and election , and women do n't . |
| 9 | Erm , it 's certainly true that we reduced the total size of a particular team or unit dealing with international affairs , but only on the grounds that we actually felt that it was very important that all the teams should be working on international and European dimensions of their work , rather than seeing it as compartmentalised in one area . |