Example sentences of "[vb pp] to be true " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does not mean , incidentally , that we have to accept that ( Ex ) Fx can be meaningfully claimed to be true irrespective of the possibility of knowledge . |
| 2 | If perception has to be triggered off by what is actually there , then it is constrained to be true . |
| 3 | But , as he assured Southey on 21 October , he was resolved to be true to his word , even as he contemplated a future with ‘ her , whom I do not love — but whom by every tie of Reason and Honor I ought to love ’ . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) Falls in skin po 2 and Sao 2 associated with an attenuation , irregularity , or absence of breathing movements with tachycardia or bradycardia ( considered to be true hypoxaemia suggestive of a natural , primary respiratory mechanism or of an epileptic seizure ) . |
| 5 | However , anything which is non-zero is considered to be TRUE . |
| 6 | This can give rise to confusion since +1 is considered to be TRUE and NOT(+1) is -2 , which is also considered to be TRUE . |
| 7 | This can give rise to confusion since +1 is considered to be TRUE and NOT(+1) is -2 , which is also considered to be TRUE . |
| 8 | ELSE is evaluated , FALSE=0 and anything else is considered to be TRUE . |
| 9 | If the testable condition evaluates to 1 , for example , the result of the test would be considered to be TRUE and the THEN part of the IF … |
| 10 | NOT 1 evaluates to -2 , which would also be considered to be TRUE . |
| 11 | For our purposes , facts may be defined as statements which are accepted to be true and may be supported by evidence . |
| 12 | The marriage of a person who has been judicially declared insane is totally void , and the same is said to be true of any disposition of property made by such a person . |
| 13 | Is saying , ‘ Oh , I 'm so tired ’ natural tiredness-behaviour for us , in spite of the fact that ‘ I 'm tired ’ , unlike yawning , even pretence yawning , can be said to be true or false ? |
| 14 | How far can the characteristics suggested for tribunals be said to be true of tribunals to the exclusion of other forms of dispute resolution ? |
| 15 | ‘ Brother shall deliver up brother to death ’ could be said to be true of Jerome , for if he had not killed he had indeed delivered Aldhelm to his death . |
| 16 | Though in a different way , what we have seen to be true of Gide was also true of Wilde : ‘ running foul of the law in his sexual life was a stimulus to thought on every subject … . |
| 17 | At first this might sound a little too simple — or a clever exit from responsibility — but if thought about can be seen to be true . |
| 18 | ‘ You 've got to be true to your readership . |
| 19 | ‘ but invariably , even when we have needed to correct or update details in our reports , the sad fact remains that the overall portrait of horror has been shown to be true and if anything , understated . ’ |
| 20 | It was generally believed that there was some animosity between ‘ Lenny ’ and Herbert von Karajan , although this has never been shown to be true , so the atmosphere in the Philharmonie was electric . |
| 21 | This can also be shown to be true in BSL , indicating that surface features of languages may be used in different ways to express conceptual material but that these differences should not be seen as deficits . |
| 22 | A large number of facts relevant to a theory must be ascertained by observation under a wide variety of circumstances , and the extent to which the theory can be shown to be true or probably true in the light of those facts by some kind of inductive inference must be established . |
| 23 | According to the latter , only those theories that can be shown to be true or probably true are to be admitted into science . |
| 24 | A revelation from God is bound to be true , ‘ but whether it be a divine revelation , or no , reason must judge ’ . |
| 25 | It is self-evident , I take it , that if ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) are true , then ( 3 ) is bound to be true . |
| 26 | Oh yes anything that happened down the glen or way was heard that from the pack man so it was bound to be true . |
| 27 | Presumably they were asking how the principles of morality are discovered and known to be true , and discussing the role of revelation as a source and foundation of morality and religion . |
| 28 | And if it does , how can it be known to be true ? |
| 29 | For this is the poetry of statement , of clear prose exposition of what is known to be true — ‘ This , which I know , I speak with mind serene ’ ( line 40 ) . |
| 30 | It would only be possible to say this if assertion ( b ) were known to be true , and that all those who never consulted analysts and therapists were ‘ normal ’ . |