Example sentences of "it is certainly true [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And while it might be said that his version of pochvennost comes from this same source , and while it is certainly true that pochvennost deserves a longer footnote than the Petrine reforms , a footnote is all it should be . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In the public-spending round of Government it is certainly true that departments overbid on the basis that when it comes to the crunch they can bring the bid down without damage . |
| 5 | . 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 . |
| 6 | It is certainly true that a great deal of the competition between nationalists and unionists concerned the distribution of resources . |
| 7 | It is certainly true that for a few crucial generations in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , the influence of Spanish Jesuits on the never-very-alert minds of the Habsburg emperors was decisive . |
| 8 | And it is certainly true that , on previous form , the centre party has failed to extract any long-term benefit from recent occasions when it has held the balance of power . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | While it is certainly true that the central core never issued a single agreed programme , a considerable degree of cohesion does emerge from an examination of their critical writings , and an impression of shared novelistic values is suggested by their willingness ( to a greater or lesser extent ) to appear on the same platform at conferences on several occasions and to accept , however grudgingly , the ‘ nouveau roman ’ appellation . |
| 12 | It is certainly true that in many cases warts will regress and even disappear without any treatment , but it is unclear why this should happen and there is no way of predicting which sufferers will be able to rid themselves of the warts or how to stimulate the body 's defence to that end . |
| 13 | It is certainly true that at the time of the Butler Education Act the school curriculum was not much discussed in public , although certain assumptions about its content were in fact incorporated in the Act . |
| 14 | It is certainly true that many CAB clients would be unable to cope with it but many others , currently excluded from the bureau by long queues , would welcome it . |
| 15 | Whilst it is certainly true that behaviour is no substitute for knowledge , the way you behave is the biggest single factor in making an impact on the way other people respond to you . |
| 16 | Whilst it is certainly true that any process is better than none , awareness of all four aspects best equips people to deal with all eventualities . |
| 17 | More neutrally it is certainly true that the range of courses we offer continues to increase . |
| 18 | It is certainly true that helical structures known to assemble in this way almost invariably possess only one hand . |
| 19 | It is certainly true that , given the right circumstances , computers can ‘ reduce the drudgery , freeing the brain in front of the screen to do more productive things ’ . |
| 20 | It is certainly true that no two zebras are exactly alike in the details of their black and white lines . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It is certainly true that over 200 pilgrims were executed including , as I mention in connection with West Witton Feast , the Abbot of Jervaulx , Adam Sedburgh . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It is certainly true that he gave a sculpture of Our Lady of Sorrows , with a gold heart round her neck , to the hospice . |
| 26 | ‘ But it is certainly true that there have never been a king and queen who are divorced . |
| 27 | It is certainly true that assemble editing has a major effect on the scope of the subjects that can be covered , and also on how they are recorded . |
| 28 | It is certainly true that , as the company puts it , Quorn is ‘ a distant relative of the mushroom ’ , but it would be equally true to describe it as related to mould , toadstools and dry rot . |
| 29 | It is certainly true that women meeting and working together can find a sustaining , natural pleasure in their interaction . |
| 30 | Although it is certainly true that individuals can gain a false idea about the ease of making money on the Stock Market , there is also no doubt that privatisation has generated substantial interest in the Stock Market , much of it from new investors . |