Example sentences of "to [be] true to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not to be true to the materials but false to them ! he wrote . |
| 2 | It will continue to be true to its founding principles , available to all and free at the point of delivery , ’ she said . |
| 3 | His vow of homage was not merely a promise to be true to the emperor and to serve him against his enemies , but a promise to live in obedience to God and His law according to the best of each man 's strength and understanding . |
| 4 | When parents are faithful to each other , it 's more likely that their children will grow up to be true to each other , too . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | Then he rose and swore a solemn oath to keep faith , to be true to his lord . |
| 7 | I think that , no matter what you do , you have to be true to yourself . |
| 8 | But it was ‘ Tusk ’ that started me thinking along the lines of trying to be true to what I think 's interesting and not necessarily just what people want to hear . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You 've got to be true to your readership . |
| 10 | Most of all , The Lord of the Rings is felt not to be true to ‘ the fundamental character of reality ’ , not to mirror ‘ an adult experience of the world ’ , not to portray ‘ an emotional truth about humanity ’ . |
| 11 | In addition , if we want to be true to our ecumenical commitment , it should not exclude religions other than Christianity . |
| 12 | In Anderson 's words , but with Butcher 's solid agreement , ‘ You have to be true to yourself . |
| 13 | I abhor the poetry voie that makes it special , churchy — — though ’ , Beth interrupts , ‘ you have to be true to the rhythm in a poem , that 's vital , the lifeblood of the thing … ‘ |
| 14 | I also want to establish the degree to which he wants to be true to the facts , such as they are . |
| 15 | If we wish to be true to the principles of serialism , we must be so meticulous in our work and choice of serial forms that the octave problem does not occur . |
| 16 | ‘ We must do the same , to be true to the Master . |
| 17 | Rejecting a federalized party , he asserted that the CPSU should remain unified in order to be true to Lenin 's concept of an internationalist party acting as a force to cement the multinational Soviet state . |
| 18 | We need to consider the possible question with pupils , especially as so many are de-religionized anyway , of whether religion , in order to be true to itself , needs to transcend the " religions " ? |
| 19 | Holden Caulfield , narrator of ‘ The Catcher in the Rye ’ , and Lucy Snowe , narrator of ‘ Villette ’ , both criticise their societies and acquaintances , and struggle to be true to their own principles despite pressure to conform , |
| 20 | The only way for him to be true to his sexuality was to go abroad . |