Example sentences of "true that some [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is true that some of them are not quite what they were — and even this grasped-at straw is no more than speculation — we may rest assured that the successor generation brought on tour to breathe down their necks will be as good if not better . |
| 2 | It is true that some of these poorer working class families were moved into council houses but , as Orwell , M'Gonigle and others have noted , the high rents and rates tended to reduce their living standards and death rates remained high because of lack of income . |
| 3 | It was true that some of the team who were sent were among those who were most experienced in the use of the gifts of the Spirit , but others soon emerged to take their place in the mother church . |
| 4 | It is true that some of these people are recognised with honours . |
| 5 | The greater landowners would also employ other gentlemen servants in the management of their estates in the early eighteenth century , some of whom might be freeholders , and all of whom would have connections with the voting freeholders , and while it is true that some of these appointments were poorly paid , one has to bear in mind the comparative poverty of so many of the Scottish gentry in terms of money income . |
| 6 | It is certainly true that some of the processes associated with standardization ( on which see Haugen , 1972 ; Leith , 1980 ; J. Milroy and L. Milroy , 1985a ) were well under way around 1600 ( elaboration of function , use of a supra-regional writing system ) , but it looks as if some of them were still at the stage of being localized developments associated with the establishment of consensus on local norms , and this applies particularly to pronunciation , which is the level of language that is least uniform . |
| 7 | It is also true that some of these institutions have been run in brutal and insensitive ways , particularly against children given refuge . |
| 8 | It is perfectly true that some of the things that I am saying today I have said before ; that is because they are true . |