Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] say that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite these particular difficulties with older urban areas , it is generally true to say that in less than a decade the Dutch created and adopted a revolutionary residential environment which , even in car-dominated cities , displayed many of the benefits of the street in the pre-motorised era . |
| 2 | While not doubting the pharmacological dimension to drug-addiction , it is nevertheless true to say that in many cases this is only an external consequence of an existing internal dependency which is just as addictive , even though repressed . |
| 3 | It is probably patronising to say that in both cases the window dressing is up to Kensington standards , but it is . |
| 4 | Well as you know I think the committee looked at this erm in nineteen ninety one and er I think it is fairly true to say that by the time it was taken out of service blood hound did not represent a very high level of capability erm and the gap , there is a gap obviously between blood hound it 'll it 'll now be a rather longer gap between that and any A M S A M replacement , er but blood hound itself was judged to be frankly not worth having . |
| 5 | It is equally true to say that for many applications open-loop control is entirely adequate , and to opt for a closed-loop system would be an expensive luxury . |
| 6 | It is however true to say that in most countries the hotel and leisure industry remains staffed by expatriates , as do the more senior positions in the contract services sector . |
| 7 | It is therefore true to say that by the mid-1930s , the Labour Party was truly , as it had never been before , the party of the working class . |