Example sentences of "[pron] [is] true that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's true that at times the many ledges give some discontinuity to the routes , but they also provide good stances . |
| 2 | A spokesperson commented : ‘ It 's true that without them we may well have closed . ’ |
| 3 | Yes I suppose it 's true that for somebody like me I 've been involved in quite a lot of different groups over over the years and the quarry men 's support group is it 's difficult to put in words really er exactly how it 's erm you know I think it 's very easy f for groups to become sort of s set really and er well I 've always wanted it to involve everybody and I think it does that in a way it sort of er it 's quite special to all of us in in a funny sort of way it 's er you know we feel quite committed . |
| 4 | Jacques Fouroux maintained a sane approach when he wrote after the Paris quarter-final : ‘ It 's true that since the beginning of the World Cup the refereeing has played a significant role in the outcome of the game , but it would be chauvinistic to say the same about the way Mr. Bishop has refereed . |
| 5 | Erm , it 's true that in general we do have different memories than other people do er but it does n't seem to be fully individuating in that any change in the contents of the memory would produce a change in . |
| 6 | It 's true that in my job I get to meet many celebrities , but there is an enormous amount of work that has to be done as well . |
| 7 | It is true that despite her natural handicaps and the overriding barrier to mobility and enterprise represented by serfdom , Russia 's non-agricultural economy did expand substantially in the period . |
| 8 | It is true that despite close attention from numerous scientists around the world for the past 60 years , soil erosion is now perhaps more widespread than ever before . |
| 9 | It is true that between 1980/81 and 1988/89 expenditure on education in real terms increased by 7.4 per cent but this compares unfavourably with defence and law and order . |
| 10 | It is true that over the years a few railway signalmen have been convicted of manslaughter for wrongful acts and omissions leading to fatal train crashes , but there is not the natural resort to the criminal law which is now a feature of road-traffic cases . |
| 11 | It is true that over a decade when the senior civil service was moving from being primarily regulatory in outlook to being primarily managerial , there was a lack of research , of assessment of situations before action could be properly planned . |
| 12 | It is true that over much of Europe military administration at its highest level was still largely in the hands of civilians . |
| 13 | It is true that during Margaret Thatcher 's tenure of the Conservative leadership the social basis of the Conservative parliamentary party , the nature of its constituency , and the conflicting philosophies of the ‘ new ’ and ‘ old ’ right provided the subject matter for a wealth of publications . |
| 14 | It is true that during the 1991/92 presidential year a certain amount of friction occurred between Moorgate Place and the district societies , but it should be made clear that this was almost entirely due to the funding problems and not because of any breakdown in the relationship between the national president and the district society presidents . |
| 15 | It is true that during bouts of acute psychotic illness — or as an accumulating effect of several episodes — there may be impaired social and intellectual functioning , but this has more the appearance of a secondary consequence and , in any case , is by no means seen in all individuals . |
| 16 | It is true that during the passage of the Bill , section 10 was explained as being intended to reflect the position at common law , in which there is respectable authority for the proposition that the client 's legal privilege can not attach to communications made with criminal intent . |
| 17 | It is true that during the match the Linfield fans created trouble , but it was among themselves by throwing bottles at each other . |
| 18 | It is true that to the shame of all the factions the grand question of the continued independence of the Realm itself is not being presented as an issue . |
| 19 | It is true that with increased years the incidence of multiple pathology increases . |
| 20 | It is true that at a rehearsal where the eye has nothing to engage it , a recitative immediately becomes boring ; but at the performance , where between the stage and the audience there are so many objects to entertain the eye , a recitative like this is over before the listeners are aware of it . |
| 21 | It is true that at a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers in April — May 1946 Byrnes seemed unusually eager to exchange views and to talk in broad terms of how Soviet influence in the Middle East and elsewhere might be resisted . |
| 22 | It is true that at a Personnel Committee meeting I stated that the council had always honoured industrial tribunal decisions in the past . |
| 23 | It is true that on one occasion , when asked if Gandhi had not been tiresome , he replied that ‘ Some people found Our Lord very tiresome ’ ; but in the context of general unsympathy it is difficult to know what to make of this very Irwinian rebuke . |
| 24 | It is true that on the embryonic Budapest Stock Exchange only 10 ( ten ! ) shares were quoted on May 1991 , and the number of deals on the day were only 280 . |
| 25 | It is true that on first arriving at the scene of the crime the detective may have no pre-conceived ideas . |
| 26 | It is true that on the one hand the Vice-Chancellor defined the purpose of section 236 in terms which suggest such a limitation , as Hoffmann J. thought , at p. 102 : |
| 27 | It is true that on their horses and with their arms they looked well at a review ; but they knew nothing of war . ’ |
| 28 | It is true that on defence Labour can not be trusted . |
| 29 | It is true that on other parts of the A fifty nine system , particularly through Knaresborough , er the new road the outer northern bypass could take closer to thirty percent off the existing A fifty nine , but the traffic flows on that part of the A fifty nine are very much lower , so there is much less need , much less environmental need for a bypass there er a relief road I should say , there in the first place . |
| 30 | Of course , it is true that outside the small clearing of what we know lies the unexplored forest of what we do not know . |