Example sentences of "truth be that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cold truth is that such captures are all too rare and it is a daily influx of petty offenders and successfully detected trivia that makes up the major part of the detective 's world . |
| 2 | Whatever the realities of Shirli-Ann 's situation , the broader truth is that she is not alone . |
| 3 | The broader truth is that Dostoevsky can not foster any of his dearest values except obliquely , by stealth , by catching them napping . |
| 4 | The truth is that neither applicant actually wants to issue Switch cards , though Barclays says it is prepared to consider it . |
| 5 | The truth is that some members of the Liverpool board had misgivings about the way Swansea were run and wondered if Toshack might have picked up bad habits . |
| 6 | The truth is that the East German leadership has so far shown all too few signs of wanting to change . |
| 7 | ‘ The truth is that Patrick was partly terrified of Peter , who came up behind him and thought he knew better what he should do . |
| 8 | The truth is that a whiff of counter-revolution is hard to find — dismaying though that may be for party propagandists . |
| 9 | Football can be a cruel game and the undeniable , unpalatable truth is that Robson 's key players are not getting any better than they were two years ago ( with the arguable exception of Shilton ) , and certainly no younger . |
| 10 | Mr Lawson said : ‘ The plain truth is that there are no easy answers . |
| 11 | The truth is that Shilton remains central to their cause , a man in early middle age , heroic but not infallible and therefore symbolising the extent of their aspirations . |
| 12 | The truth is that although there are general criteria , like whatever is Record on ‘ interesting ’ , ‘ acceptable ’ or ‘ fantastic ’ , these change from season to the season , month to month , and even week to week . |
| 13 | perhaps the truth is that in the field of economic policy , Keynes 's preference for a managed economy aligned him with the new Liberals : hence the handsome tribute he paid to J. A. Hobson , in spite of the fact that he regarded him as mistaken . |
| 14 | The truth is that uphill the extra weight made it a little harder than walking , but the weight was not directly on my back , a fact that I appreciated . |
| 15 | The agricultural experts pushing crop substitution programmes may congratulate themselves on Pakistan 's declining opium output , but the truth is that the country is now specialising more in processing and marketing . |
| 16 | The truth is that as painters and as a man and a woman , they were engaged , during these years , in the same adventure which turned out to be more fatal than either of them realised at the time . |
| 17 | The truth is that people do n't react to reality ; they react to their perception of reality . |
| 18 | The truth is that Holland were not Holland last night , just a raw collection drafted in to complement the remnants of their regular side . |
| 19 | The truth is that today 's pop — Whitney , Simply Red , Tina turner , George Michael , Anita Baker , Fine Young Cannibals , Percy Sledge , Ben E. King , The Communards , Gabriel , Erasure , The Christians — are about shame about pop . |
| 20 | The truth is that such huge figures have a hypnotizing effect on the victims and arouse a defensive incredulity among those supposed to provide the money . |
| 21 | It is called a squid fishery , but the truth is that anything that moves near these nets is likely to be caught and killed . ’ |
| 22 | He claims , for instance , that American missiles depend on microchips made in Japan : the truth is that although many are bought from Japan , they are a basic sort and thus replaceable . |
| 23 | The truth is that most Thai-Chinese business empires are so complex that no outsider , including bankers and minority shareholders , can ever know their real state of health . |
| 24 | The truth is that a triumphant BMA is gloating . |
| 25 | Part of the truth is that Mr Major is dog-tired , physically drained after his wisdom-tooth infection , the leadership campaign , the Gulf war , the poll-tax furore . |
| 26 | But the truth is that Uncle Buck , the film , has been rendered totally superfluous once you 've seen the trailer you have seen the film . |
| 27 | The truth is that he has no apparent difficulties responding to ‘ Val ’ or ‘ Kilmer ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ They know they have no option but to stay in the job and try and do better , but the harsh truth is that those who have high production costs and low productivity will not survive the next three or four years of rapid transition . ’ |
| 29 | The truth is that most people break their diet not just once , but many times . |
| 30 | The plain truth is that I once twisted my knee after falling down a ridiculously narrow flight of stairs at a crowded party in a terraced house in Highgate , and I found it so comforting and indeed so peculiarly elegant to lean on a good stout walking stick during the weeks that followed this mishap that I continued to do so long after my leg had returned to normal . |