Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] true [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is equally true to say that the advent of the impending change has caused the behaviour in just the same way as an itch causes a scratch . |
| 3 | If you intertwine your fingers together , it is equally true to say that your right hand is in your left , or that your left hand is in your right . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However , it is not true to say that it is dangerous to apply the opposite rudder in an incipient spin . |
| 6 | Admittedly , it is not true to say that Esau is not blessed by God . |
| 7 | It is not true to say that a menstruating woman is unclean — she has a status of tameh , a word which has been wrongly translated for years as ‘ unclean ’ but which would be much better translated as ‘ impure ’ . |
| 8 | It is not true to say that anything is justified in a good cause : vulgarity , exhibitionism and ugliness are things to be avoided . |
| 9 | But it is not true to say that a legacy or institution made in terms other than these was unquestionably void . |
| 10 | So , although it is not true to say that all tortoiseshell cats are females , it is true to say that they are all feminine — even the rare males . |
| 11 | While political organization among lesbians and gays may be taking a low profile , it is not true to say that the clocks have been turned back . |
| 12 | ‘ It is not true to say that because we are not meeting EC directives absolutely that the water is poisoned , ’ said Mr Byatt . |
| 13 | This suggest that , in many cases , it is not true to say that lobby correspondents slavishly follow the Downing Street line on a story . |
| 14 | The Government 's response was : ’ it is not true to say that the reserves are lost forever if pits currently accessing them are closed . ’ |
| 15 | It is not true to say that Freshfayre contacted Compact and neither were the staff of Compact aware until much later of Mr Bell 's interests in the company . |
| 16 | Although some remarkably conservation-conscious agents exist , it is generally true to say that land-agents have played , and continue to play , a significant role in hastening the destruction of the English landscape by intensive agriculture . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Fourthly it is generally true to say that fewer people are required to operate such systems and those employed are normally kept outside the main storage area . |
| 19 | It is generally true to say that if the area is predominantly rural then the geographical extent of the restriction can sometimes be greater than if an urban area is under consideration . |
| 20 | Allowing for exaggeration , it is nevertheless true to say that the Emperor lived up to the Idea in so far as the re-ordering of Paris was concerned . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It is probably true to say that the first few solo flights are the safest that a student pilot ever makes . |
| 23 | The Congregational historian , Albert Peel , wrote that ‘ it is probably true to say that no one did more to raise the standard of worship in Nonconformist churches ’ than he . |
| 24 | It is probably true to say that the likely arrangements for assessment and recording of pupils ' achievement have provoked more concern among the teaching profession than almost any other area of the National Curriculum . |
| 25 | Generalizing rather , it is probably true to say that Hawaiian-type eruptions are more common on the oceanic island volcanoes than elsewhere ( though the examples of Nyiragongo and Nyamlagira emphasize that it is only a generalization ) , since it is in these environments that the fluid basalt lavas are most likely to be found . |
| 26 | Even now it is probably true to say that the recommendations in the report guide and influence BLR&DD thinking and action on user education funding policy . |
| 27 | Concerning those chemical changes , which were of fantastic magnitude , taking place during the first of these periods , it is probably true to say that most established religions do now , perhaps reluctantly , accept as true the scientific theories governing the associated processes of evolution . |
| 28 | It is probably true to say that these new sensations were at first quite undetected , as such , by himself . |
| 29 | Indeed , it is probably true to say that the House of Commons relies upon the House of Lords to do this job , up to a point . |
| 30 | It is probably true to say that it is in this way , rather than in any other , that governments learn exactly where the limits of tolerance lie . |