Example sentences of "[pers pn] is true that [det] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is always salutary to question whether edicts are obeyed , and it is true that many of Charlemagne 's do not emphasize sanctions but assume a sense of shared moral responsibility throughout society . |
| 2 | It is true that many of these creatures are aware of ordinary physical sensations beyond our human thresholds . |
| 3 | It is true that many of the experiments in this area were grossly inadequate in method : they failed to ensure that the individuals they studied were similar , apart from the single factor being scrutinized ; they relied unduly on mothers ' memories for information about early events ; their various findings could not be compared because of disagreement about what should be counted as ‘ early weaning ’ or ‘ harsh training ’ , and so on . |
| 4 | While it is true that many of the great names of the past have been theists rather than atheists , their orientation has often been unorthodox when judged against the norms of their day . |
| 5 | It is true that all of us human beings manage to cover up our God-likeness by all sorts of unkind and bad behaviour . |
| 6 | It is true that most of the mystics rejected life and lived far from it , for the two worlds can never be mixed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It is true that some of these people are recognised with honours . |
| 10 | 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 . |