Example sentences of "it be true [that] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't need guests , you do n't need freezing weather or any other excuse to put pudding on the menu — although it is true that a good pudding shared with like-minded Billy Bunters makes for a convivial party , and if the day dawns cold and frosty it may give an agreeable edge to appetites . |
| 2 | It is true that a good marathon time shows that you have both fitness and endurance , but because of the effort you have made , you will not be able to exploit those gains for some time . |
| 3 | It is true that a substantial body of opinion in various parts of the world would have preferred to see whether relying on sanctions for longer would have brought about Iraq 's withdrawal . |
| 4 | Ninety percent of them said yes , that it depends on how you present the figures , so in actual fact I wonder how our tenant farmers all of a sudden find themselves in a position that they perhaps would rather sign a petition and not put their heads above the parapet bearing in mind you are in a community , bear in mind you are connected , bear in mind that your livelihood is with those others and I have to say it is true that a certain business in my area connected with farming has been threatened . |
| 5 | The requirements for military or test pilots place less emphasis on the number of flying hours required and this is compensated for by the more stringent type of flying they have been involved in ( though it is true that a large proportion of airline pilots learned to fly and served in military aviation before becoming civil pilots ) . |
| 6 | While it is impossible to either prove or disprove this estimate , as a matter of observation it is true that a high proportion of churches seem to attract ‘ their kind of people ’ . |
| 7 | While it is true that a sensitive adult will respond intuitively to a child 's language and make numerous adjustments to his or her own language in a way that will reflect the child 's strengths and weaknesses , it may nevertheless be helpful to make these explicit in a written assessment so that intuitions can be further re fined on the basis of objective information . |
| 8 | It is true that a considerable overlapping of insurance coverage has resulted from this basic arrangement . |
| 9 | It is true that a military coalition of sorts has existed in Indo-China since the Vietnamese occupation of Kampuchea and Laos . |
| 10 | It was true that a major problem had just cropped up which demanded immediate attention . |