Example sentences of "it is [adv] true [that] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it is true that in recent decades it has been made more , rather than less , difficult for elected assemblies to exercise control over public expenditure ( Robinson 1978 ) , it is equally true that political controllers are not completely starved of information about bureaucratic activities . |
| 2 | If it can be claimed that the young men who spend a short time in a school before moving on provide the vitality , it is equally true that those who devote their whole lives to a single school give the continuity , tradition , and wisdom which are equally , if not more , important . |
| 3 | However , it is generally true that mainstream teachers do not have access to specialist knowledge beyond very generic special needs training . |
| 4 | Although it is generally true that increasing age exerts an unfavourable effect on outcome of diseases and medical interventions , this influence is weaker than is generally supposed and is mainly due to age-associated disorders . |
| 5 | During early 1990 $297m worth of securities were stolen from a City messenger and whilst a general alert went out should any unusual presentations for payment be made at maturity to minimise the risk of loss , it is nevertheless true that this kind of occurrence causes a certain difficulty due to the fact that invariably the instruments in question are bearer instruments . |
| 6 | Whilst one may argue that it would be wrong to attribute ego-functions to animals in which the id/ego differentiation was difficult to justify because their behaviour was largely under instinctual , preprogrammed control , it is nevertheless true that some mammals — and in particular some higher primates — do seem to show a plasticity of behaviour and an elaboration of activity which clearly point to the beginnings , however primitive , of ego-functions proper . |
| 7 | The solipsist admits no community to ground his belief that it is objectively true that this new sensation is a pain . |
| 8 | It is probably true that many decisions go away if you refuse to make them . |
| 9 | It is probably true that more of our population own caravans and boats than ever before . |
| 10 | It is also true that such high doses have no place in ordinary maintenance drug regimes . |
| 11 | That said , it is also true that each of these stories is self-contained and , like each of Palomar 's two or three-page reflections , suggests concentration . |
| 12 | It is also true that many older people , who were trained rigorously in the disciplines of study fashionable before 1960 , think that they know a great deal about language , but in fact imbibed many false notions from their schooling . |
| 13 | And , although it must be said that if the needs suggested by the report were met there would be many changes to existing reporting practices , it is also true that many of the needs rationalize the existing complexities of governmental accounting reports . |
| 14 | It is also true that many of the comments made about the usefulness of arithmetic do not address this central theme . |
| 15 | It is also true that most people would look fairly conventional , even today , when compared with de Sade . |
| 16 | It is also true that British companies got more than 76% of the contracts stemming from official British loans and grants in 1989 . |
| 17 | It is also true that several novelists , such as Carpentier and Fuentes , delight in weaving elaborate , formal patterns . |
| 18 | Now it is totally true , that the start of that O C S contract was a disaster , and it is also true that several months on , the pay of the cleaners is still not being correctly done , and concerns are being raised in the governors , it 's a four years contract , being an L M S contract , and under G M S they are submitting one year contracts . |
| 19 | It is also true that some dealers are likely to be far keener to sell diesels than others , perhaps reflecting how much faith they have in their products . |
| 20 | It may be that some hereditary peers are well worth a place , but it is also true that some who are not hereditary peers are equally deserving and it is hard to argue that they should not be considered on their merits on the same basis , with life peerages being conferred on those most suitable . |
| 21 | It may be true that concepts and factual propositions are subject to change and have no consequences until engaged by someone 's mind , but it is also true that some transmission of knowing does take place , and that a facility with , or mastery of , those concepts and propositions is necessary to further development . |
| 22 | It is also true that some of these institutions have been run in brutal and insensitive ways , particularly against children given refuge . |
| 23 | For example , it is unfortunately true that many people experience a burglary at their home ; this usually means things being stolen and so a significant loss occurs . |
| 24 | However , it is unfortunately true that many unconventional forms of service can be relatively inconvenient for users and tend to have a romantic , if empirically unsound , appeal . |
| 25 | However , it is undoubtedly true that sexual abuse of children and young girls is very widespread . |
| 26 | That being said , it is undoubtedly true that more empirical research is required into the effects on teachers of the APU 's programmes of teacher training and dissemination . |
| 27 | It is certainly true that one strand at least in a Northumbrian view of the past seems to have thought of Nechtanesmere as destroying the position of military dominance originally achieved by Eadwine in the first half of the seventh century ( HE II , 5 ) , whereas Eadwine 's ascendancy over the Britons in Wales had disappeared by the mid-630s and an overlordship of the southern English kingdoms , restored only temporarily in the late 650s , was lost long before 685 ( see above , p. 85 ) . |
| 28 | Although it is certainly true that papal levies were one spur to clerical refusals of the king , the clergy conducted a vigilant campaign to defend their rights and immunities with regard to taxation . |
| 29 | It is certainly true that many CAB clients would be unable to cope with it but many others , currently excluded from the bureau by long queues , would welcome it . |
| 30 | However , while it is certainly true that many housing units are occupied by both men and women , there are still some issues at stake here . |