Example sentences of "is [adv] true that [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 With reference to the networks under study , the samples can not be considered random as such , because it is not true that all users in the township during the prevalence period had an equal chance of being selected .
2 M Mr Deputy Speaker , you will have seen if you read these er orders in front of us today running to at least er I reckon about ten thousand words , but by and large , all and sundry are going to be bote , er going to be out of vote on June the ninth , citizens of the European union and the minister has actually said on one or two occasions , all citizens of the union , well it is not true that all citizens of the union will be able to vote on er June the ninth .
3 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 .
4 But it is still true that most members of the professions , accountancy , the law and banking , to whom people intending to start a business might turn for advice on how to constitute or finance it , will propose a company incorporated under the Companies Acts , or perhaps a partnership .
5 It is probably true that many decisions go away if you refuse to make them .
6 It is also true that several novelists , such as Carpentier and Fuentes , delight in weaving elaborate , formal patterns .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 Now it is perfectly true that some families remained in the same district for hundreds of years .
10 It is absolutely true that many forms of modern , intensive livestock production are extremely inefficient .
11 It is certainly true that most futures contracts deal with commodities ( e.g. aluminium , barley , cattle , citrus , cocoa , coffee , copper , corn , cotton , crude oil , gasoline , gold , heating oil , hogs , lead , lumber , nickel , oats , palladium , palm oil , plywood , pork bellies , potatoes , propane , rapeseed , rice , rubber , rye , silver , soybeans , sugar , tin , wheat , wool and zinc ) .
12 It is certainly true that more roses are ruined by incorrect or purposeless cutting than any other cause .
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