Example sentences of "is [adv] true that [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is probably true that many decisions go away if you refuse to make them . |
| 4 | It is also true that several novelists , such as Carpentier and Fuentes , delight in weaving elaborate , formal patterns . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Now it is perfectly true that some families remained in the same district for hundreds of years . |
| 8 | It is absolutely true that many forms of modern , intensive livestock production are extremely inefficient . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | It is certainly true that more roses are ruined by incorrect or purposeless cutting than any other cause . |