Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] true as " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case of Appleford ( Appleford 's Case ( 1672 ) 1 Mod.Rep. 82 ) there was a mandamus brought , to restore him to his fellowship : it was returned , that by the statutes of the college , for misdemeanour they had a power to turn him out ; and that the Bishop of Winchester was visitor , and that he was turned out pro crimine enormi , and had appealed to the bishop , who confirmed the expulsion ; and the particular cause was not returned : I was of counsel for the college , and we omitted the cause in the return for that reason , because indeed it was not so true as it should have been . |
| 2 | Well , that last statement is not exactly true as I agree with the sentiments of those who have argued that the Exile clubs should not be in the Courage Leagues , which are meant to be for English players . |
| 3 | Joanne sensed that this was not quite true as she was aware that there were children within her classes who had not learned what she thought she had taught them . |
| 4 | ‘ Strange are the turns of fortune ’ , says Gandalf ( which could be good or bad depending on context ) , and ‘ Hope oft deceives ’ , says Éomer ( also so true as to be non-predictive ) . |
| 5 | However , even at the hypothetical level , the proposition is not as obviously true as Goody seems to assume . |
| 6 | This was n't strictly true as they 'd all had a go on the board . |
| 7 | It would be if that was quite as true as , as you imply . |