Example sentences of "[be] true that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only that , it also seems to be true that certain herbs are good company for other plants , discouraging pests and diseases ; for instance , chives and garlic have some ability to prevent roses being infected with black spot , and chamomile is said to improve the health of young plants if they are weak and slow to grow . |
| 2 | ( Mager I 962 47 ) In fact the definition of objectives and the evaluation of progress is something which as teachers we do all the tune ; it simply happens to be true that many of us do it very amateurishly and very half-heartedly , indeed we do it badly . |
| 3 | Yet although it may be true that many types and styles of kung fu began here , it can not be realistically argued that all the varieties of kung fu that were and are still practised in China have their roots in Shaolin . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , it can also be true that previously-held prejudices can be reinforced . |
| 5 | Firstly , while it may be true that individual clients can and do terminate contracts frequently , they do this to move from one company to another : every year each company loses existing but gains new customers . |
| 6 | It may nevertheless be true that such a country may have been able to establish links with either party . |
| 7 | It could not be true that nervous strain made you lose weight . |
| 8 | It may well be true that Black people are inspired by the memory of their courage under slavery . |
| 9 | It may perhaps be true that 79 per cent of trees cut down are cleared by people needing to plant food or gather fuel , and that , if there were fewer people , there would be less need . |
| 10 | It may or may not be true that positive control of development , the compelling of development to conform to a particular plan determined by the state , is unattainable without nationalisation . |
| 11 | It may be true that some dictionaries are more suitable for language processing than others , but such distinctions should not be based on size alone . |
| 12 | It may also be true that some professional groups have had their independence and autonomy reduced . |
| 13 | This is so even though it might be true that any infant , regardless of race or family niche , can acquire the tongue of any community . |
| 14 | Some satisfaction , let it be conceded ; and it will certainly be true that most voters will find that a candidate for whom they have expressed some preference will have been elected . |
| 15 | Indeed , it may be true that most of the great floodplains of the world have been formed by aggradation provoked by the Post-glacial rise in sea level and not by the erosional method outlined in the discussion of the Davisian cycle ( Chapter 2 ) . |
| 16 | It may also be true that social and market changes may " filter down " from the higher social classes ( such as the AB 's in the UK ) who are often first to perceive the need or desirability for a particular change . |
| 17 | First , although it may be true that functional explanations of the kind he discusses remain incomplete until we understand the mechanisms which sustain them , they may nevertheless be explanatory . |
| 18 | Further , even if it may be true that characteristic adjectives are never barred from prenominal occurrence , there are certainly instances where occasion adjectives are ungrammatical in postnominal position , as in : ( 30 ) Eddy will present the cheque to the winner happy we have yet to overcome this obstacle immediate Thus , Bolinger 's distinction between " characteristic " use and " occasion " use is neither necessary nor sufficient for postnominal occurrence , even if it overlaps to an interesting extent with the difference in position of the adjective . |