Example sentences of "is probably true to say that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , despite the earnest evangelical endeavours it is probably true to say that many bourgeois groups had little direct interest in working-class morality , as long as work relationships were secured . |
| 2 | Generalizing rather , it is probably true to say that Hawaiian-type eruptions are more common on the oceanic island volcanoes than elsewhere ( though the examples of Nyiragongo and Nyamlagira emphasize that it is only a generalization ) , since it is in these environments that the fluid basalt lavas are most likely to be found . |
| 3 | Voices have sometimes been heard to question or deny the validity of this requirement but , while it is probably true to say that this issue has not been central in the cases since Thomson v. Deakin , the necessity for unlawful means has been so consistently repeated in subsequent statements of the law that it is now hopeless to argue the contrary . |
| 4 | Concerning those chemical changes , which were of fantastic magnitude , taking place during the first of these periods , it is probably true to say that most established religions do now , perhaps reluctantly , accept as true the scientific theories governing the associated processes of evolution . |
| 5 | It is probably true to say that these new sensations were at first quite undetected , as such , by himself . |