Example sentences of "than the truth " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retrospect I think it was no more than the truth . |
| 2 | It was no more than the truth . |
| 3 | It seemed more romantic than the truth . |
| 4 | It was no more than the truth but showed , surely that her sister was not forgetting the fact . |
| 5 | Stranger than the truth perhaps but tireless , happy go lucky , organised , a friend at all times — these are the boys and girls that really will ensure you get to make the most of your holiday . |
| 6 | One comes from revelation and inspiration , and is guided by a light higher than the light of human understanding , and a truth deeper than the truth of outward existence and accepts a changing reality that ultimately leads to freedom . |
| 7 | So far Marian had spoken no more than the truth but the sort of truth children speak and understand for what it is — the letter of truth but not the spirit . |
| 8 | It 's difficult to escape the conclusion that a great many of those questioned spoke less than the truth in their answers . |
| 9 | I was n't actually pleased with Zak as I did n't want to risk being identified as an actor , but that , I supposed , would be a great deal better than the truth . |
| 10 | There was no virtue , therefore , in telling Anthea Darnell anything less than the truth at this stage . |
| 11 | as if explaining away the downright lies and beautiful evasions of his Westerns , this is the one ( echoing Fort Apache , 1948 ) that concludes with the idea that if the legend is better than the truth then you should ‘ print the legend ’ . |
| 12 | So Nicky Fairbairn , Jo Beltrami and Paddy Meehan travelled to Edinburgh , and to the court where Oscar Slater had been wrongly convicted nearly fifty years before , all of them knowing that when the charge was read and Meehan formally pleaded Not Guilty , he was speaking no less than the truth . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's perfect , ’ the woman had said ; and for once a shop assistant had said no more than the truth . |
| 14 | The arguments , said Acheson , had to be ‘ clearer than the truth ’ . |
| 15 | I think Cowslip 's told us no more than the truth . |
| 16 | But in a way , even that would n't be more difficult to credit , perhaps , than the truth . |
| 17 | But it was no more than the truth . |
| 18 | They were so much more comfortable than the truth she was left with in place of them . |
| 19 | ‘ When I said that this was necessary to allow us to cross the Great Sea , ’ Alexei said , ‘ I spoke no more than the truth . |
| 20 | Piper suddenly had the crazy idea that all the Doctor 's masks had been stripped away , leaving him with no more armour than the truth . |
| 21 | He had been speaking nothing less than the truth when he put it well down the list of those he had seen . |
| 22 | They were no more than the truth , but now his mother would ring Victoria and Emma and they would ring him and it would be one question after another until he went completely mad and started calling for humming-bird sandwiches or something . |
| 23 | Dunbar had said no more than the truth , the archers could do it all . |
| 24 | No more than the truth . ’ |
| 25 | Emmie felt awed and a little lost and lonely , not because Alice was going away , but because nothing she could dream about her any more could be more splendid than the truth . |
| 26 | Those meetings have n't taken place but of course no-one believes it because mis-information is much more exciting than the truth . |
| 27 | This was no more or less than the truth . |
| 28 | India supports the Kabul government , much to the annoyance of Pakistan and most western countries ; but while allowing for the mischievous nature of Mr Gandhi 's remark , they suspect that it is no more than the truth . |
| 29 | Then her innate honesty forced her to realise he was probably speaking no more than the truth , and she gave a single reluctant nod . |
| 30 | But as well as her being uncomfortable with lying , her eyes had been trapped by the intensity of his gaze and telling him anything less than the truth , the whole truth , had seemed impossible . |