Example sentences of "true that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is true that verbal questions primarily engage the left hemisphere while spatial questions tap the functions of the right hemisphere , it might be predicted that responses to such questions will be optimal when the appropriate hemisphere is activated rather than if the opposite hemisphere is aroused . |
| 2 | It is true that personal ownership of some kinds of wealth is declining — but our focus is on assets under the control of individuals so that we can understand the effects of wealth on class position . |
| 3 | While it is true that scavenging fish and snails perform a valuable task , a well ordered pool can be equally well maintained without them . |
| 4 | It is true that high-level Bolshevik theorists in Moscow and Petrograd tended to select , filter , and interpret evidence from the localities in the light of their prevailing general beliefs , so that their conclusions had little foundation in hard evidence . |
| 5 | It is true that small local fortifications , sometimes churches adapted at great expense by the addition of towers , parapets , walls and even moats , might bring some measure of safety , at least against small bands of soldiers or evil-doers . |
| 6 | However , it is generally true that mainstream teachers do not have access to specialist knowledge beyond very generic special needs training . |
| 7 | It is true that 8 exemplifies a recurrent semantic contrast , but this is possible only because of the presence of m — in both sentences . |
| 8 | It is true that certain measures of nationalisation had been undertaken in the first months of Soviet government — for example , the Merchant Marine had been taken over in January 1918 and the sugar industry nationalised in May of that year — but the main efforts had been directed towards a stabilisation and regularisation of the tottering economy on the existing basis of ownership . |
| 9 | It is not true that certain other events or conditions might have occurred such that we got the solar conditions but not last night . |
| 10 | While it is true that certain designs are closely associated , even synonymous , with specific localities or weaving groups , centuries of trade , migration , intermarriage and inspired plagiarism have resulted in a gradual spreading of compositional traditions . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It may well be true that Black people are inspired by the memory of their courage under slavery . |
| 13 | Although it is true that European video runs at 25 , US video at 30 and movies worldwide at 24 frames per second , these frame rates are not essential to flicker-free motion . |
| 14 | Although it is generally true that increasing age exerts an unfavourable effect on outcome of diseases and medical interventions , this influence is weaker than is generally supposed and is mainly due to age-associated disorders . |
| 15 | Neither is it true that well-developed contraceptive techniques are necessary to achieve low fertility . |
| 16 | As my hon. Friend the Member for West Bromwich , East ( Mr. Snape ) said , it is true that better schemes may be available . |
| 17 | Although he was ready to accept the shortcomings of the Soviet state in its current phase of historical development — " it is true that Soviet society is harsh and that many of its citizens are not philanthropists " — the harshness of Soviet society , however , can in no sense invalidate in Nizan 's eyes the justice of its struggle against the remaining vestiges of the capitalist mentality in the consciousness of the Soviet people . |
| 18 | If it is true that 7 million tonnes of straw are wasted each year , why is straw so expensive to horse riding , racing , and show jumping stables ? |
| 19 | It is true that primary schools are providing a better educational service ( with the possible exceptions of spelling and mental arithmetic ) than they were when I began teaching in 1948 . |
| 20 | That said , it is also true that each of these stories is self-contained and , like each of Palomar 's two or three-page reflections , suggests concentration . |
| 21 | It should be noted , however , that it is by no means true that each function is performed only by the branch of government with the corresponding name . |
| 22 | It is of course true that each of the three elements in the circumstance as described was itself an effect of something else , and , further , had a whole causal history . |
| 23 | It is true that each one of these components rests atop a pyramid of explanations at lower levels . |
| 24 | It is n't true that each part is essential for the success of the whole . |
| 25 | Environmental determinists are also numerous among the social commentators of the period : ‘ Wretched houses make wretched homes ; and while immoral or slatternly habits convert fine dwellings into styes , it is almost as true that dirty and unhealthy habitations transfer a taint to the character and habits of the persons who occupy them . ’ |
| 26 | It is perfectly true that modern factory-farming can sometimes be accused of engendering cruelty , waste , pollution and unsafe foods . |
| 27 | Is it really true that nucleic acids are the only carriers of genetic information ? |
| 28 | It is true that Freudian theory questions any notion of the original unity of the self . |
| 29 | But it is not true that Freudian theory has no space for ideas of unity or autonomy . |
| 30 | IS IT TRUE THAT 14 - 13 is the same as 13 - 14 ? |