Example sentences of "[pron] [is] true that a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They come from all parts of the country , although it 's true that a function organised by one particular branch will tend to attract mainly members from that area . |
| 2 | It is true that a country does not need a nuclear power programme to be able to build a nuclear weapon . |
| 3 | As to the second criticism , it is true that a talking-head programme does n't provide visual clues as to content , but it does permit the language learner to watch as well as listen , to see lip movements and facial expressions and to see what the speaker looks like . |
| 4 | It is true that a lot of divers drink a fair quantity of beer . |
| 5 | It is true that a comparison of the generally accepted life-expectancy figures between the West and the Third World countries , or a comparison between ourselves and our grandparents ' generation , would show that modern Western man has a great advantage in average expectation of life . |
| 6 | It is true that a form of haematuria is called ‘ essential ’ , but I can not believe Eliot was referring to that , though I would not put it past him . |
| 7 | It is true that a number of books were written that attempted to draw parallels between brains and computers but these largely served to remind us how different they really are . |
| 8 | It is true that a commitment was made to the ‘ progressive realisation of economic and monetary union ’ in 1972 , but the meaning of the phrase was never defined at that stage . |
| 9 | It is true that an inability to legislate upon certain matters might render a constitution prone to crisis but on others it would be far from necessarily fatal and at least one judge , in a common law country , has recently acceded to the proposition that he might be prepared to disavow the power of the otherwise unlimited New Zealand Parliament to enact law providing , for example , for human torture . |