Example sentences of "[pers pn] be true that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is true that formal tariffs have in most sectors and between most member countries now been removed . |
| 32 | As for ‘ le piston ’ , it is true that three senators have been accused of fraud , bribery and tax evasion in the past three years , but they have all been cleared of these charges by other senators . |
| 33 | It is true that human beings share some things in common with other species , such as sexual reproduction , but they are distinct in some major ways , above all in their capacity for symbolic communication , as distinct from a sign system of communication used by some other species . |
| 34 | It is true that ethical values are to an extent also transmitted through markets , with the effect that a company committed to profit maximisation can not afford to ignore the impact of its activities on others . |
| 35 | It is true that phenol-formaldehyde resins can be set in the cold but this requires large additions of a chemical catalyst , or hardening agent . |
| 36 | It is true that local authorities do not achieve uniformity of provision , but usually an attempt is made to match resources to need . |
| 37 | If it is true that public goods and services are oversupplied when benefits are concentrated and costs ( revenues ) dispersed , should they not by the same argument be undersupplied when benefits are dispersed but costs concentrated , or when both costs and benefits are dispersed ( Goodin 1982 ) ? |
| 38 | It is true that public relations contrives news and events and gets photographs in newspapers which are really just promotional efforts . |
| 39 | It is true that enlightened officials and liberal members of the intelligentsia were pressing for change . |
| 40 | It is true that some nurses who observe poor standards in ward management or patient care will resolve never to perform so badly . |
| 41 | It is true that some Nonconformists were suspicious of the King 's motives , and were concerned about the legality of the suspending power . |
| 42 | It is true that some opponents of the Government saw rearmament as the main issue — notably Churchill . |
| 43 | It is true that some members of the party were inclined to take a ‘ soft ’ line towards Germany : prominent among them were Philip Noel-Baker and Richard Stokes , both of them middle-class members of the party . |
| 44 | Although it is true that some fathers are involved with their children for seconds in a day rather than hours or even minutes , their presence can encourage confidence to make those expeditions and explorations which are vital to the process of child development . |
| 45 | Of course it is true that some children have specific needs which it would be inappropriate to attempt to deal with at the level of the curriculum as a whole . |
| 46 | It is true that some journalists are greedy and ask for rather more samples than they require , but this is not the norm and these people are soon sniffed out . |
| 47 | While it was true that all religions were imperfect and that Hinduism was no different from Christianity in this respect , it did not follow that the Christian claim ‘ Jesus is the only son of God ’ could be universally accepted . |