Example sentences of "[det] than a [noun sg] [prep] truth " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is more than a grain of truth in the observation by A. P. Herbert that royal commissions were usually appointed ‘ not so much for digging up the truth , as for digging it in . ’ |
| 2 | There is more than a grain of truth in this scenario , despite Mrs Thatcher 's undoubted role in the creation of the new British Library building . |
| 3 | It is not entirely true that people are as handicapped as we , the comparatively unhandicapped , are prepared to handicap them , but there is more than a grain of truth in that statement . |
| 4 | Byron may have been exaggerating a little when he wrote , ‘ Man 's love is of man 's life a thing apart , 'T IS woman 's whole existence ’ , but obviously there is more than a grain of truth in it , and not necessarily a painful or unacceptable one either . |
| 5 | When Ellie went scarlet , because there was definitely more than a grain of truth in that statement , she laughed , not unkindly . |
| 6 | Much of James 's statement had more than a modicum of truth . |
| 7 | There is more than a hint of truth in what Alastair Hetherington , a former editor of The Guardian was told to explain how one defines news values : ‘ It 's like riding a bike ; if you stop to think about it , you 'll fall off . ’ |
| 8 | Branson 's standing joke that ‘ I believe in benevolent dictatorships — provided I 'm the dictator ’ contained more than a germ of truth . |