Example sentences of "[is] [adv] true that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is generally true that mainstream teachers do not have access to specialist knowledge beyond very generic special needs training . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | During early 1990 $297m worth of securities were stolen from a City messenger and whilst a general alert went out should any unusual presentations for payment be made at maturity to minimise the risk of loss , it is nevertheless true that this kind of occurrence causes a certain difficulty due to the fact that invariably the instruments in question are bearer instruments . |
| 4 | Whilst one may argue that it would be wrong to attribute ego-functions to animals in which the id/ego differentiation was difficult to justify because their behaviour was largely under instinctual , preprogrammed control , it is nevertheless true that some mammals — and in particular some higher primates — do seem to show a plasticity of behaviour and an elaboration of activity which clearly point to the beginnings , however primitive , of ego-functions proper . |
| 5 | But it is still true that most members of the professions , accountancy , the law and banking , to whom people intending to start a business might turn for advice on how to constitute or finance it , will propose a company incorporated under the Companies Acts , or perhaps a partnership . |
| 6 | Although it is still true that most dollar eurobonds are held by non-US residents , US residents now form an important group . |
| 7 | It is further true that some degree of heritability has been indicated by twin and pedigree analysis , of varying degrees of sophistication and reliability , in virtually every measurable category of cognitive ability and personality trait thus far studied . |
| 8 | It is probably true that many decisions go away if you refuse to make them . |
| 9 | It is also true that most people would look fairly conventional , even today , when compared with de Sade . |
| 10 | It is also true that several novelists , such as Carpentier and Fuentes , delight in weaving elaborate , formal patterns . |
| 11 | Now it is totally true , that the start of that O C S contract was a disaster , and it is also true that several months on , the pay of the cleaners is still not being correctly done , and concerns are being raised in the governors , it 's a four years contract , being an L M S contract , and under G M S they are submitting one year contracts . |
| 12 | It may be true that concepts and factual propositions are subject to change and have no consequences until engaged by someone 's mind , but it is also true that some transmission of knowing does take place , and that a facility with , or mastery of , those concepts and propositions is necessary to further development . |
| 13 | It is also true that some dealers are likely to be far keener to sell diesels than others , perhaps reflecting how much faith they have in their products . |
| 14 | It is also true that British companies got more than 76% of the contracts stemming from official British loans and grants in 1989 . |
| 15 | It is perfectly true that modern factory-farming can sometimes be accused of engendering cruelty , waste , pollution and unsafe foods . |
| 16 | Now it is perfectly true that some families remained in the same district for hundreds of years . |
| 17 | While it is true that in recent decades it has been made more , rather than less , difficult for elected assemblies to exercise control over public expenditure ( Robinson 1978 ) , it is equally true that political controllers are not completely starved of information about bureaucratic activities . |
| 18 | However , it is undoubtedly true that sexual abuse of children and young girls is very widespread . |
| 19 | For example , it is unfortunately true that many people experience a burglary at their home ; this usually means things being stolen and so a significant loss occurs . |
| 20 | It is absolutely true that many forms of modern , intensive livestock production are extremely inefficient . |
| 21 | Although it is certainly true that papal levies were one spur to clerical refusals of the king , the clergy conducted a vigilant campaign to defend their rights and immunities with regard to taxation . |
| 22 | It is certainly true that one strand at least in a Northumbrian view of the past seems to have thought of Nechtanesmere as destroying the position of military dominance originally achieved by Eadwine in the first half of the seventh century ( HE II , 5 ) , whereas Eadwine 's ascendancy over the Britons in Wales had disappeared by the mid-630s and an overlordship of the southern English kingdoms , restored only temporarily in the late 650s , was lost long before 685 ( see above , p. 85 ) . |
| 23 | It is certainly true that many CAB clients would be unable to cope with it but many others , currently excluded from the bureau by long queues , would welcome it . |
| 24 | However , while it is certainly true that many housing units are occupied by both men and women , there are still some issues at stake here . |
| 25 | Whilst it is certainly true that any process is better than none , awareness of all four aspects best equips people to deal with all eventualities . |
| 26 | It is certainly true that most futures contracts deal with commodities ( e.g. aluminium , barley , cattle , citrus , cocoa , coffee , copper , corn , cotton , crude oil , gasoline , gold , heating oil , hogs , lead , lumber , nickel , oats , palladium , palm oil , plywood , pork bellies , potatoes , propane , rapeseed , rice , rubber , rye , silver , soybeans , sugar , tin , wheat , wool and zinc ) . |
| 27 | It is certainly true that helical structures known to assemble in this way almost invariably possess only one hand . |
| 28 | It is certainly true that popular rule , conceived of in the simplest terms , does not logically imply a commitment to respect for individual liberty : there could be such a thing as popular tyranny , or a popularly endorsed tyranny . |
| 29 | It is certainly true that more roses are ruined by incorrect or purposeless cutting than any other cause . |