Example sentences of "true to say that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , though before the enclosures of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the pattern of agriculture in this zone was basically a medieval one , it is also true to say that that in most of the rest of England was also medieval or even earlier in appearance . |
| 2 | And , it is true to say that that did not represent the what really went on in Canberra ! |
| 3 | The lay subsidy rolls of the fourteenth century yield much information on the subject of bynames and surnames for all categories of persons , and in many cases it seems true to say that such names were not necessarily applied to whole families nor ( given that they appear in different forms in successive rolls ) can they be judged to have stabilized . |
| 4 | It 's true to say that multiple orgasm can be achieved — through a combination of extreme arousal , great self-confidence , a complete lack of anxiety and a wonderful partner . |
| 5 | It would be true to say that catholic nationalism was at its most formidable in the years between independence and the rise of pragmatic politics in the Republic under Sean Lemass in the late 1950s . |
| 6 | So , although it is not true to say that all tortoiseshell cats are females , it is true to say that they are all feminine — even the rare males . |
| 7 | While I 'm on the subject of secrecy , it is true to say that many politicians , sometimes justifiably , are paranoid about the subject . |
| 8 | Although much work has been done in the decades since those words were written , it is still true to say that many texts in printed form do not reflect the contents of the original manuscripts with complete accuracy , although more recent printed transcriptions tend to be reliable , not least because they have usually been scanned by a number of scholars before publication . |
| 9 | In fact it would be true to say that many of us spend most of our lives being carried around . |
| 10 | Whereas profiles were initially envisaged as a form of school-leaving report or record , and designed to fill a gap in the existing certification procedures , it is now true to say that many , if not the majority , of those involved in such developments place their highest priority on the changes such procedures will bring about within the educational process itself . |
| 11 | It is still true to say that many Continental philosophers would hardly be recognised as such by their English-speaking contemporaries . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , despite the earnest evangelical endeavours it is probably true to say that many bourgeois groups had little direct interest in working-class morality , as long as work relationships were secured . |
| 13 | Voices have sometimes been heard to question or deny the validity of this requirement but , while it is probably true to say that this issue has not been central in the cases since Thomson v. Deakin , the necessity for unlawful means has been so consistently repeated in subsequent statements of the law that it is now hopeless to argue the contrary . |
| 14 | Fourthly it is generally true to say that fewer people are required to operate such systems and those employed are normally kept outside the main storage area . |
| 15 | The ‘ folk community ’ is idealized , with no recognition of the huge variety of musical practices ( and social forms ) involved ( think of the differences between the music , and social function , of , say , West African griots , American Indian ceremonial songs and European medieval ballads ) ; in very , very few — if any — of these cases is there no class differentiation ( and thus hierarchies , divisions of function , and so on ) ; in none would it be true to say that musical production occurs ‘ naturally ’ rather than as the result of learned skills and conventions . |
| 16 | It is probably true to say that these new sensations were at first quite undetected , as such , by himself . |
| 17 | It 's probably true to say that some actors just do n't mix well with other actors or directors . |
| 18 | And while it 's true to say that some cross-dressers are gay , not all gays , by any means , are transvestites . |
| 19 | Having said that , it is possible to plant some in groups , and it is true to say that some thrive in soil which would normally be considered unsatisfactory . |
| 20 | Holiday schemes , in other words , during the Christmas , er , particularly the summer holidays was extremely full in our areas that had these schemes , but it is true to say that some of the children did not pay their full amount . |
| 21 | Generalizing rather , it is probably true to say that Hawaiian-type eruptions are more common on the oceanic island volcanoes than elsewhere ( though the examples of Nyiragongo and Nyamlagira emphasize that it is only a generalization ) , since it is in these environments that the fluid basalt lavas are most likely to be found . |
| 22 | But it 's true to say that most actors feel their drama school training has left them inadequately prepared for working in television and film by the time they graduate . |
| 23 | Concerning those chemical changes , which were of fantastic magnitude , taking place during the first of these periods , it is probably true to say that most established religions do now , perhaps reluctantly , accept as true the scientific theories governing the associated processes of evolution . |
| 24 | It would probably be true to say that most woodwork projects around the house , from making a child 's desk to forming a stud partition wall , involve straight rather than curved cutting of wood . |
| 25 | It is also true to say that most of the traditional chalk downlands were divided into fields in the century after 1750 . |
| 26 | Whilst the 1985 Act obliges us to ‘ afford access to our lands for the purposes of knowledge and enjoyment ’ , it is perhaps true to say that most visitors , possibly as many as 95% , make use of the Gardens as an amenity , and that we may have failed to emphasise the ‘ knowledge ’ goal . |
| 27 | In general , it would be true to say that most authors , once they have published their major research findings , feel no need to cite the ‘ raw ’ thesis upon which their initial publications are based . |