Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] the fact [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , the utility-based argument associated with Buchanan ( 1958 ) does not quarrel with when the resources are used but rather points to the fact that debt-holders have voluntarily taken up the debt and are being compensated for decreased present consumption by the enhanced future consumption that interest and repayment will allow , and hence are not made worse off . |
| 2 | The irony is only compounded by the fact that in retrospect those trade figures turned out to be misleading and only a statistical ‘ blip ’ . |
| 3 | He has told April that I am insanely in love with him , and now they both hate me : he , because I have made it plain this is not the case , and she for much the same reason , only compounded by the fact that since he has raised the subject , and in view of his demeanour towards me … |
| 4 | In contrast to some other material , my essay ‘ The Claims of Basic English ’ , to which I had referred in my letter of 18 July 1944 , had reached him ; and I was much cheered by the fact that he expressed unqualified approval for it . |
| 5 | Given the mobility constraints , is the cooperation of labour not better explained by the fact that employees have little alternative ? |
| 6 | The reason is simply that there are so many XT and 286 machines that are in perfectly good working order and only suffer from the fact that they are not 386s ! |
| 7 | You will have received a copy of my handwritten ‘ Functional Specification ’ in which I have tried to take account of all the comments made during our session in Paris but have been somewhat hampered by the fact that I , too along with David and Geoff , have not been able to make the latest set of disks run . |
| 8 | She was only disturbed by the fact that , once the funeral was over , her mother-in-law made no attempt to leave the Manor and take up residence in the dower house . |
| 9 | Springfield 's satisfaction with the success of the night 's operation , was somewhat tempered by the fact that only three of those captured were from the upper echelon of grey tracksuited heavies , the Apostles . |
| 10 | Its length was entirely related to the fact that it contained good news and , once again , Opposition Members did not want to hear it . |
| 11 | In my view , the uniqueness of the current downturn can be almost entirely attributed to the fact that the post boom adjustment in the ratio of house prices to income has not come , as in the past , in the form of real house price declines and rapid nominal income growth , but instead via a sizeable decline in nominal house prices . |
| 12 | I mean I 'm , I 'm , I 'm only going on the fact that I I tend to do everything on the cheap so I tend to get if I can find somebody who does photocopying I can do it then we 'll do it . |
| 13 | In the campaign to save the tiger , the Fund certainly played its part , greatly helped by the fact that it enjoyed the wholehearted support of the leader of the country most involved . |
| 14 | Pressure on land was fairly slack in the south ( most obviously shown by the fact that when holdings were reoccupied they were often taken up by men who already held land , and not by landless men ) , whereas in the east there was no shortage of tenants , and the demand for land was maintained . |
| 15 | Analysis of this problem is greatly facilitated by the fact that we can identify anatomically the subregions of the visual cortex most likely to be involved in colour vision . |
| 16 | Some explanation is perhaps needed for the fact that the same phrases also sound more normal in ( 18 ) than the corresponding phrases in ( 15 ) : ( 18 ) the heir is a lawful one her cousin is a distant one Possibly we should accept that , even when used in a context of heirs and cousins respectively , these two adjectives occupy an intermediate position in the sense that they can be construed either way without any significant difference in the non-linguistic phenomena that can be designated thereby . |
| 17 | Maggie 's outrage at this callous remark was somewhat offset by the fact that he had rescued her , and in any case she was moving off to Ana who was sitting looking very shaky . |
| 18 | Because i i they though it was in competition with other varieties around and it something t It was n't necessarily to do with the fact that erm they though it was less it held less prestige in the community . |
| 19 | The sinewy elegance of these figures is unusual , and has perhaps to do with the fact that the Aeginetan sculptors are recorded as preeminent in bronze . |
| 20 | There were some attempts at consultation , notably with Commonwealth finance ministers in 1947 and 1949 , but the relationship is perhaps symbolized by the fact that the RSA countries were not consulted on devaluation in 1949 , simply informed of the decision a day or two before it took place . |
| 21 | Although mountaineers will not need reminded , the less experienced need to be constantly alerted to the fact that a hot , sunny car park does not necessarily mean a benign hill-walk . |
| 22 | Perhaps , though , Wilson was merely distracted by the fact that , during his first appearance , he briefly disappeared before returning partially superimposed on a map . |
| 23 | But it is easy to see that , for example , a young mother who had recently been left by her husband , and gone back to a ( very good ) job , would pile up several different low scores , all linked to the fact that she had just become a single parent . |
| 24 | That he did not depart of his own free will is abundantly evidenced by the fact that he left behind all his belongings and expressed the intention of being back within the period of four hours . |
| 25 | His optimism was apparently derived from the fact that the participants had reached agreement on several divisive issues , including the recognition of Quebec as a distinct society — with a concomitant devolution of powers to the provincial government — and the recognition of the inherent right of aboriginal peoples to self-government . |
| 26 | In reaching that conclusion , he was much influenced by the fact that , in a relator action brought to enforce public rights or public law , it is accepted practice , where the relator is a local authority , to require an undertaking in damages from the local authority as in the case of any other relator . |
| 27 | The control of Parliament is perhaps even better illustrated by the fact that few pieces of legislation have been lost in the Commons in the ten years since Mrs Thatcher became prime minister — the Shops Bill comes to mind , but there is talk of its reintroduction in a future session . |
| 28 | The theology of the group was sufficiently united by the fact that , amid a secular intelligentsia , it was after all a theology . |
| 29 | But frankly it 's not likely to irritate your skin anyway because er you are n't industrial users of this you would only ever touch these chemicals for a very short time so the any possible side effects they might er have on you will be greatly diminished by the fact that you did n't use them very much . |
| 30 | This is necessarily caused by the fact that the intrinsic differences between the services provided in different organizations reflect themselves in the respective budgets . |