Example sentences of "but [art] fact " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But the fact of the matter is , he wrote , that none of it is right , or rather , that what has so far been accomplished is wrong and what has not yet been accomplished is only right because it has not yet had the chance to be proved wrong . |
| 2 | ‘ But the fact is , she did . |
| 3 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
| 4 | The BBC Research Department have built FM receivers with ferrite-rod antennas , and published reports on them , but the fact that such receivers are not commercially available , strongly suggest that any technical advantages ( if any ) do not justify the extra cost . |
| 5 | Of course , it is difficult to pre-empt a jury 's or judge 's decision on damages , but the fact that a very rich plaintiff might hand over his damages to charity should and could be taken into account in any assessment . |
| 6 | But the fact of the matter is he is not . |
| 7 | In trying to educate people against using it , I would emphasise not its dangers but the fact that ultimately it is a complete waste of time and money . |
| 8 | This writer would certainly have preferred the option for moving everything out of the main glen , but the fact that the centre is now seen as being a mistake is encouraging and the partial solution is vastly better than the centre being a rapidly-growing monster . |
| 9 | What mattered to Marx and Engels was therefore not so much the specific history which had produced these concepts , but the fact that they had a history at all , that the concepts were dependent on the type of society and economy in which they occurred . |
| 10 | Personally I do n't think it is traditions which are weighing them down but the fact that they have no support at home . |
| 11 | Their past experience enabled them to produce and maintain their own equipment , and operate it with competence , but the fact that none had themselves initiated any of the significant developments in filmmaking or projects was an early indication of their unpreparedness for serious competition . |
| 12 | This courtesy might not be necessary , strictly speaking , but the fact that All the President 's Men were in South Africa as guests of the SARB at the same time was not a help . |
| 13 | But the fact that Mr Delors is right does not mean that events will prove him right . |
| 14 | But the fact is that the golf writers have , in the recent past , been thoroughly spoiled for choice . |
| 15 | ‘ Sorry , but the fact is the average backbench MP does n't know anything , unlike the average civil servant who really does know about his or her particular area . |
| 16 | But the fact remains that current-account balances are becoming less and less helpful as a guide to economic performance , let alone as a goal for economic policy . |
| 17 | But the fact that we can perceive no connection does not , for Locke , mean that there may not be one there . |
| 18 | In anyone 's book that is failure of some magnitude , but the fact for English cricket was simply that there were very few players of real Test class around at the time ; after all , when Mike Gatting , one of the best of the county captains , got his chance he won only twice in twenty-two Tests . |
| 19 | But the fact remained that Fatima was a drag , and would drag everyone around down if you let her . |
| 20 | This is the fashionable contemporary view ; but the fact remains that such children , whether or not we regard them as monsters , did exist . |
| 21 | ‘ Altruistic gestures are all very well , but the fact is , you could n't do enough , Ari . |
| 22 | People say we did n't get on but the fact is , we hardly ever met . |
| 23 | ‘ But the fact is I see Kylie as a best friend and not a lover . |
| 24 | Admittedly , dealing with a woman as dominating as Catherine de Medici and a family as powerful as the Guises , which all three had to do , would have put strains on personalities far stronger than Francis II , Charles IX and Henri III ; but the fact remains that while , unlike Mary , they did not show indifference to their kingdom , they were exactly like her in failing to assert their control of it . |
| 25 | But the fact that the wife of Mr Bush 's challenger now chooses to raise the allegations gives the issue a new dimension . |
| 26 | But the fact of the matter is , if you have a minority government , that election will be coming sooner or later . ’ |
| 27 | But the fact that a child can slide down a mountain more quickly than you can does not mean he can catch lifts , follow pistes , order lunch , or even find the Herren plonked with Austrian efficiency at the summit of each skiable peak . |
| 28 | But the fact is that organic cheese is fine , but unpasteurised organic cheese , with all the flavour not purged by pasteurisation , is far finer . |
| 29 | What most disturbed the three long-standing sufferers in Bryn Higgins 's programme was not just the absence of cause for their experiences , but the fact that the medical profession had no answer — and did n't seem particularly interested . |
| 30 | The Twickenham authorities are predicting a virtual sell-out , but the fact that Lancashire tickets sold are numbered in hundreds rather than thousands suggests that without Trelawny 's Army , the county final would be a mere speck on the rugby programme . |