Example sentences of "lies [prep] [art] fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a strong statement issued from RUC headquarters , he added : ‘ The proof of our impartiality and professionalism lies in the facts : the arrests which have been made , the charges which have been preferred , and in our absolute determination to counter all terrorism without fear or favour . ’ |
| 2 | The play 's chief problem lies in the fact that its Russian aspects , and particularly Slava 's mysterious second wife , refuse to become real . |
| 3 | The danger , of course , lies in the fact that the deferred interest payments will be rolled up into the capital debt . |
| 4 | For Engels its significance lies in the fact that it was seen as the basis of what was to be the most dramatic change in the history of mankind . |
| 5 | Its chief importance to architectural history lies in the fact that it is a very early example of the work of J. Ninian ( later Sir Ninian ) Comper ( 1864–1960 ) , a notable church architect of the early twentieth century . |
| 6 | Rosalind Belben 's ‘ My sole feeling of happiness lies in the fact that no one knows where I am ’ stands out as a brilliant piece of writing , but the stories by Alison Fell , Tom Wakefield , Ian Breakwell , and Elizabeth Cook are also noteworthy , particularly the last about two women who send each other erotic messages by leaving little bite-marks on their mutual man 's body . |
| 7 | The pleasure of noise lies in the fact that the obliteration of meaning and identity is ecstasy ( literally , being out-of-oneself ) . |
| 8 | The basis of dendrochronology lies in the fact that , in temperature climates where there is a contrast between the seasons , trees grow by the addition of an annual ring . |
| 9 | Probably the clue to the most plausible explanation — and the one put forward by the man most likely to know , his jockey Dick Francis — lies in the fact that just before he slid to the ground Devon Loch pricked his ears , in the way that a horse might do just before jumping a fence — or on suddenly hearing an unfamiliar noise . |
| 10 | Incidentally , much of the success of direct mail lies in the fact that , apart from bills , most of the population get no mail at all and people are delighted to get a letter that expresses interest in them , concern about them and opens the door for further contact and involvement . |
| 11 | The main strength of the book lies in the fact that most of their lesson material is from actual classroom practice . |
| 12 | The whole irony of war lies in the fact that the persons who get hurt most are the inoffensive and the helpless . |
| 13 | Part of the problem lies in the fact that much of this produce is exported and therefore land which could have been utilised to feed a domestic market is supplying an overseas population . |
| 14 | The book 's chief interest lies in the fact that Caroline Capel was a sister of the 1st Marquess of Anglesey and that she and her family , for financial reasons , were living in Brussels at the time of Waterloo . |
| 15 | Its profundity , he argues , lies in the fact that the unity of marriage enters into the mystery of the unity of ‘ Christ and his church ’ . |
| 16 | The main disadvantage to direct use lies in the fact that supply reaches its maximum at the same time as demand is at its minimum . |
| 17 | The greatest peril in life lies in the fact that human food consists entirely of souls . |
| 18 | The difficulty lies in the fact that the edges are blurred and no one is sure just when youth may be said to be past and the second stage of adult life begun . |
| 19 | The strength and potential of the modern concern for curriculum development lies in the fact that we now realise how important it is to undertake these processes , and in a logical sequence . |
| 20 | As is generally known , true Marxism lies in the fact that he examines models of production and their superstructure from the standpoint of their specific historical features ( model features ) . |
| 21 | Secret The solution to this trick lies in the fact that , while the children can point to which lines they like or say which colour cards they like the best , you decide which cards to take away . |
| 22 | My problem lies in the fact that I can ‘ t get the same output volume for every string . |
| 23 | We have several times talked about this period of his life , which Freud himself would find hard to fathom , and I think the answer to the manic-depressive cycle lies in the fact that Niki is Niki . |
| 24 | The solution to the enigma lies in the fact that the bird 's ‘ knee ’ is not a knee but more akin to an ankle ; it is walking on its toes rather as a cat walks on its hind feet . |
| 25 | The answer lies in the fact that liturgical signs are not simply natural indicators : they are also literary symbols . |
| 26 | So , ‘ the distinctive feature of Christian piety lies in the fact that whatever alienation from God there is in the phases of our experience , we are conscious of it as an action originating in ourselves , which we call Sin ; but whatever fellowship with God there is , we are conscious of it as resting upon a communication from the Redeemer , which we call Grace ’ . |
| 27 | But the originality of the Scheme lies in the fact that the reader is not merely presented with relevant and essential observations about language teaching methodology . |
| 28 | The contrast between work experience schemes and informal work experience lies in the fact that the latter is taken by employers as evidence of initiative , an interest in earning money and the ability to sustain regular work discipline ( getting up early , etc . ) . |
| 29 | Freidson ( 1977 , p.15 ) warns us that ‘ … confusion lies in the fact that the word profession is used to refer both to concrete historical occupations and to an intellectual construct or ideal type , without consistent attention to the relationship between the two ’ . |
| 30 | The uniqueness of Henry C. Norman lies in the fact that from 1870 until his death in 1913 he painstakingly recorded almost every corner of Natchez , a town in Mississippi ( and model for the musical ‘ Showboat ’ ) . |