Example sentences of "be [vb pp] out by the fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | Klaasen 's contention that ‘ the only integration that has gone on so far has been among the top officials ’ seemed to be borne out by the fact that we had to wait for the penultimate game of the tours to seen the first nonwhite player take the field . |
| 2 | Making mylar sheets is a little more effort , but this is cancelled out by the fact that you usually need to mark much less . |
| 3 | CAC sees itself as part of the community of East Manchester and this is borne out by the fact that the company is now employing the third generation of workers from local families . |
| 4 | That this is so is borne out by the fact that seaside towns with golf links handy have gone ahead by leaps and bounds . ’ |
| 5 | Robert Burns called John Tennant , ‘ a worthy , intelligent farmer , my father 's friend and my own ’ and his regard is borne out by the fact that when he was offered tenancy of Ellisland Farm , Dumfries , it was to John Tennant he turned for advice ; they travelled together to the farm and after an inspection , the older man recommended it to his young friend . |
| 6 | And this is borne out by the fact that although the outward forms of creatures can be bred into a most amazing degree of variety , as we find in the domestic dog , the inner instincts remain very much the same . |
| 7 | That I did in fact think this way , and that her assumptions about my assumptions were in fact correct , is borne out by the fact that I interpreted her words quickly , and that she seemed perfectly satisfied with my interpretation . |
| 8 | But to our disgust , and as Nigel mentioned , also that we have seen a demise of factory inspectors , and this is borne out by the fact that figures at the present time show that an average workplace can be expected to be visited once in eleven years . |
| 9 | The halfway house of floating a part of the equity of the better businesses while retaining a majority is ruled out by the fact that the units so treated have to have a three-year separate trading record first . |
| 10 | That amateurism was both a code of ethics and a system of status was borne out by the fact that ‘ amateur ’ was often used in conjunction with ‘ gentleman ’ . |
| 11 | The Greek Government considered that that view was borne out by the fact that the Community legislation on the fishing industry referred to vessels ‘ flying the flag of a member state ’ or ‘ registered in a member state ’ and regarded those concepts as having been defined by the laws of the member states . |