Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm afraid you 'll have to wake up to the fact that that kind of man from that kind of a family would n't know the meaning of love . ’ |
| 2 | But then it would have to face up to the fact that , by comparison with much of the rest of the world , it would grow steadily poorer with no chance of arresting that trend until well into the next century . |
| 3 | The Queen for her own part will have to face up to the fact that , however perfect her public role , she has dismally failed in private to give her children the guidance they needed for stable marriages . |
| 4 | ‘ No , I 'm afraid I ca n't — and I 'm also afraid that you might have to face up to the fact that Silas has n't got private talks in mind , ’ Lucy pointed out gently . |
| 5 | She 'll just have to face up to the fact that he 's guilty , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 6 | He had been ten weeks in the bush , a womanless bush , and Olga Stych had to put up with the fact . |
| 7 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 8 | She had to face up to the fact that her father meant business , and that once more Ace was going to be put into an impossible position because of her . |
| 9 | As Tim said you have to hold on to the fact that these are real characters and their in a kind of confrontational situation here are n't they ? |
| 10 | But when you have to face up to the fact that no one wants to know and people are more interested in the apprehension and sentencing of the offender , that for many people is even worse than the original crime . ’ |
| 11 | Taylor said : ‘ We have to face up to the fact that we 're falling behind other countries who do things regarding fitness as a matter of course . ’ |
| 12 | I think we have to face up to the fact in the Labour party that quotas , that positive discrimination are essentially clumsy . |
| 13 | Not have to face up to the fact that he was a dynamic , intelligent , charming man with a gift for finance and the raw exercise of power . |