Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [noun] [prep] the fact " in BNC.
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1 | The idea does not reap the success it deserves , however , since among other things Wulstan does not make allowance for the fact that even within the corpus of vocal music the performing medium was not uniform . |
2 | This was also the result in the 1989 election but a number of new SDLP councillors will be replacing familiar faces including William McCorriston who split from the party and ran as Independent SDLP and Annie Gallagher who did not seek re-election despite the fact that she topped the poll in 1989 . |
3 | However , the presence of a mainly traffic-orientated road within a district of housing — though not ideal — should not divert attention from the fact that the area 's main use is for living , not travelling . |
4 | We can see this idea expressed in international relations between states : the USA could not defeat Vietnam despite the fact that in terms of military equipment the USA had the most powerful weapons . |
5 | The House may be interested to know that , because we were seeking to look at the effect of NHS management reforms over the first six months , we did not draw attention to the fact that the number of people who have been waiting for more than one year on in-patient lists is 37 per cent . |
6 | He suggested that women are by nature passive and therefore less inclined to crime than men — although such a suggestion does not take account of the fact that by no means all crimes involve violence . |
7 | However , this does not take account of the fact that some of the housing stock will be vacant for frictional reasons , or because of government policy , or its unattractiveness , or use as second homes : furthermore , some dwellings may be unfit , lacking amenities or requiring substantial repairs — in England alone two million had at least one of these physical problems in 1981 ( English House Condition Survey , 1982 , p. 3 ) . |
8 | But these statistics do not take account of the fact that , in continuous speech , word boundaries are more difficult to identify from a given mid-class string compared with a phonemic string . |
9 | It does not take account of the fact that in the most intense form of fiduciary relationship , that between trustee and beneficiary , it is possible to modify the " no profit " and " no conflict " rules in the trust deed or with the assent of the beneficiaries . |
10 | In our enthusiasm for flying we should not lose sight of the fact that it is a voluntary occupation and therefore subject to the normal law of supply and demand . |
11 | Which brings me to the point that we must not lose sight of the fact that in rugby terms we are not world champions . |
12 | Whilst we can not change the world , we should not lose sight of the fact that we can change someone 's world . |
13 | The name makes some sense as an enduring survival of bronze age Cretan influence , but we must not lose sight of the fact that it was Evans who gave the Minoan civilization its name and not the Minoans : they almost certainly called themselves something completely different . |
14 | Nevertheless , we should not lose sight of the fact that even such relatively immature communicators in terms of message evaluation — as the seven-year-olds are able to progress with a substantial degree of success given the opportunity to use their negotiating powers . |
15 | However , we should not lose sight of the fact that there is some light at the end of the runnel . |
16 | We must not lose sight of the fact that such decay contributes to crime , and that is something that the Government acknowledge . |