Example sentences of "may [be] [vb pp] by the fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stranger to calligraphy may be struck by the fact that none of these cards displays the florid illumination characteristic of the 15th century Books of Hours made so familiar to us by countless commercial reproductions on christmas cards advertised widely in small format ‘ gift ’ catalogues . |
| 2 | The more isolated character of Kursk guberniia may be illustrated by the fact that the whole province contained only 595 arteli . |
| 3 | Or to provide development capital where your expansion may be limited by the fact that you are nearing the limit of what you can raise by other conventional means . |
| 4 | Such a bias may be reinforced by the fact that those who are deaf in the 45–50 age range are less likely than their fellows to survive to the following age group ( because the deafness is related to some general malady or because hearing deficiency increases their risk of fatal accident ) . |
| 5 | This is probably so , but may be offset by the fact that the fields are left to the birds more quickly , enabling subsequent broods to be reared undisturbed . |
| 6 | This contract may be strengthened by the fact that deregulation now permits the use of futures and options by pension funds and unit trusts , and also by recent changes in the tax regime as regards profits from derivative trading . |
| 7 | Everyone who subsequently learned of this action condemned it as utterly stupid and irresponsible , but perhaps such criticism may be tempered by the fact that the man was in a deep state of shock . |
| 8 | PLANS to make a sequel to the charming Mystic Pizza may be foiled by the fact that , since making the original , Julia Robers ' asking price has leapt to $2 million |
| 9 | In the libraries of schools and higher education , user education may be justified by the fact that the library is just one department within an educational institution and thus user education is just one part of the educational process . |
| 10 | Parents may be motivated by the fact that a child whose father or mother smokes is far more likely to smoke too . |
| 11 | Conflicts between individual and organizational goals , made manifest in the discretion delegated to many categories of public officials in the interpretation of regulations and statutes , may be exacerbated by the fact that large organizations may have multiple objectives leading to goal conflict . |
| 12 | I suggest that the discrepancy between the climate modelling results which indicate seasonal temperature extremes , and the increasing body of geological information documenting a temperate climate , may be explained by the fact that the palaeogeography used in the models does not take into account the existence of these lakes and rivers , which would have had a major influence on the regional climate . |
| 13 | The observation of a less noticeable stimulatory response to neuropeptide Y in the rat than in the dog may be explained by the fact that these rats were anaesthetised with urethane which is known to cause release of somatostatin — a known universal inhibitor of gut secretions . |
| 14 | The difference between the studies may be explained by the fact that we adopted more stringent criteria for assessing H pylori state and also assessed gastric function only in H pylori negative patients with DU who had no other explanation for their ulcer disease . |
| 15 | This may be explained by the fact that more hydrogen was used in a metabolism other than methanogenesis in these subjects even on the basal diet . |
| 16 | This may be explained by the fact that the increased basal acid output in duodenal ulcer patients was due to their combination of increased basal gastrin and exaggerated acid response to gastrin . |
| 17 | The early popularity of the woodcut may be judged by the fact that , as early as 1493 , the Nuremberg Chronicle , a history of the world to 1492 , contained 1,809 cuts — 645 different and 1,164 repeats . |
| 18 | She may be identified by the fact she has hairy haunches and cloven hooves , like a goat , concealed under her gown . |