Example sentences of "fact that [pron] be [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a striking reminder of the pastoral rural life of long ago and the first pointer to the fact that one is entering ancient quarters . |
| 2 | The fact that everyone was waving tiny American flags made this spectacle of labour all the more bizarre . |
| 3 | And Stefan , try to write up the Luxembourg so that the emphasis is on that and it detracts from the fact that we 're resurrecting those three tired old numbers we 've so often done before . |
| 4 | The second stage is an awareness of , not only the situation we find difficult or are afraid of , but also of the fact that we are becoming anxious and beginning to panic . |
| 5 | For instance , in American factories ( I visited Peavey a couple of years ago and many , if not most of Yamaha 's processes apply there , too ) there 's a far higher proportion of musicians involved — people who know why guitars work and who are actively interested in the fact that they 're producing musical instruments and not simply ‘ product ’ . |
| 6 | Secondly , this decline in fertility did occur in depressed industrial towns and among industrial groups whose prospects of unemployment were high and whose access to the ‘ acquisitive way of life ’ must have been limited by the fact that they were receiving some form of unemployment or health benefit and struggling to survive . |
| 7 | Well I think we can all , I mean I think just the fact that they were asking those questions I think literally days before they gave the approval worries me . |
| 8 | As Bryan points out , this has a lot to do with the fact that he 's doing two jobs … |
| 9 | The plaintiff , a fireman , went into the roof space to tackle the fire and sustained serious injuries caused by steam generated by water poured onto the fire , notwithstanding the fact that he was wearing standard protective clothing . |
| 10 | It is impossible to say to what extent Cézanne was aware of the fact that he was doing this , and in the process breaking the laws of scientific linear perspective , but it seems likely that it was part of a natural desire to emphasize the two-dimensional aspect of the canvas while continuing to explain the nature of objects and also insisting on their solidity by modelling them as fully as possible . |
| 11 | For the second approach , two things were significant : that a major change in British industry ( the fact that it was experiencing increasing competitive difficuIties ) was in turn being reflected in geographical changes , and that these geographical changes ( for instance , the decentralization in an effort to cut costs ) were themselves one way in which British industry was seeking to combat the growing pressures upon it . |
| 12 | That is despite the fact that I am paying hundreds of pounds a year for the privilege of a so-called collection service . |
| 13 | In view of the fact that I am walking this is somewhat academic , but it gives us a point of contact . |
| 14 | But the very fact that you are reading this book makes it probable that you wish to do the best for your health and that of your family ; so what I would like to look at here is what is the best and healthiest nutritional intake for your body . |
| 15 | However , the very fact that you are reading this proves that you are doing a lot more to prepare for life , and marriage in particular , from a Christian perspective . |
| 16 | You yourself are an example of this phenomenon at work , through the simple fact that you are reading this book . |
| 17 | Get , but , get this , however , if you have n't got a twelve hundred , and get this , version and control yourself , the fact that you 're missing much is worth it |
| 18 | What 's come out in the in the telephone call which you recorded was that er the father baby she is alleging is actually her own father what do you think do you think that puts her in any danger the fact that you 're making this public that the father may hear this . |
| 19 | Owing to the fact that there are underlying molecular mechanisms that modify these early retinoic acid-induced patterns , the net effect of retinoic acid application to preheadfold-stage mouse embryos is a duplication of the r4/5 Hox code in r2/3 , which ultimately results in a homeotic transformation of rhombomeric phenotypes . |
| 20 | The fact that she was approaching thirty can not have made the decision any easier . |
| 21 | The fact that she was doing this and not looking at her old friend made her doubts about this statement less evident , but all the same my mother protested . |
| 22 | She had often heard people say how Martha Gristy had been the beauty of Polruan , and she had taken pride in the fact that she was inheriting those looks . |