Example sentences of "fact that [pron] have [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They reported back at the end of January 1991 and commented that one of the reasons for the massive underspending was the fact that one had to have three companies before one could apply . |
| 2 | Very often , the actual fact that what had become boring has suddenly become forbidden , makes the couple start to enjoy sex again ! |
| 3 | Could n't we just leave things as they are — enjoy the fact that we 've found each other ? ’ |
| 4 | Er the fact that we 've had low unemployment rates is due er mainly to the fact that provision was made for employment er in past years , and we want to make provision now to ensure that unemployment is as low as possible in the future . |
| 5 | In fact if we were n't doing it as a unison group we 'd probably do it ourselves anyway because of the fact that we 've got nine separate branches and we 'd want to have a bit of erm common , common strategy if you like between the branches anyway . |
| 6 | And er , I like the fact that we 've got similar cottages down here , we 've got this one here , but similar ones there so there 's nothing in the picture which sort of erm detracts from that er very pretty , that little cottage . |
| 7 | Well anyway it 's something to bear in mind the fact that we 've got that list anyway . |
| 8 | Well the fact that we 've got three there , there there that 's how many we got on that card and we were quite happy about that . |
| 9 | Because , as I say , we 've got recycling credits on our side , we 've got the fact that we 've got this outlet in Exmouth which will take the paper , and that 's why we 're looking at producing this workshop area , so that a lot of this stuff that goes to landfill , I 'm talking about , fridges , tables , whichever else that can be repaired and reused er , I know this is only on a very small scale , but one of the things that I think is very important with is that we 're not purely a recycling centre , we also want to set an education project , to raise people 's awareness of what yo yet waste production is n't about recycling , it 's about not producing it in the first place , |
| 10 | No , perhaps the real problem is the fact that we have to use such small hooks when using the swimfeeder with maggots or casters , which are the two baits with which ‘ feeders are associated . |
| 11 | In view of the fact that we have paid half the rent into the Banco dell'Annunziazione . ’ |
| 12 | We hope that the fact that we have won this encourages other small companies to strive for better things . ’ |
| 13 | They 'd hesitated for almost a year before they 'd made the move , finally spurred along by the fact that they 'd grown sick of talking about it . |
| 14 | Very confusing and the fact that they 've stuck that label on there does n't help very much either . |
| 15 | Now both the West Oxfordshire District Council and the Chipping Norton Parish Council erm voted overwhelmingly against this proposed scheme , and the fact that they 've put these recommendations to the County Council erm can I ask the three County Councillors present erm it means nothing at all from your point of view ? |
| 16 | I felt that it was too easy for what were essentially white women 's publishers culling some short stories and poems from Blackwomen and then hailing the fact that they had published x-dozen Blackwomen writers . |
| 17 | The fact that they had brought these missiles with them showed their aggressive intentions . |
| 18 | Lacking more substantive arguments for voting Labour , Gaitskell promised an extravagant ‘ electioneering'-type budget if returned to office , a ploy which the Tory leaders were able to ridicule despite the fact that they had started that particular game . |
| 19 | But the fact that they had supposed this at all suggests some appreciation of cattle-raiding 's implicit purpose . |
| 20 | What has been taken as kind of definition , which I 'll paraphrase I think for this purpose , is that it 's a condition that shows itself in children 's reading difficulty and erm that they are having this reading difficulty despite the fact that they have had reasonable , normal teaching , that their level of intelligence appears to be normal and that they come from an adequate social cultural background . |
| 21 | if it was one on one , we would n't have anything to do , but it is the fact that they have got good technology , good materials and they are that much more than us , their troops are n't as well trained as ours |
| 22 | At the Appeal today , Lord Lane said dabbling in heroin is dabbling in potential death , but Clarke , a machinist from Malvern , was not given enough credit for the fact that he had pleaded guilty . |
| 23 | So when he bought Sarah Byrne the songbird he did n't deliver her straight to the door of the Bradford house of employment just in case anyone should recognize him and pass comment on the fact that he had taken one of the servants out driving . |
| 24 | Now do n't forget , that I said , that in spite of the fact that he 'd got one shoulder higher than the other , he was very attractive to women , and there is running through this story , the suggestion that maybe he was too friendly with Josephine . |
| 25 | Morgan ( 1975 : 442 ) asks ‘ What can we infer about the speaker 's intentions from the fact that he has chosen this particular description , rather than any of the others which would call to mind the same referent ? ’ |
| 26 | Even the Tech , which has trumpeted the fact that it has pushed hard for a greater training element , has only been enabl able to include such elements as health and safety , job search , an enhancement of skills relevant to the job that is being done . |
| 27 | Determined not to undermine his DEC marketing team 's present offerings , Goodnight makes big beef about the fact that it has sold some 3,500 versions of SAS in the last three months . |
| 28 | The interest of Jakobson 's theory , then , is that — apart from the fact that it has had such wide circulation — it shows both the strengths and limitations of the linguistic approach to literature . |
| 29 | So , the fact that it 's guaranteed that , we 've actually built that in by design which makes it a feature . |
| 30 | You see , I 'd mentioned the fact that I 'd seen this chap several mornings hanging about in the Cove , so I decided not to take Miss Celia down there for a bit , even though we were having a real Indian summer that year . |