Example sentences of "fact that [pers pn] have been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was very hard work in many ways ’ , he told me in February 1985 , ‘ and the fact that we 'd been thirteen years [ in Opposition ] meant that most of them , almost all of them , had no experience at all in government . |
| 2 | In the last Simon Star we reported how excited we are about the fact that we 've been able to start the work . |
| 3 | The number of neutrons was not enough to account for all the heat ( a fact that they had been aware . |
| 4 | The fact that he had been unaware that there was a problem at all , and that people had grievances they felt unable to air to him privately , was , perhaps , a measure of him losing touch since moving office to the houseboat . |
| 5 | The maid would have to be dismissed of course … the girl had brazenly admitted allowing Patrick back into the house , and Katherine was n't sure which annoyed her more — the fact that the boy had managed to creep back into the house or the fact that he had been alone in the girl 's bedroom . |
| 6 | The fact that he had been able to make the journey across the Atlantic meant that life was at last reverting to its customary shape . |
| 7 | Despite the fact that he has been involved in more intimidating tackles than most professionals of his generation , he thinks a line has to be drawn between hard edged professionalism and pathological violence . |
| 8 | The fact that it has been necessary so many times over the years to attempt interventions to halt conflict and define stretches of frontier invites an explanation . |
| 9 | It was going to help me , with what I had in mind , the fact that I 'd been able to wise him up on that . |
| 10 | ‘ Leonora , does the fact that I 've been married before put you off the thought of becoming my wife ? ’ |
| 11 | It is worth stressing that Hume 's argument does not attempt to derive a sceptical conclusion from the fact that I might be wrong ( as in a way the first argument does ) nor from the fact that I have been wrong ( as the second argument does ) . |
| 12 | The fact that you have been able to spend your whole time on the core of the question is itself some indication that the question was not intended to have any wider scope . |
| 13 | Money Lucky Jupiter and materialistic Venus ensure that you stay afloat financially , despite the fact that you have been careless with cash recently . |
| 14 | I did , despite the fact that she had been unfaithful . |