Example sentences of "fact that they [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The facts that they do fearful things to themselves and to others regardless of consequence and that they are unaware of the connection between cause and consequence are the essential psycho-pathological nature of addictive disease and denial . |
| 2 | Certainly men at the central station boasted proudly of the fact that they took more prisoners per year than any other division in the whole force . |
| 3 | Taking into account the fact that they made fewer comments about individual types of credit than men , women 's comments were more likely to be that they did not know how a type of credit worked than men 's ; and less likely to say that it was easy to understand and use . |
| 4 | Of the fact that they attracted amused glances and speculative nudges , they were totally unaware as they read and interpreted the message in each other 's eyes . |
| 5 | The fact that they had contentious articles written with a fearless pungency seems to have been due to his joint editorship of both . |
| 6 | His view that the accountants in the earlier case owed a duty of care was based on the fact that they had actual knowledge of the plaintiff 's intended and actual reliance on the accounts that they were to prepare . |
| 7 | The Direktor felt , not for the first time , deeply resentful of the fact that they had any part in choosing the programme . |
| 8 | The fact that they show little grief does not mean they are unmoved , but they may have been less inclined than are many women to see their relationship with their partner as the fulcrum of their lives . |
| 9 | The bourgeoisie derive their class position from the fact that they own productive wealth . |
| 10 | However , on our continent , on the doorstep of the most civilised part of the world , we are watching human beings killing each other for no other reason than the fact that they live next door to each other . |
| 11 | Once again , however , it was not their analysis or explanation that counted , but the mere fact that they found certain features stylistically striking . |
| 12 | The British and American critics for whom the label is commonly used , however , can be distinguished by a common rejection of established modes of criticism and scholarship ( Empson and Leavis are sometimes included among them ) , and in the case of the Americans by the fact that they proposed alternative methods of criticism supported by well-developed literary theories . |
| 13 | There is nothing wrong with massive increases in public expenditure , provided that the Opposition are open about the fact that they plan massive increases in taxation to finance them . |
| 14 | The fact that they carry large stocks and are generally located in prestigious and expensive locations means that overheads are high and these must be passed on to the customer . |
| 15 | Contrary to popular myth , many men can remember those small but important details about the women in their lives , such as their birthday and the fact that they have two eyes , one on each side of their nose , probably browny-blue ( the eyes , not the nose ) . |
| 16 | Briefly , Cloward and Ohlin argue that there is greater pressure on members of the working class to behave criminally or delinquently due to the fact that they have less opportunity to succeed by legitimate means . |
| 17 | Mm and , you see erm it is a fact that they need fewer hospital beds nowadays because |
| 18 | There were different kinds of customary tenure , but they had in common the fact that they gave some protection to the unfree man against arbitrary expropriation . |