Example sentences of "fact [that] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its length was entirely related to the fact that it contained good news and , once again , Opposition Members did not want to hear it . |
| 2 | The downward arpeggio in the last two bars will obviously be given to the clarinet , for besides the fact that it fits that instrument like a glove , it does not lie within the range of any other wind instrument . |
| 3 | No financial details were revealed on AT&T Co 's acquisition of Shaye Communications Ltd ( CI No 2,148 ) , and no indication of the company 's size was given apart from the fact that it employs 60 people , many of whom are involved in the design and engineering of the firm 's products . |
| 4 | Most of you had a shower installed because it was convenient and saved time , and also because you liked the fact that it uses less water than a bath and provides an extra bathing facility . |
| 5 | The district benefited from the fact that it had comparative information on performance from a large range of providers which enabled them to take a more detached view of the strengths and weaknesses of its own unit , even though it also increased the complexity of contracting . |
| 6 | ‘ It is a proven fact that it strengthens growing teeth . ’ |
| 7 | With my responsibility for small firms , the House will not be surprised that I for one would robustly defend the exemption level and the fact that it helps small firms in the industry . |
| 8 | Rather , the fact that it made any headway at all bears witness to the degree to which wide sections of the British public became alarmed by the apparent drift of Chamberlain 's foreign policy . |
| 9 | The gathering perception that pen input has been over-hyped was reflected in the fact that it slipped two points to 8% , and speech technology does n't have many friends either , dropping one point to just 7% . |
| 10 | Iris Murdoch 's prolific fiction touches only occasionally on academia ; but she loves plots based on relations between teacher and pupil , master and disciple , and her interest in philosophy is so well known a fact that it informs any reading of her books , which are often felt to convey modern philosophical issues in lucid and digestible form . |
| 11 | Regrettably this consists only of a short description of the mechanical working of the lift , taken from Thomas 's own description , giving no assessment of the lift 's success in use , despite the fact that it appeared six months after the lift 's entry into service . |
| 12 | It also held East Indian bonds , and the fact that it gave substantial mortgages on land has led Dickson to suggest that to an extent it was diverting funds derived from industry and trade towards the landed interest . |
| 13 | That the new system generated little moral authority was less important than the fact that it gave many Sri Lankans access to the power of the state . |
| 14 | But if X + Y is an organic unity then the fact that it has 100 degrees of value may be because it has 90 degrees of value as a whole while Y has none . |
| 15 | But even if the Church takes this controversial step , there remains the fact that it has few structures for evaluating its chief resource . |
| 16 | The fact that it has well-defined aims and a specific medium of operation also augurs well for its successful continuation . |
| 17 | ‘ The fact that it has some kind of playful relationship with Birmingham is something with which readers of my novels can easily cope . |
| 18 | After an insect has emerged from the egg the completed head shows few indications of a segmented origin apart from the fact that it carries paired appendages . |