Example sentences of "the fact [that] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not to deny that plan-making is a very valuable function of our local authorities ; it is rather to point out that the existing powers to implement their plans are restricted by the price that the market puts on some land , and by the fact that the planners ' resource is in the hands of private owners rather than at the disposal of the community . |
| 2 | The fact that the Greens ' ‘ Europe of the Regions ’ is little more than a nostalgic fantasy and their economic policies might rapidly place even organic small-holders in the same income bracket as Third World peasants was not important . |
| 3 | The fact that the Inspirals ' next single is called ‘ Caravan ’ might not do any harm either . |
| 4 | The fact that the directors ' discretion is not reviewable , therefore , means in short that the section is likely to have little causative impact : it does not compel the directors to do anything they would not otherwise have been inclined to do . |
| 5 | In theory , customs and excise appointments were made by the boards of commissioners in Edinburgh , but the fact that the commissioners ' recommendations had subsequently to be confirmed by the Treasury in London allowed plenty of opportunity for political intervention . |
| 6 | They were just embarrassed by the fact that the Kurds ' predicament was being televised and people who had backed the war under the impression that it was a struggle for human rights and freedom were beginning to ask troublesome questions . |
| 7 | The working-class Protestants who totter back from the Twelfth field , obviously drunk but still marching behind a ‘ Total Abstinence Lodge ’ banner , will continue to be annoyed by the evangelical ideologues , but will respect the fact that the evangelicals ' hearts are in the right place . |