Example sentences of "fact [that] it [vb -s] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But even if the Church takes this controversial step , there remains the fact that it has few structures for evaluating its chief resource . |
| 5 | ‘ The fact that it has some kind of playful relationship with Birmingham is something with which readers of my novels can easily cope . |