Example sentences of "fact that [pron] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that we had definite goals on each trek , such as reaching a summit by sunrise , made the whole thing feel like an expedition . |
| 2 | Management consultants , P A , were commissioned to review the options for Warren Spring 's future and it was evident from the technical synergies and the fact that we had appropriate accommodation at Culham/Harwell — coupled with our ‘ enthusiastic response ’ — that the merger with AEA was the best way forward for all concerned . |
| 3 | I like the fact that we sold enough records to go on there even if the event was a little embarrassing . ’ |
| 4 | These differences might be due to lower doses used insome of the studies , short measurement periods after oral ingestion that might not have been sufficient to reach effective drug concentrations , and the fact that we investigated oesophageal motility on day four of oral drug treatment . |
| 5 | Labour claimed the result ‘ smashed ’ the Liberal Democrats in Wear Valley despite the fact that we gained further ground and Labour 's support fell back . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The fact that they had contentious articles written with a fearless pungency seems to have been due to his joint editorship of both . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Direktor felt , not for the first time , deeply resentful of the fact that they had any part in choosing the programme . |
| 12 | Once again , however , it was not their analysis or explanation that counted , but the mere fact that they found certain features stylistically striking . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | When he completed his circumnavigation of the world , his contemporaries were just as impressed by the fact that he achieved this feat without losing a single member of his crew to scurvy . |
| 16 | McCallen agreed that there is some pressure on him in view of the fact that he had five wins last year at the meeting but he added : ‘ If I only get two this time I 'll be happy . |
| 17 | The fact that he had little confidence in his horse did not help . |
| 18 | Their data showed that the larger the coalition , the greater was the fitness of each male within it despite the fact that he had more companions with whom he had to share paternity . |
| 19 | In contrast to some other material , my essay ‘ The Claims of Basic English ’ , to which I had referred in my letter of 18 July 1944 , had reached him ; and I was much cheered by the fact that he expressed unqualified approval for it . |
| 20 | His mild reaction to the tearing up of the Treaty of Versailles was perhaps explicable by the fact that he saw such events as inevitable and because the Foreign Office was locked into a policy of appeasement . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ He has fudged and shaded , and tried to get away from the fact that he made specific statements and those statements were wrong . |
| 22 | I am satisfied that the deceased encouraged the plaintiff in the belief that all the property he possessed at the date of his death would pass to her , and I do not consider that the fact that he made certain gifts during his lifetime , and indicated a wish to make others , including the gift of a legacy to the plaintiff 's son is inconsistent with such a belief . |
| 23 | In contrast , Edwin Land 's belief that other people in the organization should have the same rich , varied job as himself , the fact that he used similar symbols to describe his products , his organization , and his own life ( as we shall describe in greater detail below ) enabled stakeholders to trust him . |
| 24 | One reason why his historical narrative , and others like it , must not be read uncritically stems from the fact that he projected current issues backward in time . |
| 25 | Industry analysts were more interested in the fact that he controlled enough shares in the world 's biggest soup maker to veto any takeover bid . |
| 26 | Its length was entirely related to the fact that it contained good news and , once again , Opposition Members did not want to hear it . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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% . |
| 30 | 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 . |