Example sentences of "[prep] fact [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unsubstantiated half-truths and distortions of fact cause unnecessary argument and are an inefficient use of people 's time . |
| 2 | What if the ageing man has in fact lost such capacity ? |
| 3 | In fact let more pupils in , as many as you can . |
| 4 | Many of our studies and our own commentaries have in fact made little mention of children … |
| 5 | If gaunt-face had in fact given Upper Gumtree something tranquillizing , the effects would wear off long before then . |
| 6 | If the creditor knew that the surety , whilst understanding the nature of the liability he or she was accepting , was in fact acting under the influence of the debtor , then it would not be safe for the creditor to rely upon a document executed in these circumstances , unless it believed on reasonable grounds that the surety had in fact received independent advice . |
| 7 | His appointment was likely to be approved by the Foreign Minister , Gianni De Michelis and , when it came to the ballot , he in fact received seven votes , as against five for Bonito Oliva . |
| 8 | Just to go back a stage , to a comment you made there , you you did say that the inner relief road on one of the routes , on one of those routes , would in fact enable environmental benefits to be felt elsewhere in the town , simply because you 're getting a better distribution of the traffic . |
| 9 | Perhaps because it seems so obvious , the theorists did not bother to try to find out whether delinquents did in fact hold delinquent values , but concentrated more on explaining how these values came about . |
| 10 | This is why and one of the the real problems with this is it 's not that I 'm criticising , it 's just that if in fact you 've got somebody who was appointed as a treasurer , you can in fact get more information out of it , instead of having to guess what we got from where and how it came in . |
| 11 | In fact recovering valuable materials from waste was one of Mond 's driving passions . |
| 12 | The modern villa was in fact built this century , but early in the century . |
| 13 | But after the All Blacks had won the Second Test 59–6 Mains was rather more relaxed and in fact exuded some confidence about the prospects of his new-look team . |
| 14 | Ukraine participated in a non-voting capacity , since its head of delegation had not been given plenary powers other than to sign agreements on co-operation in meteorology , environmental protection , and electricity production ( Ukraine did not in fact sign these agreements ) . |
| 15 | Out of the twenty-eight women on the house , three went to bed , and they were in fact to lose two weeks ' remission each for being in bed a few minutes late . |
| 16 | The usual course for mononuclear cells after extravasation is in fact to lose functional capacity ; resident macrophages in normal tissues are therefore in some aspects less differentiated than monocytes , but they may nevertheless be more active in other instances . |
| 17 | — The court has been told that the order did not in fact contain that recitation . |
| 18 | As in books on the philosophy of art , or aesthetics , many do not in fact contain any art criticism , in the sense of description , interpretation and judgement of individual works . |
| 19 | If they 'd been wise and told their government that this tax should not happen , as indeed many of their former ministers , like Michael Heseltine said , they 'd said it was incredibly complicated although seemed sounding easy , and would in fact bring higher levels of taxation to the lowest income people , then er if the local tories had actually acted on that and put pressure on their central party , perhaps their government would n't be in such a mess about this issue now . |
| 20 | We were both strong healthy girls at the time , and thought nothing of the dream ; it was just a curiosity ; but she did in fact die two years later — very suddenly , very unexpectedly , of an infection . |
| 21 | Under its Floodgates programme , USL is in fact seeding large accounts with free copies of the software but there has to be the chance of a thousand-seat contract at stake to qualify . |
| 22 | Nicholas Harris , London ( silver dealer ) : Although this is the first year we will be exhibiting at the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair in person , we were in fact represented last year as contributors to the British Antique Dealer 's Association loan exhibition , entitled ‘ The Art and Influence of Japan ’ . |
| 23 | Some run across the moor , apparently randomly , but in fact outlining large areas which seem to relate to the major river valleys . |
| 24 | The position of formal head of state was sometimes , but not always , held by the politically most powerful figure — the Party Secretaries Brezhnev and Gorbachev did in fact hold both posts . |
| 25 | Gershuny ( 1982 ) reported that these have saved time for working-class households and challenged the widespread contrary belief , instanced by Bowlby ( 1984 ) , that technology has not in fact cut domestic labour . |
| 26 | By broadening the bases of support for the regime among the relatively privileged classes , constitutional reform might in fact make radical change harder to achieve . |
| 27 | Thank you chairman , erm , I 've heard what Mr said then I think it is worth reminding ourselves that a significant number of members of this council are new to this council and it 's therefore quite right and proper that in the first year of the business of this council that there should be a significant number of seminars and briefings to enable members to fully acquaint themselves with the business of the council the working of the er , operations of this council so that we can in fact make informed decisions er in the future . |
| 28 | It was n't that the programmes were bad , but they did not actually choose to cover different topics from male current affairs teams , while the whole hypothesis had been that they would in fact cover different topics — that there were uncovered topics in social policy and the rest of it . |
| 29 | Right , it 's clear i n't it under four rule twenty eight , four , it 's not essential for the disallowance of any cost or interest that er the taxing officer should be satisfied that erm the other party has been prejudiced , in fact that is not a condition precedent to the exercise of his part and disallow interest in this here item , er any prejudice there maybe is merely one factor to be taken into account in other matters and it does seem to me that the fact the court can , can properly and should properly take into account , is , is that erm , it is desirable that to litigation should erm comply with there obligations , either expressly , express or explicit under the rules of the court to comply with matter such as it should have orders part drawn up and served as appropriate , as I say it seems to me that er the plaintiffs 's can be criticized in not erm having perfected the order of Mr Justice er before they did so but er , I have , it seems to me to look at all the relevant pictures in the case , er if it were the case that the plaintiff suffered any prejudice as the result of that claim , clearly that would be a matter which I would have to take into account , but I 'm bound to say it does n't seem to me that the fender of the plaintiffs to perfect the order did in fact cause any prejudice to the plaintiff and indeed if they , the plaintiffs had perfected the order , it seems to me exactly the same course of events as in fact transpired in this case , would actually have occurred and would n't make any difference at all , so unless it 's a matter of simply of er seeking to punish the plaintiff as a matter of discipline , it seems to me there is a , not really anything in the point that the order was not perfected er when it seems to me it should of been , and I , there stood to see the other er circumstances , now it 's quite clear to me having been referred to correspondence , passing between the solicitors that erm although really from a very early stage er the plaintiffs solicitors referring to Mr a letter of early nineteen ninety one indicating that erm the view was being taken that the likelihood was that erm the plaintiffs would have to get their costs out of the defendants share and interest in the premises and er that would be a matter which could only be dealt with when the enquiries director by Mr Justice had been dealt with . |
| 30 | The courses are obviously based on a training model , and all colleges running such courses should evaluate longitudinally whether participants do in fact secure subsequent employment or further education and training . |