Example sentences of "[noun] for the fact [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baker expressed grave concern at the Bootle killing and attacked various institutions for the fact that society has become more violent and selfish . |
| 2 | For instance , she never specifically said : ‘ Do n't blame your mother for everything ’ , but she made me understand that I was using my mother as an excuse for the fact that I was n't happy a lot of the time . |
| 3 | Although this is the story of a war I had every reason to treat seriously while I was close to it , I offer no excuse for the fact that the account begins on a trivial note . |
| 4 | The University appears , then , to have great admiration for the fact that , among other things , Caspar Weinberger : a ) supported the Contra rebels in a war which led to the deaths of some 30,000 Nicaraguans and which was declared illegal by the International Court of Justice . |
| 5 | Noticing the way the young woman 's eyes had glazed over with undisguised longing , while he appeared faintly bored with the proceedings , Shannon had mentally given thanks for the fact that she was n't drawn to gorgeous , self-centred hunks like this one . |
| 6 | Yes , can I bring this argument a bit closer to home and talk about the sexual division of labour within the family , which I think is one of the underlying causes of discrimination against women , and that 's really just a fancy term for the fact that when we talk about child care women do most of the work and men do very little , and really I do n't think we can look at the position of women without looking at how , in fact , child care and caring is organized within the family . |
| 7 | I am saying that we are confronted , beneath a language which is often common to both parties , with two competing moral philosophies , and that the language of partnership is a mirage , a deliberate and partisan disguise for the fact that one of those philosophies holds power while the other comes from beneath the underdog . |
| 8 | I am deeply grateful to my parents for the fact that until I was twelve years old and started at the grammar school , I was completely unaware of class distinctions . |
| 9 | This was some compensation for the fact that she was almost certainly no better at the piano . |
| 10 | So they 're saying this is an ex gratia payment in other words they 're offering you that payment as er some compensation for the fact that you 've losing your job . |
| 11 | There will be a great welcome for the fact that there will be discussions with Richard Green and others who have kept Rathlin linked to the main part of Northern Ireland all these years . |
| 12 | Erm I would like to apologize on behalf of myself and my proof reading team for the fact that two calls for nominations that erm that are in this newsletter do n't actually appear to have closing dates on them . |
| 13 | Kirton , though , achieved rather more fame for the fact that he took his own lemons to Athletic park when they did not have the appropriate fruit to go with his gin-and-tonics , and that he watched the game from the in-goal area , puffing on a cigar with a long checked scarf around his neck . |
| 14 | Both bodies must take some credit for the fact that dissatisfaction with a finished product is rare , and refusal to pay unheard of . |
| 15 | For by seeking to claim credit for the fact that Britain had not imposed a visa regime , Mr Wardle implicitly suggested that such measures obstruct refugees from gaining access to countries where they can seek asylum ( as indeed Amnesty believes they do ) . |
| 16 | Does my hon. Friend agree that all those involved in the work on the power station , many of whom are constituents of mine , deserve great credit for the fact that it is proceeding so well ? |
| 17 | At the Appeal today , Lord Lane said dabbling in heroin is dabbling in potential death , but Clarke , a machinist from Malvern , was not given enough credit for the fact that he had pleaded guilty . |
| 18 | The Chancellor and the Prime Minister are patting themselves on the back for the fact that they have managed to reduce British inflation rates to something like the German levels , but there is a difference between the two . |
| 19 | The Secretary of State for Employment opened the debate and has given my hon. Friend the Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) and myself his apologies for the fact that he is now absent . |
| 20 | Earlier in the day Kaifu had made an unprecedentedly explicit apology to Roh , expressing his " sincere remorse and honest apologies for the fact that there was a period in our history in which Japanese actions inflicted unbearable suffering and sorrow on the people of the Korean peninsula " . |
| 21 | If we house them we need to look after all the people , we make no apologies for the fact that this is a budget slanted towards equal opportunities and to an anti-poverty strategy and that is something that we will fight to preserve and we would expect support from at least some quarters in order to achieve an egalitarian status in this city . |
| 22 | It 's ironic that you should still make excuses for the fact that the band can play really well , yet there 's nothing here that ca n't be appreciated on the level of a blues number . |
| 23 | It 's ironic that you should still make excuses for the fact that the band can play really well , yet there 's nothing here that ca n't be appreciated on the level of a blues number . |
| 24 | Before turning to the detail of the debate , my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health , who has been present for most of the debate , has asked me to apologise to the House on her behalf for the fact that she could not stay throughout . |
| 25 | The case is also authority for the fact that if the premises are out of repair at the commencement of the term then the tenant would be under an obligation to repair them . |
| 26 | Again , a clearer indication of what the right sentence in the Crown Court would have been without the discount for the fact that the case was a reference would make the decision more useful . |
| 27 | He pulls one of those ‘ I-am-about-to-explode-in-front-of-your-very-eyes ’ faces , which we might as well assume is actually a crazy cover-up for the fact that he really means what he says . |
| 28 | By the early nineteenth century even an Anglican clergyman was prepared to give credit to the Methodists for the fact that in Cornwall there were no more " desperate wrestling matches … and inhuman cockfights " and fewer " riotous revellings " . |
| 29 | And and you could get a feel for the fact that they did do it . |
| 30 | And I wo n't spare a minute 's thought for the fact that Piers has n't been around for the entire day , and lord only knows what he 's getting up to with Nicole . |