Example sentences of "[conj] not [prep] the fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | It suggested that submission obtained by threats other than of violence might suffice for rape and held that it should be left to the jury , with adequate direction from the judge , to make up its mind whether or not on the facts of each case the woman had truly consented . |
| 2 | Law , that is to say , is made valid by my experience of it , and not by the fact that it is presented to me as law . |
| 3 | The phenomenon depends upon an exchange of benefits and not upon the fact that , as in Hamilton 's theory , the gene in question benefits its duplicate in another organism . |
| 4 | No prison could run for long if not for the fact that most prisoners most of the time are prepared simply to cooperate with the staff and ‘ do their bird ’ . |
| 5 | My belief that all men are mortal is caused , but not by the fact that all men are mortal ; if any facts cause it , they are the facts that this man , that man , etc. , have died . |