Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] by the fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | The irony is only compounded by the fact that in retrospect those trade figures turned out to be misleading and only a statistical ‘ blip ’ . |
| 2 | He has told April that I am insanely in love with him , and now they both hate me : he , because I have made it plain this is not the case , and she for much the same reason , only compounded by the fact that since he has raised the subject , and in view of his demeanour towards me … |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Given the mobility constraints , is the cooperation of labour not better explained by the fact that employees have little alternative ? |
| 5 | You will have received a copy of my handwritten ‘ Functional Specification ’ in which I have tried to take account of all the comments made during our session in Paris but have been somewhat hampered by the fact that I , too along with David and Geoff , have not been able to make the latest set of disks run . |
| 6 | She was only disturbed by the fact that , once the funeral was over , her mother-in-law made no attempt to leave the Manor and take up residence in the dower house . |
| 7 | Springfield 's satisfaction with the success of the night 's operation , was somewhat tempered by the fact that only three of those captured were from the upper echelon of grey tracksuited heavies , the Apostles . |
| 8 | In the campaign to save the tiger , the Fund certainly played its part , greatly helped by the fact that it enjoyed the wholehearted support of the leader of the country most involved . |
| 9 | Pressure on land was fairly slack in the south ( most obviously shown by the fact that when holdings were reoccupied they were often taken up by men who already held land , and not by landless men ) , whereas in the east there was no shortage of tenants , and the demand for land was maintained . |
| 10 | Analysis of this problem is greatly facilitated by the fact that we can identify anatomically the subregions of the visual cortex most likely to be involved in colour vision . |
| 11 | Maggie 's outrage at this callous remark was somewhat offset by the fact that he had rescued her , and in any case she was moving off to Ana who was sitting looking very shaky . |
| 12 | There were some attempts at consultation , notably with Commonwealth finance ministers in 1947 and 1949 , but the relationship is perhaps symbolized by the fact that the RSA countries were not consulted on devaluation in 1949 , simply informed of the decision a day or two before it took place . |
| 13 | Perhaps , though , Wilson was merely distracted by the fact that , during his first appearance , he briefly disappeared before returning partially superimposed on a map . |
| 14 | The uncertainties caused by what constitutes a security interest are greatly reduced by the fact , as pointed out above , that it is a numerus clausus of charges that has to be registered so if the charge is not within the list it is not registrable . |
| 15 | That he did not depart of his own free will is abundantly evidenced by the fact that he left behind all his belongings and expressed the intention of being back within the period of four hours . |
| 16 | In reaching that conclusion , he was much influenced by the fact that , in a relator action brought to enforce public rights or public law , it is accepted practice , where the relator is a local authority , to require an undertaking in damages from the local authority as in the case of any other relator . |
| 17 | The control of Parliament is perhaps even better illustrated by the fact that few pieces of legislation have been lost in the Commons in the ten years since Mrs Thatcher became prime minister — the Shops Bill comes to mind , but there is talk of its reintroduction in a future session . |
| 18 | The theology of the group was sufficiently united by the fact that , amid a secular intelligentsia , it was after all a theology . |
| 19 | But frankly it 's not likely to irritate your skin anyway because er you are n't industrial users of this you would only ever touch these chemicals for a very short time so the any possible side effects they might er have on you will be greatly diminished by the fact that you did n't use them very much . |
| 20 | This is necessarily caused by the fact that the intrinsic differences between the services provided in different organizations reflect themselves in the respective budgets . |
| 21 | Ok , Time found hidden in a hard day , dry earth becomes a dance floor , audience of three fowl , the fourth along with a reaper turns it back , wooden shoes meant for mud , rug on dancing feet Erm the next one is the still life on , on with three puppies , while I was looking at Gaugin 's work I could n't help but notice he 's constantly struck by the fact that he use set of three symbols through out his work it seems , and very , very often three caricatures erm or lines of three or three objects and I found this very interesting , more point of view that something that I , I wanted to incorporate in my own work , but I wanted to find a line or a phrase to use in the same way , erm , all of my work starts as one or a series of visual images and , and I then turn them into characters , repeating a word or repeating a line would be a way of erm emphasising characterise erm and the puppies that are in this painting erm , they delighted my children so much , I do n't know if any of you know , do you know the painting of the three puppies |
| 22 | In fact he was subjected to a very stiff , puritanical and doctrinal regime , only mitigated by the fact that he was educated by a long sequence of tutors , and seemed to have access to a lot of books . |
| 23 | Denver and my own personal erm opposition to terminal five , living as I do in South West Herts is obviously covered by the fact that I do live within fifteen minutes drive of Heathrow or an hour and three quarters if you go by the M twenty five . |
| 24 | This was perhaps aided by the fact that the ‘ criminals ’ who were the initial focus of attention ( counter-culture drug-takers , radical protesters against the Vietnam war and in favour of civil rights ) were rather easier to romanticise about . |
| 25 | This symbolism is similar to that found in many ancient cultures , including those of Mesoamerica , in which the serpent represents cycles of endless time , perhaps suggested by the fact that the snake periodically sheds and renews its skin . |
| 26 | He was somewhat mollified by the fact that the Brigadier 's boy , Sartini , snapped to attention as he passed , well within her view . |
| 27 | He could n't admit it to Pam , but he was more than a little disturbed by the fact that the Triad enforcer had escaped Springfield 's dragnet , after having almost killed Grant . |
| 28 | The presence of nitrates can be easily explained by the fact that human burials had taken place within the church : during the exploration programme a number of skeletons and well preserved human remains have been discovered . |
| 29 | The in-head sound from headphones is easily explained by the fact that almost all the programme material recorded or broadcast is designed for two-loud-speaker reproduction in which both ears receive the sounds from both loudspeakers . |
| 30 | Their assigned role is best exemplified by the fact that in the 1992 World Cup in Australia , the bowling side was afforded the advantage of two white new balls . |