Example sentences of "[art] [adj] fact that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the beginning desktop publishing was virtually synonymous with the Macintosh — despite the historical fact that PC software was there first . |
| 2 | Moreover , the simple fact that court proceedings have been launched may halt the works . |
| 3 | The gambling issue underlined the central fact that professionalism and commercialism were not synonymous . |
| 4 | On the other hand , the mere fact that money is paid under protest will not give rise of itself to the inference of such an agreement ; though it may form part of the evidence from which it may be inferred that the payee did not intend to close the transaction : see Maskell v. Horner [ 1915 ] 3 K.B . |
| 5 | It said that the Thalidomide disaster was a matter of public concern , and the mere fact that litigation was in progress did not alter the right and indeed responsibility of the mass media to impart information of public interest . |
| 6 | Changes in stimulus distinctiveness might , indeed , be in part responsible for the development of different patterns of overt behaviour to the different training stimuli , but the mere fact that discrimination learning occurs can not prove this to be so . |
| 7 | It pointed out that , where parties seek to negotiate during the course of disciplinary proceedings and an agreed formula is worked out , it would be ‘ most unfortunate ’ if the mere fact that agreement was reached while the proceedings continued enabled the employee to say later that there was a dismissal . |
| 8 | But the mere fact that grass ( of a sort ) will take over and grow without effort on the farmer 's part , provides a great temptation to exploit this gift of nature without considering the implications . |
| 9 | As regards the requirements referred to in part ( b ) of the national court 's question ( 2 ) as I reformulated it above , it may be noted in limine that the mere fact that fishing activity is carried out , on a self-employed basis , using a fishing vessel registered in a member state does not mean that there is establishment in that state . |
| 10 | Then again : ‘ a complex social and economic entity ’ — how does this alter by one iota the hard fact that ownership , the title to property and the right to use it and to dispose of it , vests in the shareholders ? |
| 11 | The obvious fact that Event was not working , his instincts to protect his investment , but also the awakening of his latent enthusiasm for the business of running a magazine , all drew Branson deeper into the quicksand which Event became . |
| 12 | The German romantic desire to escape from conflict and to arrive back at a state of harmony and unity is one of the most important psychological motives behind European federalism , and it ignores the basic fact that politics is always messy , divided and unharmonious . |
| 13 | Not until it is four or five months old does it discover the remarkable fact that water can be sniffed up into a trunk and then , if you blow out , you can hose it into your mouth . |
| 14 | Professor Robert Davies , of Bart 's , has pointed out that exhaust pollution explains the curious fact that city dwellers these days are more affected by hay fever than those in the country . |
| 15 | Rather , it is the very fact that criticism of the government 's anti-Semitic posturing finds its way into public discussion that supposedly jeopardises the country 's ‘ return to Europe ’ . |
| 16 | It is partly the very fact that Faith saved and disposed of it without a word to us , but more , it is the jewellery , what little there was . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , the very fact that poetry has a central role in Soviet life means that much of it is conservative in form and predictable in content . |
| 18 | In Virginia , however , it seems that the very fact that parent and subsidiary maintain separate , even if wholly formal , corporate identities prevents service on the subsidiary amounting to good service on the parent . |
| 19 | The full committee refused to redirect the funds and , paradoxically , the very fact that test-tube fusion is news has grabbed public attention and ironically could be the headline that revitalises interest and in the longer term attracts money from Congress — for hot fusion . |
| 20 | The shadow on the step , the wind in his eye , the very fact that Fly was here when he never came into the city on weekdays : it all added up to something he could n't quite catch hold of . |
| 21 | Yet , faced with the harsh fact that saving will benefit neither himself nor his family and frugality be of profit to none of his prospective beneficiaries , a rich man who has been generous in life will be encouraged to a prodigal standard of living . |
| 22 | The admitted fact that South America and Africa look a bit like separated pieces of a jigsaw puzzle was assumed to be just an amusing coincidence . |
| 23 | But these niggles pale when up against the infuriating fact that Drop Nineteens are n't given real room to perform , their potential smothered by a relentless stream of diving dickwits , sloshed on half a pint of coke . |
| 24 | They will shut their minds to the certain fact that judgment is coming and they will live as though all things will continue without change or interruption . |
| 25 | There are small variations in composition from one island to another , of course , but these are insignificant , and should not obscure the underlying fact that basalt constitutes a fundamental rock type , common to all parts of the Earth . |
| 26 | He did so partly by relying on the unquestioned fact that death and violence were an integral element in many books which were already on the way to becoming children 's classics ; from a list compiled rather later in the century one might cite Grimm 's Fairy Tales , Hans Andersen 's and the expurgated Arabian Nights . |
| 27 | It is a well-documented fact that cancer , for example , is more prevalent in those with a predisposition to depression and a tendency to bottle-up their emotions just to please others . |
| 28 | It is a well-known fact that clipping is done in the shade as it is a long and sweaty business for man and sheep , and was especially so before the days of electric clipping . |
| 29 | But , in general , clubs seem incapable of grasping an elementary fact that cynicism is rife among an ever-increasing number of people who believe that many players are overpaid , overrated and out of touch . |