Example sentences of "[to-vb] in the fact that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I concede that the current recession and the Government 's mismanagement of the economy have a part to play in the fact that prestige projects are not lining up to locate in the bay . |
| 2 | The solution seems to lie in the fact that the amounts which later become due ( interest ) are consequent on the debt that is being released . |
| 3 | Its attraction would seem to lie in the fact that it gives a formalized account of some of the popularly held impressions concerning the character of science , its explanatory and predictive power , its objectivity and its superior reliability compared with other forms of knowledge . |
| 4 | For many years its significance was thought to lie in the fact that , while the combiners had to intend to do an unlawful act , it was not necessary that their purpose should be to injure the plaintiff . |
| 5 | The T m s are similar in all cases , and therefore it is concluded that the exothermicities of their formation would be similar at 0 K. The differences are assumed to lie in the fact that homopolymers behave in a manner analogous to a crystal , with a sudden transformation from a highly ordered state just below the T m to the disordered state just above the T m . |
| 6 | Was he trying to rub in the fact that he did n't think much of me ? |
| 7 | I just managed to get in the fact that it really was quite important before she hung up . |
| 8 | Her mouth tight , she hurried into the cottage and slammed the door , but that one brief glance had been more than enough for her to take in the fact that he 'd removed his shirt as though quite impervious to the chill wind that made everyone else shiver , and was digging over the colonel 's vegetable patch with an economy of movement that she might have admired if it had been anyone else but him . |
| 9 | She was still trying to take in the fact that Bridget might be a witness . |
| 10 | He had never been able to take in the fact that she was a fifteen-year-old girl . |
| 11 | She had forgotten that he was off duty until her vision cleared sufficiently for her to take in the fact that he was wearing a dark suit , the jacket unfastened to reveal a white shirt . |