Example sentences of "fact [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This fact I had ample opportunities of verifying on the islands of Bass 's Straits , where I had scarcely stepped from the boat before every creature was made acquainted with my presence — no small annoyance to me , whose object was to secure the wary cereopsis and eagle , which with thousands of petrels and many other kinds of water-birds tenant these dreary islands . ’ |
| 2 | I could continue considerably longer on this fascinating subject , in fact I have several pages of notes here if anybody wishes to come and ask me any questions . |
| 3 | You do not enter into any details respecting the Voyage , where you are resident etc. in fact I gleaned more information on these points from one of Gilbert 's Letters to a friend of his than from all 3 of yours — We are , however , delighted to find your expedition progressing so satisfactorily and anxiously hope it may continue to do so . ’ |
| 4 | In fact I broadcast that material , but I cut it into three programmes , and I , I cut in the questions I would have asked if he 'd actually given me a chance to ask them . |
| 5 | The facts that cause the beliefs those observations yield are the very facts which make those beliefs true . |
| 6 | That in fact you exaggerate that space a little bit , you add a little bit more space to help out that line and that 's why if you have a headline you put a little extra space . |
| 7 | In the absence of special factors , the base is likely to be the place where you ordinarily work , even though in fact you spend more time away from your base than you do there . |
| 8 | We did n't have the facts you see last time . |
| 9 | In fact she wanted more children , she wanted more than two children |
| 10 | She may be identified by the fact she has hairy haunches and cloven hooves , like a goat , concealed under her gown . |
| 11 | In actual fact we spent last night together , here . |
| 12 | In fact we made rubber stamps for people in the office — the departments to go in , the bureau , and the stamp was the J because they were all photostated to that made this stamp just loved it . |
| 13 | They were n't all scientists , in fact we had little use for most of them . |
| 14 | Some experts believe that the fact we have more material possessions these days means that there is simply more to steal — after all , car theft is the most popular form of theft . |
| 15 | In fact we have some documentary evidence |
| 16 | Maybe I said things I should not have done — it was over-reaction to the fact we lost two points we probably deserved , and to the manner they were lost . ’ |
| 17 | It is in fact something called Mad Meg 's Cairn and nobody knows what the hell it 's doing there . |
| 18 | In fact they had unpaid bills amounting to £256,000 on which they were only able to pay 2s 9d in the pound ; their London agents , Hurst & Robinson , only managed 1s 3d on a debt of £300,000 . |
| 19 | Folivores ( leaf-eaters ) may satisfy their sodium requirement only by consuming soil or water plants , while animals like litter-feeding cockroaches in Amazonia would need to consume 30–40 times their energy requirement of litter to satisfy their phosphorus needs : in fact they eat dead animals as well . |
| 20 | The service which is provided by those people is in fact questionable , and indeed we ourselves would be interested in how in fact they obtain that information . |
| 21 | The cautioning guidelines were intended to ensure consistency among police forces , but in fact they gave chief constables wide discretion . |
| 22 | The machines do not play good chess : in fact they play terrible chess . |
| 23 | In fact they have discretionary powers on all empty houses . |
| 24 | We 're objecting to the fact they have 28 hours of airspace that they 're devoting to people in need and yet they 're not allowing the people who are in need to say what their needs are . |
| 25 | Recently books have been written querying the efficiency and use of Bomber Command aircraft in the night bombing of Germany , and asking whether it did help in the final defeat or whether in fact it made little difference . |
| 26 | In fact it becomes two articles — one for punchcard machines still called ‘ Simply Silver ’ and one for electronics featured separately as ‘ Silver Scene ’ . |
| 27 | In fact it requires special sensors that are difficult to obtain , and quite expensive . |
| 28 | If we go on to books erm , I think that Longman performance is exceptionally good erm , of course for book business it 's very much first half , second half , most of the profit coming in second half , but er , erm , Longman only dropping seven percent on the year before seems to me a particularly good performance given the environment and in fact it generated more operating cash flow than the year before . |
| 29 | In fact it took some time to make effective progress , in part because of institutional changes ; Lord Portal replaced Lord Reith , and in 1943 a separate Ministry of Town and Country Planning was set up . |
| 30 | The P G C is a difficult course to fill , really , for the people who are organising it , because although it 's called a one-year course , in fact it lasts eight months in practice , and there are so many aspects that have to be fitted in something has to go . |