Example sentences of "fact [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She may be identified by the fact she has hairy haunches and cloven hooves , like a goat , concealed under her gown . |
| 2 | In fact it becomes two articles — one for punchcard machines still called ‘ Simply Silver ’ and one for electronics featured separately as ‘ Silver Scene ’ . |
| 3 | In fact it requires special sensors that are difficult to obtain , and quite expensive . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In fact he admits that art seems to take over his life at times . |
| 6 | The Great Detective , for all that he figures in mere detective stories , is a figure to parallel with the great poet and the great scientist because in solving the sort of genuinely baffling mystery that confronts him , in fact he goes some way to solving a yet greater mystery , the mystery of the human personality . |
| 7 | However , he does not as Tarrow seems to argue , ignore class contradictions within the territorially based proletarian community ; in fact he pays particular attention to the complex class structure of the depressed areas , identifying as crucial within them the role of the rural intelligentsia , the commercial intermediaries and the local clergy . |