Example sentences of "fact that [prep] the time " in BNC.
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1 | and we have yet to be contacted erm despite th the fact that at the time we had our last meeting the thing was supposed to be in the post . |
2 | The only defect in Statutes in Force , apart from the fact that at the time of writing it is incomplete , is that it does not provide proper annotations to the statutes . |
3 | Their value is enhanced by the fact that at the time there were no cabinet records ( apart from the prime minister 's low-key letter to the king ) and few diaries have survived this period . |
4 | For the fact that at the time Picasso saw the work as unfinished , allows us an insight into his aesthetic intentions and his technical procedure . |
5 | The humour , I think , came from the fact that at the time of asking I was lying with my head near the ground and my feet near the ceiling and the man in question had most of his right hand in my mouth , his other hand on a high-power drill and his knee wedged round his own spittoon . |
6 | More important , however , was the fact that for the time being other parties of the right — the Carlists and especially the CEDA — commanded the support of those to whom fascism might otherwise have hoped to appeal . |
7 | So what I 'm saying is we need to be very , as soon as you get the stuff , that , if you wan na get anything out of this course at all , and what people do get out of the course , is the fact that by the time they leave here we 've said right , that 's the way we 're going that 's what we 're gon na aim for and it is reasonable time . |