Example sentences of "fact that [adv] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the fact that today this respect has to be defended even more stridently than before is more a comment on the destructiveness of modern development than the result of any new-fangled obsession with antiquity . |
| 2 | For those who only need relatively local stations , advantage can be taken of the fact that nearly all FM stations now radiate , either slant-polarised or circularly polarised signals , so that a vertical dipole , completely non-directional in the horizontal plane , gives as much signal as a horizontal one . |
| 3 | One of the things that helped us over this difficult period was the fact that earlier that year the cutter crews had decided to form their very own association . |
| 4 | The many different modes of transmission of hepatitis B are due to the fact that almost all body secretions have been shown to contain the infectious viral surface antigen . |
| 5 | Analysts point to the fact that far more beer is drunk at home on the Continent , which provides a more conducive atmosphere for low-alcohol products than a pub or bar . |
| 6 | The fact that precisely this point of law was already due to be considered by the Supreme Court in relation to a separate abortion clinic case ( also arising from an Operation Rescue blockade ) , however , led many commentators to see the intervention by the Justice Department as primarily political in motivation . |
| 7 | Thus what is interesting about the women 's magazines in England during the first years of the twentieth century is not the content of the advice given on child rearing , but the fact that so little advice is given at all ; sometimes , from one year to the next , children are barely mentioned save for the occasional appealing illustrations , the pattern for a christening bonnet or the recipe for a nursery pudding . |
| 8 | The fact that so many insurance products contain a substantial savings element has brought them within the scope of the Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 9 | Allied spokesmen make light of the fact that so many enemy aircraft remain intact . |
| 10 | Perhaps the fact that so much time , money and paper has had to be spent on selling the education reforms , and that so few are beating a path to the doors of Rathgael House , suggests that they ‘ ai n't got much of a mousetrap ’ ! |