Example sentences of "fact that it [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The downward arpeggio in the last two bars will obviously be given to the clarinet , for besides the fact that it fits that instrument like a glove , it does not lie within the range of any other wind instrument . |
| 2 | No financial details were revealed on AT&T Co 's acquisition of Shaye Communications Ltd ( CI No 2,148 ) , and no indication of the company 's size was given apart from the fact that it employs 60 people , many of whom are involved in the design and engineering of the firm 's products . |
| 3 | Most of you had a shower installed because it was convenient and saved time , and also because you liked the fact that it uses less water than a bath and provides an extra bathing facility . |
| 4 | ‘ It is a proven fact that it strengthens growing teeth . ’ |
| 5 | With my responsibility for small firms , the House will not be surprised that I for one would robustly defend the exemption level and the fact that it helps small firms in the industry . |
| 6 | Despite the fact that it kills 8 000 men each year — four times as many people as die from cervical cancer — it is under-recognised and under-researched . |
| 7 | Iris Murdoch 's prolific fiction touches only occasionally on academia ; but she loves plots based on relations between teacher and pupil , master and disciple , and her interest in philosophy is so well known a fact that it informs any reading of her books , which are often felt to convey modern philosophical issues in lucid and digestible form . |
| 8 | But despite the fact that it seems inhospitable , Dartmoor has a long history of use by humans . |
| 9 | But if X + Y is an organic unity then the fact that it has 100 degrees of value may be because it has 90 degrees of value as a whole while Y has none . |
| 10 | But even if the Church takes this controversial step , there remains the fact that it has few structures for evaluating its chief resource . |
| 11 | The fact that it has well-defined aims and a specific medium of operation also augurs well for its successful continuation . |
| 12 | ‘ The fact that it has some kind of playful relationship with Birmingham is something with which readers of my novels can easily cope . |
| 13 | I 'm not gon na go over t what my colleague has said but what I do wan na know is when are the Labour Party gon na get hold of some issue and make some sort of mileage out of it , because we 've got a number of sponsored MPs and we ca n't get 'em off the doorstep at election time , but when it comes about doing summat for us and consider the fact that it affects many many people and we talk about the links that the Labour Party and the trade union has , I think the Labour Party 's already severed 'em , as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 14 | After an insect has emerged from the egg the completed head shows few indications of a segmented origin apart from the fact that it carries paired appendages . |
| 15 | For him the value of representative democracy resides in the fact that it makes possible the selection of effective political leaders , as well as providing a training for them . |