Example sentences of "a fact that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Secretary of State Marshall was cabling the Embassy in Paris that Ho Chi Minh had direct Communist connections — whether or not this was a fact depends upon what one means by ‘ connection ’ — he argued that it was also a fact that colonial empires , in the l9th-century sense , were rapidly becoming a thing of the past . |
| 2 | Goulding J found as a fact that all parts of the sales information had been used for the purposes of the defendant 's business and he divided information into three categories where it was not the subject of any express provision : ( 1 ) Information which because of its triviality or public accessibility was not confidential at all . |
| 3 | As a generalisation it is a fact that new churches grow better than old . |
| 4 | It is a fact that many teachers have precious little elbow room , and that often this confinement is created , or exacerbated , by other people 's actions . |
| 5 | Hierarchy is not imposed from above , then ‘ but demanded from below : a fact that many theorists of class-conflict are powerless to understand and incompetent , at times , even to remark . |
| 6 | It is a fact that many guests are more comfortable with plain , practical furniture than with antiques . |
| 7 | Orr Ewing said ‘ We know for a fact that 20 thieves come here regularly from the north of England , but it is not easy to catch them . |
| 8 | It 's a fact that American men seem to put business before everything . |
| 9 | It 's a fact that most strikers of his quality learn very early about their strengths and weaknesses , and adjust accordingly . |
| 10 | Governments , it seems , have yet to learn a fact that most smokers readily acknowledge : the tobacco industry has got them precisely where it wants them . |
| 11 | It is a fact that most people bitten for the first time by their own dog are bitten in the bedroom . |
| 12 | For them , the use of the term ‘ British ’ as a synonym for ‘ English ’ is an insult , a fact that English Conservatives sometimes overlook : introducing the poll tax a year early in Scotland was probably the worst blow to British unity in recent years , for it made the Scots feel they were being treated like second-class citizens . |
| 13 | ‘ It is only when European brands land on our doorsteps and people flock to buy them that manufacturers will respond to the competitive threat , ’ explains Halpern , ‘ because it 's a fact that British society has become complacent and insular . ’ |
| 14 | Fourthly , it seems to be a fact that pragmatic constraints are generally defeasible , or not invariable . |
| 15 | It is probably a fact that few people have ever thought about , but a fact nonetheless , that nights are not so dark now as they used to be . |
| 16 | I know for a fact that these nets were back in the river , in the hands of poachers , a very short time after they have been captured by the commission . ’ |
| 17 | While it is a fact that we often eat much more than we imagine we do ( try writing down everything you eat over a period of a week and prove the point ) , it is a fact that some people put on weight far more quickly than others . |
| 18 | but less superficially it is a fact that Christian truth is not to be equated with our formulations of it and we must always satisfy ourselves with pointers to it . |
| 19 | Is n't it a fact that this government is becoming isolated , not only in Europe but throughout the world for its anti worker and its anti union policies . |
| 20 | Now it is a fact that this creature so recently-come among us — gross , obscene and incapable of manipulating cutlery as it is — has nevertheless succeeded in getting itself equipped , just like big brother , with its own plastic spoon . |