Example sentences of "in fact [verb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to the invention of photocopying machines , the preparation of an epitome of title in the way described above was not possible , and this meant that abstracts of title had to be created by our predecessors , who were in fact charged with the duty of tracing title back over 30 or 40 years or more . |
| 2 | If the tenant 's death is untimely , that is to say within one year of the date of the letting , there is no reason why the potential successor should lose his home if he has in fact resided with the tenant for 12 months . |
| 3 | The interest provision should in fact interrelate with the " period of grace " provision and a suggested formula is 2 per cent above base lending rate if payment is not made within 14 days after becoming due or 3 per cent above if not made within 21 days . |
| 4 | So down the wide staircase she goes , past the oak chest with its bowl of white roses on the half-landing , past the Albers squares , past the dim varnished portrait of a full-bosomed crimson gowned pearl-decked eighteenth-century woman who some take to be an ancestor , though she had in fact come with the house , down through the black and white tiled hall with its marble and gilt claw-legged table strewn with Christmas cards , gloves , and glossy free advertising magazines , and into the broad high first floor drawing-room , where sat Charles , drinking a gin and tonic , which she had expected , and talking to Esther and Alix , which she had not . |
| 5 | It is clear from the context of such pairs that in every case where the second speaker responds to a proposition of the first speaker with " you know what I mean ! " or " you know ! " , the second speaker is in fact agreeing with the first . |
| 6 | Quite simply , nothing unclean shall enter heaven or dwell in the presence of God so if we wish to spend eternity with Christ we need to be thoroughly and permanently cleansed from our sins , totally purged and in fact clothed with the righteousness of God . |
| 7 | Causation in fact deals with the question of whether as a matter of fact the damage was caused by the breach of duty . |