Example sentences of "was [verb] by [art] fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | The North American flavour was emphasized by the fact that the simple station buildings contained ‘ the traditional bay window on the low platform , housing the station-agent — operator 's office with the usual table in the bay complete with telegraph instruments , sounders , telephones , and so on ’ . |
| 2 | Their military appearance was emphasized by the fact that some of the girls wore scout knives , compasses , even tin mugs , hanging from their belts , and they carried haversacks and sleeping-bags bought from Army Surplus shops . |
| 3 | Its importance was highlighted by the fact that Britain 's most notorious extreme anti-semite , Archibald H. Maule Ramsay , MP appeared to be its guiding spirit , which explains why there is now significant intelligence information on this secret society ; the fact that Jewish sources , MI5 and the Council for Civil Liberties broadly confirm each other , suggests that the reports were reliable . |
| 4 | This lack of organization was compounded by the fact that many trades councils set themselves up as councils of action to run the dispute it the local level . |
| 5 | For Hester , the problem was compounded by the fact that she was thousands of miles away from Thomas . |
| 6 | The lack of tangible reward for either side after the very heavy losses suffered by both was compounded by the fact that it was seen as a war that no one had actually wanted . |
| 7 | His exhaustion as the result of his new regime , and the strange world in which he found himself , was compounded by the fact that he felt obliged to take on other responsibilities . |
| 8 | The judge 's failure to apply the correct test in this respect was compounded by the fact that he was deprived of the material which was necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion because of his failure to require that the mother be notified of the foster mother 's application for leave under rule 4.3(2) ( b ) of the Family Proceedings Rules 1991 . |
| 9 | Such exploitation was compounded by the fact that their tenants obtained only low wages and insecure employment and could not afford a rent which would provide a sufficiently large return to keep the houses in good repair . |
| 10 | The whole problem was compounded by the fact that the first successful desktop publishing system was based on the Macintosh ; a computer designed to be easy to use and , therefore , give the feeling of rapid achievement . |
| 11 | This dilemma was compounded by the fact that the Soviet Union was not engaged in the war and was also occupying Poland , selling oil to the Nazis and deporting German Communists back to Hitler 's concentration camps . |
| 12 | But er all of that was negated by the fact with the amount of fire and smoke that was on the platform , nobody could get to the lifeboats . |
| 13 | The apparent discrepancy was explained by the fact that a number of wives said their response would depend on the form of the emergency . |
| 14 | More specifically , an analysis of Scottish kingship , and of the particular reasons for its strength , enables us to discard the lingering idea that Mary 's failure was predetermined by the fact that she was a woman — and worse and more pathetic , a young woman . |
| 15 | The need to rely on the local aristocracy — common to all rulers — was accentuated by the fact that often the pope was chosen from among their number . |
| 16 | Naturally , my father would have felt this loss keenly ; but to make matters worse the usual comfort a father has in these situations — that is , the notion that his son gave his life gloriously for king and country — was sullied by the fact that my brother had perished in a particularly infamous manoeuvre . |
| 17 | The emotional complexity of the debate was deepened by the fact that neither side had the monopoly of logic or charm : Dr Colin Blakemore , though known as ‘ Dr Frankenstein' to the yellow press for having experimented on animals ’ eyes , seemed reasonable , persuasive and put-upon ; Douglas Hogg , MP , also on the vivisectionist side , was quite startlingly and pointlessly rude . |
| 18 | The easy sociability which it offered was fostered by the fact that all its pubs , clubs , restaurants and delicatessens were squeezed into an area no larger than a square mile . |
| 19 | The loss of speed from their rougher bottoms was compensated by the fact that they could be sailed harder than wooden ships in blowing weather . |
| 20 | However , Boss 's joy was tempered by the fact that Balla Cove was sold to two Americans earlier this week and is to be sent to the United States to be trained by Ron MacAnally , who prepared the great John Henry . |
| 21 | But this success was tempered by the fact that Colebrooke 's period in office coincided with the Company 's financial collapse . |
| 22 | Nevertheless Poland was still encumbered by a poorly developed industrial sector , a primitive , almost feudal , agricultural system , an under-funded banking sector and a poorly integrated railway system , and was hampered by the fact that it paid out 40 per cent of Gross National Income ( approximately 28 per cent of all government expenditure ) to maintain an army that was second in size only to that of Russia . |
| 23 | He used to try and learn other players ' licks from the radio and this process was hampered by the fact that he only had one pass in which to do so . |
| 24 | US producers had complained that access to Japanese retail markets was hampered by the fact that most large retail outlets in Japan were supplied by a small number of wholesalers who discriminated against foreign products . |
| 25 | Secondly , he was disturbed by the fact that spiritual truths did n't stir his emotions or grip his imagination as much as he felt they should . |
| 26 | My hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth , East ( Mr. Atkinson ) made an eloquent speech about compulsory competitive tendering ; and I was heartened by the fact that my hon. Friend the Member for Chichester ( Mr. Nelson ) also realised that we were talking not about compulsory contracting out but about compulsory competitive tendering , which means that there is an opportunity for the in-house team to make a bid . |
| 27 | Last year 's event was weakened by the fact that it coincided with the now defunct Tokyo Art Expo . |
| 28 | The importance of these becomes obvious by comparison with Hastings , whose claim on the loyalty of the duchy servants in the north midlands was weakened by the fact that in much of the region his authority rested only on duchy office . |
| 29 | The importance of these becomes obvious by comparison with Hastings , whose claim on the loyalty of the duchy servants in the north midlands was weakened by the fact that in much of the region his authority rested only on duchy office . |
| 30 | He was saved by the fact that only the wings of the glider struck the cable but it led to more than 250 households having their electricity supplies cut off . |