Example sentences of "not [verb] by [art] fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | A statement that a reporter is a " libellous journalist " implies some proven propensity to defame : it is not justified by the fact that he was once in his career obliged to apologise . |
| 2 | This time his powers of concentration were not helped by the fact that on a hot and humid Sunday afternoon in the Bois de Boulogne he was feeling awful : he had been wasting in order to ride Beaver II at nine stone ten pounds later in the afternoon , and was severely debilitated by a stomach upset which had kept him up all night . |
| 3 | There then followed a long period of muddle and confusion not helped by the fact that no one had a recent photograph of Blake and that it was a Saturday evening . |
| 4 | Of course , matters are not helped by the fact that many men have difficulty in talking about the problem at all , often finding it both distressing and embarrassing . |
| 5 | The mood in 1984 was not helped by the fact that she was pregnant with Prince Harry . |
| 6 | His position was not helped by the fact that the Queen Mother and his twin sister , Princess Ashraf , had not accompanied Reza Shah into exile . |
| 7 | It was not helped by the fact that it was involuntarily wriggling on the plate . |
| 8 | The answer to the question ‘ who sold to Z ? ’ depends upon whether Y was a buyer and re-seller or whether he was merely an agent for X. The answer is not helped by the fact that people who are in fact buyers and resellers are often termed in the trade ‘ agents . ’ |
| 9 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that the opportunity for this country to help support genuine refugees abroad through various aid programmes is not helped by the fact that , according to a headline in The Times today , bogus refugees bleed Britain of £100 million through benefit fraud ? |
| 10 | The problem is not helped by the fact that UCTA refers to the type of goods , not the type of outlet they are bought from , or the quantity in which they are bought . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the intense interest in how many Scots will make the Lions ' party for New Zealand is assuredly not diluted by the fact that each of the thistle 's three Grand Slams has followed hard upon just such a British Isles venture . |
| 12 | Temple is not deterred by the fact that Earth Girls did what he describes as ‘ not terribly ’ at the box office in the States . |
| 13 | Why is it not inhibited by the fact that the water entering these is also hotter than that entering the upgoing fingers ? |
| 14 | My continuing admiration for his work is not diminished by the fact that I have never received it , nor did I really expect it . |
| 15 | Again , that this is the case is not contradicted by the fact that , in many spheres , I may have much more in common with first world men than with third world women . |
| 16 | The Law Lords held that this publication was protected by qualified privilege : the Council had a duty to leap to the General 's defence , and the privilege was not lost by the fact of world-wide publication , because " a man who makes a statement on the floor of the House of Commons makes it to all the world … it was only plain justice to the General that the ambit of contradiction should be spread so wide as , if possible , to meet the false accusation wherever it went . " |
| 17 | The food 's quality is not improved by the fact that the watch is rarely there to eat on time . |
| 18 | All of this creates genuine difficulties for schools , not lessened by the fact that curriculum and timetable changes ( and all the other changes that the Act demands ) have to be resourced within the limitations of a formula-funded school budget and an LEA budget effectively determined ( because of the way the community tax will work ) by central government . |