Example sentences of "fact that a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After condemning the ‘ Baudelairean ’ atmosphere of the nineteenth century ( ‘ it is the triumph of romantic disorder ’ ) , and its cult of individual genius , Jacob goes on to stress the objectivity of modern poetry ( which is by contrast ‘ a universal poetry ’ ) and the fact that a work of art ‘ is of value in itself and not because of any confrontation one can make with reality ’ . |
| 2 | In fact , Peirce 's explanation is metaphysical , resting on his panpsychist objective idealism : he rejects the use of natural selection in the explanation because the fact that a faculty was necessary for the commonsense inquiries which facilitate survival and reproduction is no guarantee that it will help us to describe reality . |
| 3 | While the fact that a phenomenon was perceived allows one to infer and assert that it actually occurred , the converse is not true : the fact that it was not perceived does not mean that it did not take place . |
| 4 | The fact that a storm may show up the poor condition of a flat roof does not signify that storm was the proximate cause of damage . |
| 5 | Nor is the fact that a document is biased a reason for dismissing the document as worthless or unreliable . |
| 6 | It is not the fact that a coin is often worth more than the value of the bullion it contains . |
| 7 | These solutions thus illustrate the fact that a proof of null incompleteness does not necessarily imply the existence of a scalar polynomial curvature singularity . |
| 8 | This is due to their large size , the complexity and time required to install such a system and the fact that a machine bound system tends to be less flexible to change and re-layout . |
| 9 | However , the reason why may lie in the fact that a cricket bat , tennis racket and snooker cue can be used just as adeptly by a left-handed person as a right-hander . |
| 10 | The fact that a parent is at risk of criminal prosecution for an offence against the child will not justify exclusion . |
| 11 | I am encouraged to see that in the more recent case of Ensign Tankers v. Stokes the House of Lords has now rejected the notion that the mere fact that a transaction is undertaken for the purpose of obtaining a fiscal advantage compels the court to ignore and nullify all the fiscal consequences which are beneficial to the taxpayer . |
| 12 | The fact that a transaction includes the transfer of machinery , factory or office premises , stock , plant and equipment , tools and other tangible assets is not relevant if no intangible assets are transferred ( Woodhouse v Peter Brotherhood Ltd [ 1972 ] 2 QB 520 ) . |
| 13 | In addition to explaining the risks of financial loss , the warning notice also explains a number of key aspects of the operation of futures markets which may not be readily apparent to the private investor such as : ( 1 ) The treatment of collateral and the fact that a customer may lose a proprietary interest in the collateral and not receive back the same assets that he deposited . |
| 14 | Also encouraging has been the fact that a row with America over government procurement , which threatened to spill over into tit-for-tat sanctions , was averted at the last minute . |
| 15 | This meant that even though no goods had actually been received by the carrier 's faithless agent or that the goods received were misdescribed , the mere fact that a bill of lading had been issued by someone empowered to do so created a right to claim the value of the described goods . |
| 16 | I blame the fact that a crow chose to hover below me as I scrambled up a tricky bit of path , made more perilous by loose shifting gravel . |
| 17 | Once re-investigation becomes routine , the fact that a case has been referred for re-investigation should attract no more concern than the fact that a medical diagnosis has been subjected to the test of a second opinion . |
| 18 | The particularly intimate link between adverbal adjective and verb is shown by the fact that a case such as ( 12 ) is far from exceptional . |
| 19 | It also follows that the fact that a variation order has been issued after the contractual completion date does not necessarily provide grounds for an extension of time . |
| 20 | Brando did , and even welcomed Seaton 's suggestions , such as the fact that a man who is dying of severe burns , as Christian does in the scene , shivers as though freezing . |
| 21 | The fact that a man was prepared to drive a completely unnecessary 1,000 miles struck me as indicative that the sanctions were not working . |
| 22 | The fact that a man liable to army or militia service could almost always provide a substitute if he had the money to pay for one accentuated still further this inequality . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , my dear , I do n't think you can find anything sinister in the fact that a man wants to see his child bathed at night . |
| 24 | She added : ‘ We just ca n't take in the fact that a life with so much to offer has been suddenly ended . |
| 25 | Election experts could legitimately point to the fact that a system of proportional voting could have given a very different result . |
| 26 | For instance : is the test of a democracy the fact that a government is elected by the votes of the people ? |
| 27 | The fact that a scheme could be contrived that made it a working possibility for the majority of the disabled to acquire a motor car of their choice and to finance the purchase , including insurance and repair , from the allowance , was a staggering revelation to economists and particularly to the socialists of the time who regarded private enterprise as the kiss of death . |
| 28 | ( a ) he is not guilty of murder by reason only of the fact that a defence provided by s.56 ( diminished responsibility ) , 58 ( provocation ) or 59 ( use of excessive force ) applies ; or |
| 29 | What we are trying to argue for is to try to prevent the cost , the pain , the hurt that is experienced after a divorce by alerting people to the fact that a divorce wo n't solve all their problems , it will transfer one set of problems for another and our great concern in this report is to go back one step , not just to speak to people who are experiencing hurt , but in the hope that we can say something before it reaches the stage that it had reached when they came to you . |
| 30 | What is important here , however , is the fact that a description of these divergent configurations in the phonological system is an essential basis for subsequent quantitative analysis : the further away the variety is from mainstream norms , the more important this prior description becomes . |