Example sentences of "fact that even [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cermait said , rather huffily , that it was a well-known fact that even an acorn-full of poteen sent you fast asleep , and Fintan gave vent to a derisive hoot . |
| 2 | In spite of the fact that even the best of his songs can seem surprisingly flat on the page , his vocal performance compels a belief in the aptness of the words . |
| 3 | Obviously , then , the fact that 200,000 Greek Cypriots ( a third of the population ) were kicked out of their homes by the Turkish invaders , thus becoming refugees in their own country , is not a crime , according to Mr Gustafson ; nor is the fact that 80,000 settlers were imported from Turkey in an attempt to alter the demographic composition of the island ; nor is the fact that 1,619 people are still reported as missing in action almost 17 years after the invasion ; nor is the fact that the Turks are destroying every trace of the 3,000-year-old Greek culture that exists in the occupied territories , a fact that even the Turkish Cypriot press often reports . |
| 4 | Yet it is a fact that even the most permissive of mothers and fathers intentionally or unwittingly punish their children in the course of socializing them . |
| 5 | Let us be adult about this and accept that , in view of the fact that even the very strictest diets suggest that you eat not much less than 1,000 calories daily , those three calories are n't going to make a jot of difference to your weight loss . |
| 6 | The remaining three ( ‘ Girlfriend ’ , ‘ How Soon ’ and ‘ This Charming Man ’ ) merely underline the fact that even the most valium-addicted manic depressive would be wasting his/her bullets on this sordid cash-in . |
| 7 | For example , in the Stapleton case in 1975 the defendant was acquitted of rape despite the fact that even the judge in passing sentence had said : ‘ I have no doubt you instilled terror into this woman when you went into that room and made your intentions quite clear ’ . |
| 8 | The City loves to play up the fact that even the giant ogre , Deutsche Bank , came to London to buy its merchant banking arm , Morgan Grenfell . |
| 9 | In Africa , American attempts to construct blocs would be undercut by the fact that even the most pro-Western states in the region ‘ in every way avoid tight ( particularly formally established ) association with the racist regime ’ of South Africa . |
| 10 | It was the perfect foil for her colouring ; she looked cool and composed and that was how she would behave tonight , despite the fact that even the thought of having to spend an evening in Nicolo 's company made her stomach clench . |