Example sentences of "very fact that [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In this instance , the very fact that a school cares enough about the success of its female pupils to try an experiment in single-sex teaching may be sufficient to account for their improved performance .
2 The directors are probably used to the supernatural events that happen from time to time ; the very fact that the building has connections with the railways has possibly something to do with the old railwayman but in what context I do not know .
3 Yet many party supporters were outraged by this betrayal of the Whig tradition , and the very fact that the issue of liberty of conscience could now be given a low priority in the party agenda is perhaps indicative of the beginnings of the process whereby Whiggery was to divorce itself from the cause of Dissent .
4 The very fact that the installation of a protective system is considered presupposes that some degree of control of the fire is desired , and if this is the case , the degree of control required must be capable of being quantified .
5 And the very fact that the experience will never ever be repeated will make the remembrance burn for her a hundred times as bright .
6 The very fact that the visit is ‘ in an entirely private , unofficial capacity ’ ( the Cardinal 's words to me last week ) is more likely to have some beneficial effect in the ‘ diplomatic minefield ’ to which your correspondent refers than the more usual protocol-and-agenda-laden expedition .
7 However the very fact that the product has been around for so long and is so well established in the corporate market place that makes it a worth taking seriously .
8 The very fact that The Star is even interested in Carter marks out the rather sizeable arena they are currently entering .
9 The very fact that the process about which expectations are being formed has altered should , under the rational expectations model , alter the response of consumption to .
10 However , the very fact that the right to park is not exclusive means that one tenant may appropriate more than his fair share of parking spaces .
11 However the very fact that the extent of replication is greater with certain classes of metalwork in one region than those of another may be the result of differences in the organisation of their manufacture , even if the actual system is unknown .
12 Unfortunately , the very fact that the study of inequality is the central issue means that there have been a great variety of competing theories and concepts attempting to describe and explain it .
13 Mr Grist tells my colleague Bryan Rostron : ‘ A number of factors gave rise to the suspension , but the very fact that the authority itself lost confidence in him shows it was n't one particular thing .
14 Nevertheless , the very fact that an explanation should have been created at all tells us quite a lot about the way that the human mind works .
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