Example sentences of "[was/were] the fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those were the facts , as far as he knew them up to this moment . |
| 2 | Such were the facts and decision in the case . |
| 3 | We have first to pretend that , in the event of A wrongfully directing an innocent person X to do something to B 's goods , A is in the position of a finder or custodian of the goods ; and then we must ask ourselves , ‘ Would X 's acts have been excused if these were the facts ? ’ |
| 4 | The two newslines were the fact that the band all possessed degrees or that they had chosen George Beat ( v. old footballer , as they would say ) . |
| 5 | Among the details he had held back during appearances before both the Senate foreign relations committee and the House of Representatives intelligence committee in October 1986 were the fact that he had solicited a $10,000 million contribution from the Sultan of Brunei . |
| 6 | ‘ What was even more astonishing was the fact that people travelled miles to come and see him . |
| 7 | Impetus behind the endeavour was the fact that ‘ … use of the telegraph increased in significance , the greater the distance that had to be covered ’ 1 . |
| 8 | Even more extraordinary was the fact that Nelson Mandela , the sixth and most eminent member of the group , appeared to have negotiated the terms of the release of his colleagues , who are expected to be freed this weekend . |
| 9 | More ominous for the future was the fact that the central authorities were learning how to control and transport huge numbers of peasants . |
| 10 | Less noted was the fact that taxes other than income tax were , in fact , rising steadily under the Conservatives . |
| 11 | Most important was the fact that personal circumstances and creative needs of each man had impelled him to be , in a phrase which Eliot applies to Lawrence in After Strange Gods but which applies equally well to himself , a ‘ restless seeker for myths ’ . |
| 12 | Another feature which Engels , following Bachofen , believed was indicative of the high status of women in societies with simple technology was the fact that some such people worship female gods . |
| 13 | I would win no prizes for being tidy , but the main aggravation was the fact that we had , between us , eight identical black Karrimor pannier bags . |
| 14 | It was the fact that the same individual could experiment with such a wide range of themes , subjects and styles that kept the spirit of invention alive , and encouraged some startling developments in film narrative , none of which had anything to do with theatrical forms of presentation . |
| 15 | But even more important than that was the fact that trade unions were now exercising new areas of influence and were better organized . |
| 16 | It was the fact that people believed sexual liberation was going on — somewhere else — that was influential , even if it was not really happening . |
| 17 | One particular disadvantage was the fact that its immediate neighbours had been allowed to crumble into decay , leaving Frankie 's home sandwiched between two boarded , dilapidated buildings barely ft for storage . |
| 18 | What worried him far more than the prospect of change , was the fact that he shied away from it , as a man set in his ways , and that was something he had never considered himself to be . |
| 19 | One of the details of the New Festspielhaus in Salzburg that people like to gossip about was the fact that the orchestra pit could be raised or lowered by you at the touch of a button . |
| 20 | Far more important was the fact that this baby girl , born two weeks after the defeat of a Scottish army by the English at Solway Moss , and at a time when her remarkable father James V was lying burnt out at the age of thirty in his glorious hunting-lodge at Falkland , was to be within a week of her birth queen of the Scots . |
| 21 | The principal catalyst behind this act was the fact that in September the wavering Châtelherault had come to a decision as a result of Cecil 's help in arranging the escape of his son Arran from France , and finally agreed to join the Lords of the Congregation , thus ending the uneasy situation in which the Hamiltons had dithered between two opposing forces . |
| 22 | It was , as the Duchess said in her speech , an exciting event because Derbyshire had so few smaller manor houses of this type open to the public — and what made it all the more special was the fact that Eyam Hall is still the family home of the Wrights , who built ( or rather rebuilt ) it , a few years after the plague , in 1671 . |
| 23 | Perhaps the most bizarre aspect of this year 's Academy Awards was the fact that five other of the year 's best films — Cape Fear , The Commitments , Hear My Song , Homicide and Thelma & Louise — were n't even nominated . |
| 24 | It is believed one of the major problems facing the clubs ' proposals then was the fact that they were both in the same league . |
| 25 | At the heart of the mother 's fury was the fact that the teacher was a self-confessed lesbian — and apparently added insult to injury by assuring the mother : ‘ I do n't go for young girls . |
| 26 | ‘ The only good news we got after the game was the fact that Middlesborough lost . |
| 27 | More important for the long-term programme of submission was the fact that they agreed to allow Christian missionaries into their lands . |
| 28 | However , the primary reason for the refusal , said Tony Baldry , under secretary of state for the environment , was the fact that the site for the proposed incinerator was over the South Yorkshire aquifer . |
| 29 | What Harry Lime missed out on , though , was the fact that if he 'd gone Club 18–30 instead of Austrian Airlines , and taken a couple of friends in tow who were paying the full price , he could have copped for a massive sixty sovs off his bill , got a suntan into the bargain , and avoided coming to a very nasty end in the sewers . |
| 30 | A sad and ironic pendant to this story was the fact that when Dowding was dismissed he could not betray Ultra by calling it to the defence of his strategy . |