Example sentences of "the fact [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final point , which is related to the previous point , is that it is a mystery to some people why , despite the fact they do well in the squad , they still do n't get selected . |
| 2 | The detached , amused part of Phoebe sometimes thought that her main feeling at these parties was a wish that she , and everyone else too , would dare to improve the quality of the wine , but they were all too self-consciously afraid of being mistaken for Yuppies , despite the fact they were mostly a little too old and slightly too poor . |
| 3 | The extent of their embarrassment over their bonding was illustrated by the fact they 'd held it so privately . |
| 4 | Yes , or did once when it was important to him professionally , when there was still the lurking doubt that no one would call any more to offer him a great new role , an insecurity built on the fact they no one did call in the first fourteen years of his professional life . |
| 5 | This , I trust , has no connection with the fecal matter we are used to seeing hanging around the back end of a sheep , but instead refers to the fact they spend most of their weekends dangling from a rope . |
| 6 | Never mind the fact they were as comfortable as wearing two fibre-glass tubes filled with iron filings , and stank like an incontinent old sheep dog when wet , they were natural wool and so considered correct . |
| 7 | The seasoned rockers and cabaret bores at the local pub would appreciate the fact they have travelled up and down the country , playing every decrepit club and hovel on the way . |
| 8 | Ideas become a bit confused by the fact they feel a dream has come true . |
| 9 | There are great advantages to this style of entertaining ; the bonding between participants is inevitable and speedy , given the fact they all have to work together in close proximity ; business relationships are enhanced as company employees and valued clients share the hoisting of the sails and other such activities . |
| 10 | If tests confirm there was a mix-up , the parents will have to live with the fact they have been loving someone else 's child . |
| 11 | A Newcastle police spokeswoman said : ‘ The fact they dumped the baby may mean they just did n't look in the back until it was too late . |
| 12 | They moved into second place , underlining the fact they are a team of substance this season , thanks to a first half spectacular from keeper Kevin Hitchcock . |
| 13 | The way they phrase the question reveals the fact they are thinking in the old materialistic and nationalistic terms . |
| 14 | On the other hand , creditors who have secured judgment summonses against debtors show by the fact they have done this that they are relatively familiar with court processes . |
| 15 | I did n't envy them their individual futures , which seemed dull or trivial to me , but I did envy the fact they had futures at all , whereas I had none , or , at least , not one to which I could look forward with any confidence . |
| 16 | Although they have other options , the fact they have not yet given up on Hirst means they still feel they can sign their prime target . |
| 17 | Muriel , probably because of her years and the fact they were looking for a more mature person , was by a hair 's breadth the front-runner , ahead of two younger girls both with experience of the insurance business . |
| 18 | These biting and critical words come from those writing from within the Church , and the fact they were written some twenty years ago has not , lamentably , altered their truth and pertinence . |
| 19 | They hope that the fact they reported the matter will help them avoid a disqualification . |
| 20 | NOTTINGHAM 'S DEATH metal moguls Earache are diversifying , and they trumpet the fact they are doing so . |
| 21 | Screamingly conspicuous by their absence are Godflesh , but that 's because Pitch Shifter make the pack , snorting and growling , attempting to disguise the fact they 're pussycats underneath it all . |
| 22 | The pair are particularly proud of their accomplishment in light of the fact they are using standard interfaces , standard application programming interfaces and a garden variety Sbus , not the proprietary gear SGI reportedly claimed it would take to achieve the kind of performance they say they have . |
| 23 | The company says the stuff automates moving from Macs to PCs to Suns despite the fact they all use different character sets to create their on-screen texts . |
| 24 | The blunders of the Cour des Comptes may be due to the fact they worked on the basis of an often vaguely worded inventory of 1912 . |
| 25 | Some clients do not attend counselling because they feel it interferes with their personal privacy — that ‘ do-gooders ’ will tell them what to do , which is made even more insulting by the fact they often have children themselves . |
| 26 | The fact they confused travellers with people taking their yearly holidays says a lot . |
| 27 | Men often oppose family planning , so many women must either hide the fact they are using birth control or meet with considerable opposition . |
| 28 | from where we lived from there apart from the fact they were building a few factories then |
| 29 | The fact they are being sold as Rifts is suspicious . |
| 30 | And time to either discuss their illness with people who understand how they feel , and the way that people react , or to just relax and forget all about the fact they 're living with it . |