Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to [art] fact that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had fastened on to the fact that she was a Connor , played on memories of her father 's reputation for throwing races . |
| 2 | As a rough guide two strands wound together make something approximately like three-ply in thickness and three together are usually reckoned to be about a four-ply. these fine industrial yarns used to be in the ‘ odds and ends ’ bins , but the manufacturers have caught on to the fact that they are popular with machine knitters , so now they can be bought under a brand name . |
| 3 | The decline in England 's lineout fortunes , one would reiterate , owes most to the fact that , thanks to the mandatory gap , it is now so much easier to get in a jump against them . |
| 4 | The historic importance of these routeways owes much to the fact that they connect the contrasting environments of Alpine , Mediterranean and continental Europe . |
| 5 | It all added up to the fact that below Silas 's cool exterior there was warmth and compassion for others . |
| 6 | All this adds up to the fact that NDBs are thoroughly unreliable . |
| 7 | The thirteenth century eyre records testify vividly to the fact that at that time previous or subsequent sexual intercourse with the same man was fatal to such an appeal . |
| 8 | She did n't like to own up to the fact that she now stood a little in awe of him , and she had never felt like that with either Mr Martin or his father before him because , in their own ways , they had both been free and easy . |
| 9 | By the time they woke up to the fact that many people would be only 2p a week better off , Smith had gained the headlines with the claim that eight out of 10 families gained . |
| 10 | I was dismayed when I woke up to the fact that the plan was not to wait or extend the building but to send twenty people and their children away to start another church . |
| 11 | It 's about time the music press woke up to the fact that rave is the new heavy metal , sucking innocents in and destroying their musical tastebuds . |
| 12 | That 's when I woke up to the fact that there was something very wrong with the relationship , and very wrong with my life … ’ |
| 13 | When asked if their shefi acted in too authoritarian a manner , some kolkhozniki at first said it was very rare , but then in peasant fashion slowly warmed up to the fact that they had been very angered by some young students who had written in Rabochii put ’ that their horses were badly fed and cleaned , and that they had not sown enough crops . |
| 14 | But BBC officials are waking up to the fact that , while they have been allocated both of Britain 's channels for high-power satellite broadcasts , the kind that could be received direct into people 's homes , they have no monopoly on low-power transmissions from satellites , the kind that could be picked up by central receiving stations — and transmitted via cable to homes . |
| 15 | But whatever the motive , international business is at least waking up to the fact that a social conscience can be good for business . |
| 16 | People are now waking up to the fact that the natural world is our primary source and has got to be conserved if man is to continue . |
| 17 | Amidst all this shaking and trembling , respectable opinion was also waking up to the fact that new forms of life and organisation had emerged among the working class — both in a political , cultural and material sense . |
| 18 | During a full meeting of the convention later , Councillor John Connolly , of Central Region and chairman of the COSLA water and sewerage committee , said that since a great deal had been heard about taking stock it was time Mr Lang faced up to the fact that he had completely lost the argument for privatised water and sewerage services , including a franchise arrangement . |
| 19 | She played those games — anything to keep the girls children as long as possible and not face up to the fact that she was over the hill . |
| 20 | For another , has the Scottish Tourist Board not cottoned on to the fact that this Sunday sailings issue is good copy . |
| 21 | They have cottoned on to the fact that the dealers come up with a different brand name every week . |
| 22 | To Churchill and other Allied leaders de Gaulle claimed to speak for France : his subsequent career as Liberator , Father-figure and statesman owed much to the fact that he spoke to the French — when all seemed lost . |
| 23 | The subsequent reconciliation of the bourgeoisie to " the coming of democracy " owed much to the fact that these fears ( or hopes ) were not realized , or realized at best only in part . |
| 24 | I refer especially to the fact that Mr. Thorpe had access to two general practitioners and thus to two separate decision-making processes , which arrived at different conclusions . |
| 25 | Some constables initially played up to the fact that their remarks would be appearing in print , hoping to identify themselves by saying something outrageous which was then suffixed by ‘ How about that for a quote for the book ? ’ |
| 26 | Mr Smith believes it lies in treating the educated public as reasonable people and facing up to the fact that their expectations do need satisfying . |
| 27 | ‘ We are only now facing up to the fact that people with learning difficulties are vulnerable to abuse . |
| 28 | The gallery 's present director , Nicholas Serota , is facing up to the fact that today , excluding the Turners , only one-fifth of the collections can be on display at any time . |
| 29 | The answer seems to lie in facing up to the fact that one particular cycle or era has finally come to a close and therefore both personally and professionally it would be wiser to channel your energies into something new . |
| 30 | This is not just climbing on to a fashionable band-wagon , it is facing up to the fact that for the first time in the history of our science we are approaching a general theory of the earth . |