Example sentences of "[art] plain fact [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the plain fact is that this number of children are dying every day — dying from diseases we know how to cure . |
| 2 | The plain fact is that Syria , together with the principal promoters of the Arab League ‘ peace plan ’ such as the US and Saudi Arabia , and its reluctant supporters such as France , have taken fright at its enforcement . |
| 3 | And the plain fact is that Hector is n't . ’ |
| 4 | Although a fuller account would include a detailed analysis of all sources of income , the plain fact is that by far the largest source of pensioners ' income is social security , comprising 60 per cent , with the retirement pension alone making up 49 per cent of pensioner income . |
| 5 | For the plain fact is , we are saying many different things . |
| 6 | The plain fact is , however , that behaviour , whether it is deliberate or not , always influences people . |
| 7 | The plain fact is that in most of your interactions with other people you are seeking to exert some influence — to persuade . |
| 8 | The plain fact is , surely , that Wordsworth was intensely politically conscious all his life ; he may have changed sides , but he never lost interest in the battle . |
| 9 | ‘ The plain fact is , ’ Niki noted , ‘ that I am caught up in an insane series of setbacks which are oppressive in their consistency and which seem to … prey on my mind . |
| 10 | The plain fact is that any move to split up the political system of the United kingdom would increase the chance of having Conservative Government in England . |
| 11 | There is clear evidence that both the pervasiveness and seriousness of soccer violence have been exaggerated : ‘ The plain fact is , the great majority of spectators who attend football matches are unlikely to ever witness an instance of personal assault let alone be the victim of one ’ ( Melnick , 1986:9 ) . |
| 12 | The plain fact is that one may learn something about features of recovery by looking at large numbers of individuals but the converse does not wholly follow . |
| 13 | The plain fact is that even in a deposit based account , unless you 're a non-tax payer , any interest you make will already have had tax deducted and you may find your money is probably doing no more than keeping pace with inflation . |
| 14 | The plain fact is , if a PC does what you want it to do at a speed you 're happy with , then its performance is perfectly acceptable . |
| 15 | The plain fact is , constructing a spreadsheet can be a time consuming business , and editing one can be a morass of potential errors . |
| 16 | The plain fact is , there is an optimum configuration for any given application , and it may be completely different from the optimum for any other . |
| 17 | The plain fact is , you can get hooked on watching this ‘ utility ’ do its bit . |
| 18 | The plain fact is that the feeble PC beep , usually allied to a tiny ( and tinny ) speaker is the laughing stock of the computer world — almost every other type of computer has sound capabilities that make the PC more to be pitied than laughed at . |
| 19 | But the plain fact is that I have had a devilish run of ill luck , and I do not care for Thompson 's tariff . |
| 20 | The plain fact is that some elements of the social charter would run the risk — indeed , would make it a real possibility — of this country returning to some of the trade union practices that did so much damage during the 1970s . |
| 21 | The plain fact is that there are steps that Cleveland should be taking to improve the way that it manages education spending . |
| 22 | Whatever one 's views on public subsidy , the plain fact is that people involved with industries that receive public subsidies always know it and they have that awful feeling that other people are supporting them . |
| 23 | Although many people do not like talk of market forces , the plain fact is that in the real world we simply can not ignore them . |
| 24 | But the plain fact is , and genuinely I mean this , er , er , erm , if it were as simple working across the boundaries between yourselves and the Health Authority , between yourselves and the private sector , with the voluntary sector , and the great army of unpaid helpers if it was that simple , erm , then we would have moved a long way along that line towards implementation of a humane and caring care in the community twenty years ago , when these debates first started . |
| 25 | ‘ The plain fact is we are a small independent company , and we just can not afford to spend 2m ( pounds ) on new printing machines . |
| 26 | The plain fact is that us women are fussy . |
| 27 | The plain fact is that if most 16 year olds turn down full-time employment they merely reduce their chances of being in jobs two years on . ’ |