Example sentences of "of [art] fact that [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On account of the fact that somebody 's mis-filed my folder . |
| 2 | Tucker , who is due to retire in the autumn , said : ‘ I regard the honour as a tribute to the work of Navy News staff past and present , and I 'm particularly proud of the fact that ours has always been virtually an in-house production . |
| 3 | Furthermore , the duty to uphold and support just institutions is , in some respects , wider than the duty which devolves on one as a result of the fact that someone has legitimate authority over one , in three different ways . |
| 4 | In spite of the fact that there has been a very long tradition of work on rural land use , including the invaluable land use survey of the 1930s ( Stamp , 1962 ) , and its revival in the second survey of the 1960s and 1970s * ( Coleman et al , 1974 ) and much other detailed work from other sources ( Hart , 1980 ; Coppock , 1960a ; Best , 1981 ) as shown in Table 8. 1 , there is still a desperate need ( Hall , 1 974 , 414 ) for a ‘ national Domesday book for land use , preferably updated every 10 years at the time of the population census ’ . |
| 5 | Ten years later , in 1935 , the year of McDougall 's retirement another attempt at explanation was made in that year 's annual report : In view of the fact that there appears to be a feeling in some quarters that the British Deaf and Dumb Association has outlived its usefulness the executive committee desires to make the position clear by the following statement : The British Deaf and Dumb Association is the oldest National Organisation for the Deaf in the country . |
| 6 | Harriet says it 's unusual for chess to make the front pages of the papers , in spite of the fact that she 's been on the front page of The Times . |
| 7 | Fashanu , 29 , has made no secret of the fact that he wants to fill Lineker 's boots for England , even offering to cut down his commitments outside of soccer for his country and a move to Spurs would help . |
| 8 | The bitter injustice which is afflicting him so deeply now is that in spite of the fact that he has been perfectly all right ever since , no-one will believe it . |
| 9 | One of the lads is proud of the fact that he has managed to avoid doing any writing for the past year or so ! |
| 10 | Applying this principle to insider dealing , it could be argued that a company has the right to bring an action against an insider for any profit made by reason of the fact that he has ( i ) abused his fiduciary position by using unpublished price sensitive information which he acquired by virtue of his position as an insider ; or ( ii ) misappropriated corporate property ( it is essential under this head that unpublished price sensitive information be seen as property ; whether it is , is not entirely clear ) . |
| 11 | This is in spite of the fact that he believes there 's no evidence that watching violence on screen leads to violence in real life . |
| 12 | The novel can plausibly be labelled science fiction by virtue of the fact that it takes place in the future and involves ‘ alien ’ life forms , but the use of science and other specialized discourses is kept to a minimum . |
| 13 | The nul curriculum exists by reason of the fact that it does not exist — it is what is conveyed by omission , avoidance , bypassing , as well as by ridiculing , criticizing , and putting-down . |
| 14 | Another method of identification has recently become more widely accepted , in spite of the fact that it needs to be implanted surgically by a vet , although this is a relatively minor procedure . |
| 15 | Simply by the virtue of the fact that it provides a varied selection of business case studies with video , Business Assignments is a remarkable set of materials . |
| 16 | ‘ The chance of a lifetime ’ did n't arrive at the most convenient moment for Helen Dobson ( seven months into a new job ) but when it came she grabbed it , in spite of the fact that it has left her biting her nails about future career prospects . |
| 17 | SCO , whose revenues are thought to be double USL 's and whose board reportedly wants to cash out , makes no secret of the fact that it has been contemplating its own initial public offering ( IPO ) for some time . |
| 18 | The success of floating should be judged in the light of the fact that it has usually operated under unfavourable circumstances , and thus the concerted adoption of floating exchange rates in more stable circumstances might well yield different results and evaluation . |
| 19 | The local work force in Cumbernauld is very proud of the fact that it has exceeded the quality standards in OKI 's Japanese plants . |
| 20 | The local work force in Cumbernauld is very proud of the fact that it has exceeded the quality standards in OKI 's Japanese plants . |
| 21 | So too an answer is needed to the question of whether the failure to manage the transfer of information and the joint planning of a continuous four-year scheme between two different phases and organizations of education has led to the achievement of less than was hoped for , regardless of the fact that it has been very heavily funded . |
| 22 | This is the approach taken in Thru where ‘ concrete prose ’ is used to exploit the possibilities of the printed word , creating a text that is ‘ unspeakable ’ by virtue of the fact that it relies on visual as well as auditory performance . |