Example sentences of "by the fact [that] it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her affection for the Bomb is explained by the fact that it is energy-charged and penis-shaped . |
| 2 | I think if you do n't do that , you 'll very easily become over-influenced at the time by the fact that it is a crisis you 're dealing with . |
| 3 | And the peculiarly British nature of the phenomenon is emphasised by the fact that it is almost always BBC tie-in books that are involved . |
| 4 | Servers can run DOS too , but this operating system is limited by the fact that it is designed to handle only one task at a time . |
| 5 | The problem is made worse by the fact that it is difficult to detect in yourself . |
| 6 | Law , that is to say , is made valid by my experience of it , and not by the fact that it is presented to me as law . |
| 7 | That the party has little popular support , even within its own ranks , is shown by the fact that it is purging its own educated ‘ native ’ members who might voice discontent over the party 's subservience to Soviet Russia … |
| 8 | This is partly due to the different religious and cultural traditions , but is also influenced by the fact that it is extremely difficult to produce curved and flowing lines unless the knotting is reasonably fine . |
| 9 | Recruitment should be helped by the fact that it is an existing group . |
| 10 | Thus , taking the phrase which Bolinger uses as an example , it is certainly not the properties inherent in being a man that are strengthened when one utters a sentence such as : ( 19 ) walking into the bakery , I met the very man The same conclusion is indicated by the fact that it is perfectly satisfactory to use very in conjunction with a word like one ( as Bolinger himself observes ) , and yet this does not express any property which can be intensified , except singularity which is of course intensified by a quite different word ; note the following : ( 20 ) that is the very one ( 21 ) the supermarket did n't have a single one Actually , when very operates within a noun phrase it clearly acts as an intensifier of exactitude , not of quantity , so it is entirely natural that it should focus on the article ; that is , it does indeed qualify a property , but that property is , approximately , the notion " recognizable by my audience " , as expressed in the definite article . |
| 11 | A futures contract is distinguished from a forward contract by the fact that it is traded anonymously as a homogeneous product on an exchange , whereas a forward contract is one whose specification is determined in direct negotiation between a particular seller and a particular buyer , and is therefore not normally tradeable . |