Example sentences of "fact that it [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A general account of nomic connection is an aim of philosophy but no more an aim of science , despite the fact that it rests on such connection , than , say , a general theory of prosody is an aim of poets . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Sometimes the use may be authorised by virtue of the fact that it started before 1948 , and it might be prudent to seek a statutory declaration with regard to the long-established use , particularly where that use is of a commercial nature . |
| 4 | Development at Scott Lithgow could be hampered by the fact that it lies on unimproved land outside the Inverclyde Enterprise Zone . |
| 5 | Their opportunities , their perception of their opportunities , and their choices among their opportunities must all be determined by the complex whole , as must the fact that a ruling class opts for a particular ideology , and the fact that it opts for any justificatory ideology . |
| 6 | A relation is said to be transitive if the fact that it holds between two elements A and B , and also between B and some third element C , guarantees that it holds between A and C. The relation ’ — is longer than — ’ is thus transitive , because if A is longer than B , and B is longer than C , we can be sure that A is longer than C. In the case of an intransitive relation , on the other hand , the fact that it held between A and B , and between B and C , would entail that it did not hold between A and C. For instance , if A were the father of B , and B the father of C , then A could not be the father of C ; the relation ’ — father of — ’ is thus intransitive . |