Example sentences of "[adj] fact that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ability of DNA to cut and splice , to jump in and out of chromosomes at the drop of a hat , is one of the more exciting facts that have come to light since the first edition of this book was published . |
| 2 | Of course , the models of analysis are metaphors too , and it is the recognition of this unavoidable fact that points to the linkage of isomorphism across the reading experience . |
| 3 | I 'm indebted to Peterborough in the TELEGRAPH for pointing out an interesting fact that appears to illustrate how we differ from the Americans . |
| 4 | In eukaryotes , in contrast , recombination is usually confined to members of a sexually reproducing species , although there are some facts that suggest that distant gene transfer is not wholly absent . |
| 5 | Thank you Chairman , erm I 'm delighted to be the last person to present a set of budget proposals as it gives me the opportunity to draw attention to some facts that seems to have been overlooked by the representatives of the other two groups . |
| 6 | It is this fact that makes preference shareholders legal owners of the firm and explains why preference shares are included with ordinary shares in the analysis of the firm : if preferred shareholders do not receive dividends , then neither will ordinary shareholders . |
| 7 | Whilst information is as complete as possible there will undoubtedly be additional interesting facts that need recording , and anyone having such knowledge is invited to write to me . |
| 8 | The raw materials are the real facts that happened in the past ; historians supply manufactured goods in which the facts are processed according to the prejudices of the manufacturers and the demands of the consumers . |
| 9 | It is an established fact that copyholders regularly sublet their tenements either whole or in part ; the manor of Rodley , Gloucs. , evolved a complex framework of rules to govern it . |
| 10 | It was the latter fact that got him so many commissions from the Church of England , who abhorred the Catholic leanings of Pugin and his stable . |
| 11 | But if a particular is to be successfully identified non-demonstratively — it is argued — there must be an individuating fact that relates it uniquely to the " present situation of reference " . |
| 12 | Then he pulled down the oven door , smelt the sweet , fatty smell of the meat and knew that it was probably this very fact that accounted for his decision to go through with the business . |
| 13 | The very fact that philip Augustus made no serious attempt to invade or attack Gascon ) , in the campaigns of 1202–4 may be more than simply a comment upon the military limitations of the French crown . |
| 14 | These are some of the uncanny facts that have caused us to consider Messrs Hill and Jackson and ejaculate , ‘ Whooo … spooky ! ’ |
| 15 | Certainly , very few linguists have produced analyses of linguistic facts that make use of gross functional categories of this sort ( but cf. |
| 16 | But the overwhelming fact that emerges from the decades of dedicated work , using ever more sophisticated technology , is that the creature skills develop no further . |
| 17 | Perhaps the only facts that seem to be emerging on this topic are the following two : first , slavery is rare among hunters and gatherers , and , secondly , it occurs most often among pastoralists [ Goody , 1980 ] . |
| 18 | Perhaps it was because she was American , but all this supposition failed before the one fact that mattered to him : he had come to love her passionately , wanted to fulfil that love , and he did not know what to do about it ! |
| 19 | Erm I mean one one fact that emerged after the the riots , when the actual arrest figures were were analyzed , was that the vast majority of people who were arrested at any rate , did n't come from the area . |
| 20 | There is one fact that has led people to think that evolution has crossed valleys . |
| 21 | One fact that contradicts it immediately is that women are often in the vanguard of linguistic change towards the standard variety . |
| 22 | To prove my point , it is a well-known fact that barbel quite often grab the ‘ feeder itself , sometimes even before it has reached bottom . |
| 23 | Just the sort of miserable fact that keeps a short giggling in his sleep . |
| 24 | Its digital nature is not an incidental fact that happens to be true of genetic information technology . |
| 25 | The material new facts that have emerged involve new evidence from certain officers who were present on the night of the crime and who witnessed certain things . |
| 26 | So so what you 're saying is it was not related that credit was refused , not because of that fact that say people were actually on benefits , cos er the same person actually somewhere else would would probably get It 's the very fact they actually live in the flats , that actually has largely accounted for people not being able to get credit . |