Example sentences of "[art] fact [pers pn] [is] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ The fact he 's making a living in the game now is a sad reflection on the lack of true quality in football at the moment . |
2 | ‘ It 's something he 's had for some time , but I was always going to play him despite the trouble and the fact he 's one booking away from a ban . ’ |
3 | ‘ I think a lot of Canadians have been waiting with baited breath for several months wondering whether he will stay or go and I think the fact he 's leaving is going to be good for the country , ’ the deputy Liberal leader , Sheila Copps , said . |
4 | DOUG Pallett , who sits on Essex County Council 's education committee , makes no secret of the fact he is an educational hardliner . |
5 | It stars Victoria Abril as a sexy young widow who rents a room to Paco ( Jorge Sanz ) and despite the fact he is engaged to his virginal girlfriend , he is more than happy to be seduced by his landlady . |
6 | This movie is simply enormous fun , and despite the fact it 's treading down a well-worn Yuletide path with no major surprises it manages to invest an old tale with great oomph , humour and enough of a jaundiced eye to avoid the sucrose trap . |
7 | ‘ True as the fact it 's your round , gel . ’ |
8 | Erm the fact it 's now burning Australian coal does tend to undermine the arguments er but nevertheless it does have a good rail connection down to the coast , the p ports on the south coast where it can , can er take the stuff in from the er from the ports . |
9 | I can see a way out and I 'm taking it , and the fact it 's a kind of betrayal does n't really matter . |
10 | But I mean , going back to the fact it 's my one and only watch , I should think Susannah has had eight or ten watches . |
11 | I mean the fact it 's going up on |
12 | The satirical phrase used to embarrass the ‘ Action Men ’ is that they have the ‘ John Wayne syndrome ’ ; the fact it is Wayne rather than Rambo who is used to ridicule them gives a clue that it tends to be the older members of the force who use the term to describe the exuberant younger policemen . |
13 | ‘ I am not afraid of calling myself a trader despite the fact it is now rather fashionable to describe the field you work in as a profession , ’ he says . |
14 | She declined to be interviewed for this article , saying that her role as a musician is more important than the fact she 's a woman . |
15 | I do n't know how Leanne always gets it must be the fact she 's slim . |
16 | I goes I 'm not bothered about the fact she 's getting off with him , I 'm just thinking , you know , it 's not fair on Peter . |
17 | cos , cos you know for a fact it 's not |