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
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