Example sentences of "[adj] fact [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is also a sad fact that lots of these ponies go for meat . |
| 32 | It 's a sad fact that you can walk down almost any High Street in Britain and get conned by false ‘ sale ’ posters in shop windows . |
| 33 | It is no use bemoaning the sad fact that his days as a brilliantly athletic virtuoso in classical ballet seem to be over . |
| 34 | Very often , the actual fact that what had become boring has suddenly become forbidden , makes the couple start to enjoy sex again ! |
| 35 | That er it in actual fact and I 'm gon na hold you lads to all this . |
| 36 | Whereas in actual fact if they come in very nicely and ask very nicely , they might have got more than they actually got here when they came in shouting and yelling . |
| 37 | I mean are you saying Mr in actual fact if we take the reverse of what you what you said that the the M A F F establishment itself would would object to development being within a certain distance of its premises because of the requirements which they have in order to carry on their operations ? |
| 38 | up on a Sunday er we avoid all that and we , in actual fact if we go by we do n't even come into it till we get |
| 39 | But we reckon that in actual fact if you erm do n't do the we just dis discount the billing and collection and the pensions conversions and so on that we will actually get some benefits from the , the , the things that we 've already put in place this year , we reckon we can reduce that overspend on that side of it down to about a hundred and eighty two thousand erm because it 's , it 's nominal paper er transactions in a way . |
| 40 | than in actual fact because they 're making a |
| 41 | If that was true , it occurred to her that he had n't really believed what she had told him tonight , but whether he did nor not , it did n't alter the central fact that they were never going to be lovers . |
| 42 | Alright , you had your moan at me last time Melvin the pure fact that I had n't put the money in |
| 43 | It is a simple fact but one that is often overlooked in a busy day-to-day existence with so many other priorities demanding your time , but what can be more important than getting paid ? |
| 44 | One was the simple fact that it was directed at and mediated through adolescent boys , whose conception of the significance of their own behaviour is notably dramatic . |
| 45 | Other ACE players , however , say the reason behind SCO 's behaviour is the simple fact that it was never able to garner a market inside the Initiative for its product . |
| 46 | The simple fact that it 's not an adequate form of research does n't count for much in the commercial field . |
| 47 | The simple fact that he was in her husband 's employ gave her an advantage over him . |
| 48 | The simple fact that he has a family at all , is a married man with adult status , is a guarantee of some element of responsibility . |
| 49 | His immorality can be seen from the simple fact that he is a usurer . |
| 50 | You yourself are an example of this phenomenon at work , through the simple fact that you are reading this book . |
| 51 | To apply the principles of this meeting , and the crucial facts that its seemingly casual remarks convey — ‘ which he has done all along ’ and ‘ it grows better and better ’ — is to unveil a picture of Johnson , on the road , casting his eye repeatedly over Boswell 's entries . |
| 52 | Some people might claim that this is the equivalent of a retreat from reality ; but I wonder if the world of the emotions is not more real than the superficial actions that men think of as reality and I wonder if the world of the mind which is the highest evolutionary factor of man is not more real than the ordinary facts that we are really so far from understanding . |
| 53 | These amazing facts and lots , lots more , can be found in The Guinness Book of Records 1992 . |
| 54 | We supply the hard facts so you can do-it-yourself . |
| 55 | Using what little facts as she could chronologically find Dei then placed a perspective on this through ’ reading about the time she lived in and finding out about women 's lives in the 17th century Rome . |
| 56 | They also prove the frightening fact that its mainland-based active service units have no shortage of munitions or ideas to wrong-foot the authorities . |
| 57 | Are many of our women politicians the little girls who refused to recognise the unwelcome fact that they lacked a penis and , defiantly rebellious , exaggerated their masculinity … ? |
| 58 | In whatever sense it is to be recognized as an objective fact that I am now responding in awareness of more factors than before , my reaction will likewise be objectively better than before . |
| 59 | The case for the third , fourth and fifth defendants before this court , as before Sir Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson , is based upon the undisputed fact that none of the payments made by the investors was made to these defendants . |
| 60 | For the past 150 years our politicians have been droning on about the need to train the British worker to the level of the German , oblivious to the somewhat obvious fact that we are not Germans so can not be expected to behave like them . |