Example sentences of "[prep] [art] fact that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This sort of nonsense could have been fairly innocuous had it not been for the fact that under Napoleon I , the frequent employment of courtiers in great and influential offices of state had led to a gradual isolation of the Emperor , which in turn gave too much power to those close to the throne , many of whom , it should be noted , actively worked against him in the last years of the reign . |
| 2 | For the fact that at the time Picasso saw the work as unfinished , allows us an insight into his aesthetic intentions and his technical procedure . |
| 3 | This accounts for the fact that on cloudy nights , when there are no stars to be seen , they tend to wander off course and may even get completely lost . |
| 4 | This hypothesis can account for the fact that on cooling , rapid crystal growth is seen to occur which is inconsistent with the need for long range diffusion if the regularly folding lamellae were forming . |
| 5 | I was in command of a heavily laden Stirling which was renowned for the fact that on a cold night the engines took a long time , even with the grills closed , to warm up . |
| 6 | Here is a testable prediction , all the more interesting for the fact that for appropriately chosen orientations of the axes unc one can show that quantum mechanics leads to a violation of the Bell inequality . |
| 7 | Soviet recognition was extended to the Castro government a few days after it had taken power , but this was not reciprocated , and it appears to have been the Cubans , concerned not to give Washington any pretext for claiming that Communism had arrived in the Caribbean , who were responsible for the fact that for well over a year after the revolution the two countries did not have diplomatic ties . |
| 8 | But this would also account for the fact that within this system many singers — Marie Lloyd , for instance — retained performing styles heavily influenced by oral traditions ; they often did not read music — as , notoriously , the accompanying orchestras had to remember . |
| 9 | Were it not for the fact that in lanes , roads , and street , |
| 10 | This may have been no shattering revelation for any man to make if it had n't been for the fact that in the hot steamy summer of ‘ 89 Lowe got himself laid by two girls in Atlanta , Georgia . |
| 11 | It is suggested that this accounts , at least in part , for the fact that in most developing and some developed countries infants and young children of rural mothers generally face a lower probability of defeating life hazards than do those born to urban mothers . |
| 12 | By the early nineteenth century even an Anglican clergyman was prepared to give credit to the Methodists for the fact that in Cornwall there were no more " desperate wrestling matches … and inhuman cockfights " and fewer " riotous revellings " . |
| 13 | The door opened unexpectedly , and he would have fallen into the dark kitchen were it not for the fact that after four inches it jarred and stuck . |
| 14 | There was no dispute about the fact that on 25 January 1990 , when the agreement was made , the Ledingham-Smiths could not pay their debts as they fell due , but they thought that if the business could be sold with an adequate payment for goodwill , all creditors would be paid in full . |
| 15 | Lynda says that she did think long and hard about changing careers — not least about the fact that as a Stoy 's partner she could soon be drawing a six figure profit share , compared to the substantially lower salary she would get at C&R . |
| 16 | I think I talked to Basil about the fact that in America everybody thought of English paintings as being what my father collected or Mr Huntington collected or Mr Frick collected all those big portraits . |
| 17 | At the same time she could n't help but wonder about the fact that in the space of twelve months he had been involved in three relationships , Anna Wallace , Amanda Knatchbull and herself , any one of which could have ended in marriage . |
| 18 | For the latter , I usually talk people through the fact that after saying it we will clap our hands , stamp our feet , scratch our ears and finally shout hooray . |
| 19 | This is surprising in view of the fact that over a longer term measurements can vary by much more than this . |
| 20 | There is little doubt either of the " extraordinary correspondence between the virtues which Methodism inculcated in the working class and the desiderata of middle-class Utilitarianism " , or of the fact that through the process of religious conversion and its reinforcement through the spiritual discipline of the Methodist system of regular " class " meetings , these attitudes were deeply instilled . |
| 21 | More recently there have been letters and articles predicting a world population of 15 billion , but no account has been taken of the fact that between 10 and 25 per cent could die of AIDS in the next twenty years , as is already happening in parts of Africa . |
| 22 | No mention of the fact that between them , Newcastle and Swindon had 34 shots at goal ; not even a reference to the one and only Glen Hoddle , who in the entire match misplaced only one pass . |
| 23 | In spite of the fact that since the Clean Air Act of 1956 , pollution caused by smoke has been greatly reduced to the benefit of those who live in the cities , we must not fool ourselves into thinking that there is no longer any problem . |
| 24 | So I think , from the trade union movement 's point of view , we can feel especially proud of the fact that on Monday we 'll be celebrating the forty fifth anniversary of the Health Service , and all the advantages that that 's brought to members of our communities and members of our , of our families . |
| 25 | That is to say , I did not take sufficient account of the fact that at that time of the day , what Mr Farraday enjoys is a conversation of a lighthearted , humorous sort . |
| 26 | This could have come about by virtue of the fact that at every stage of evolution the original life force ( whatever it may have been and relegated in this book to the pre-life period ) was always carried by the species at the head of the chain , and this was the species which would ultimately become the human race . |
| 27 | The possibility that we belong to such a so-called noumenal realm ( that is , a realm of things in themselves ) in our true being , also suggests dimly how it can be possible that ultimately we are free agents , who can cause ourselves to act according to the moral law , whatever the pressures upon us , in spite of the fact that at the level of appearance we are simply parts of the natural order of cause and effect , and as such merely animals impelled by our instinctive desires |
| 28 | but I 'm trying to make you aware of the fact that at some stage we should be looking long and hard at closing , right we 'd ask the questions , you 're quite good at asking questions , some sale field do n't ask question , do n't ask questions , right see you want to have a |
| 29 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I am well aware of the fact that for some years now you have cut yourself off from your past and not deigned to reply to the letters of your friends , or even to return their calls , taking refuge in your answering machine and pretending not to be in when they rang at the bell . |
| 30 | They should also know that it is very important that there must be established in the child 's mind at a very early age a dawning awareness of the fact that for all his life he will be required to submit to control from some source or other . |