Example sentences of "[adj] fact [be] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interesting fact was that it was recorded back in 1990 as part of a series of people at work and was delayed because of the Gulf War . |
| 2 | The salient fact is that what is uniquely on offer at these parties is not all-night dancing or a few boutique drugs , but fantasy-sensation itself : the orgiastic effect of thousands of people mainlining heavy acid rock at the level of total sound . |
| 3 | The clear fact was that he was having serious trouble knowing where to start . |
| 4 | The sad fact is that we do not always treat our children very well . |
| 5 | Parts of it may seem distasteful , even shocking , but the sad fact is that there are many others who have suffered far worse degradations . |
| 6 | The sad fact is that our beautiful scenery is being destroyed through sheer weight of visitors . |
| 7 | The simple fact is that we believe , as the Opposition have so far , that the best way to make movements along those lines is through international agreement and through the International Maritime Organisation . |
| 8 | The simple fact is that there needs to be an elite within the NHS , no matter how divisive that may sound if you 're reading this in Dorset or Manchester or Gwent . |
| 9 | The basic fact is that there is no point in having such a terribly destructive nuclear ‘ deterrent ’ anywhere . |
| 10 | The hard fact is that whatever road we choose to travel this becomes a direct cost to our business without adding a single penny to output and , therefore , profitability . |
| 11 | And whether that was said or not , Wallace , the bald fact is that we would n't really need you any longer , would we ? |
| 12 | All this seems fairly straightforward , but the remarkable fact is that there are particles that do not look the same if one turns them through just one revolution : you have to turn them through two complete revolutions ! |
| 13 | For the twentieth-century facts were that they were a small , oppressed , poor and exploited people , in thrall to the then all-mighty English , and their sole singularity was the Welsh language and only a quarter of them spoke that . |
| 14 | It seemed to me that it was wanting in every detail , but the objective facts are that I was five feet two and a half , weighed eight stone five , and had my fair share of acne . |
| 15 | Scott J did not hint at the reason for such a conclusion , leaving one to speculate as to whether the continued liability of L1 derives from the fact that he is an original party to the lease and therefore subject to the continued liability imposed by the doctrine of privity of contract , or if the important fact is that it was L1 who granted the right of way ( to B ) the exercise of which amounted to a breach of covenant . |
| 16 | We do n't know what the full facts are and I would not want to comment in detail . |
| 17 | The plain fact is that one may learn something about features of recovery by looking at large numbers of individuals but the converse does not wholly follow . |
| 18 | The plain fact is that us women are fussy . |
| 19 | The plain fact is that there are steps that Cleveland should be taking to improve the way that it manages education spending . |
| 20 | But the plain fact is that I have had a devilish run of ill luck , and I do not care for Thompson 's tariff . |
| 21 | The inescapable fact is that I did n't want to be a woman , although I was unaware of this at the time . |
| 22 | The bleak fact is that what should be a matter of political principle is being determined by calculations of party advantage . |
| 23 | The first assured biographical fact is that he was married 22 November 1762 in the parish church of St Peter , Wolverhampton , to Mary , spinster of that parish , daughter of William Stringer . |
| 24 | As for his Greek readers , the only certain fact is that he was famous enough to be copied — or summarized — by his younger contemporary Diodorus . |
| 25 | The letter may well be a fake but the worrying fact is that it proves there is a dirty tricks campaign designed to blacken the name of the Princess . |
| 26 | The striking fact was that his ability to obtain or retain interlocutory injunctions against the Guardian and the Observer was ‘ wholly unaffected ’ by the Independent 's publication of Spycatcher material in April 1987 . |
| 27 | The absurd fact was that he had married her for her gaiety . |
| 28 | But the undeniable fact was that we were trawling in previously loyal BBC viewers who simply preferred the way we presented the news . |
| 29 | The most annoying fact was that it could and should have been a masterpiece . |