Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [prep] fact [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's also important to check that a trader who claims to belong to a trade association is in fact a member , and to check with the trade association that a code of practice offers what the trader says it does . |
| 2 | This objective aspect of the subsection is in fact the most practically important . |
| 3 | That what is on one side is in fact a category of diverse contents does not take away from the fundamental duality . |
| 4 | According to the Klaus camp , the Liberal Club is in fact a group of left-wingers bent on slowing the pace of reform . |
| 5 | Here the subject of enquiry purports to be an understanding of human nature , whereas the object of study is in fact the male half of society . |
| 6 | The chitin-protein complex is in fact a polydisperse glycoprotein in which rod-like chitin fibres 2–5 to 6.5 nm in diameter are embedded in a protein matrix ( Neville and Luke , 1969b ) . |
| 7 | The given connection between causal circumstance and effect is in fact the principal instance of what can be called fundamental nomic connection or fundamental necessary connection . |
| 8 | The second oral papilla is in fact the superficial first oral tentacle scale . |
| 9 | The circulation is erm is has grown every year we 've had it and that 's very important because erm a lot of the subscrip a lot of the circulation of Les Echo is in fact a subscription in advance such it 's cash generating qualities are high even when the profits are down . |
| 10 | Although at first sight the Bull-Leaping Fresco found in the cellars of the Labyrinth 's East Wing seems in its present reconstruction to show , on the left , a bull-leaper waiting to be hoisted into the air , the figure is in fact a bull-grappler and represents a group of two , three or four grapplers whose job it was to pad the horns , keep the bull 's head low and the rest of its body still during the leap . |
| 11 | Moreover , the bonus is in fact a first order approximation to the true change in welfare , which in figure 4.5 is the shaded area plus the dotted area ABE . |
| 12 | … The whole scene is in fact a kind of shorthand , since the film can not take ten real minutes to show someone smoking a cigarette to the last , which is the more natural behaviour of a worried man trying to think out a problem . |
| 13 | Learning a skill is in fact a fairly subconscious process . |
| 14 | However much he sounds like an aristocratic flasher , the Blue Baron is in fact a fictitious flying ace from the Great War and the star of Zeppelin 's latest budget blaster . |
| 15 | Now that it no longer seems so shocking that the town should have grown as it has , the newer half is in fact the more attractive , a fine example of what you might call the Thermal-Imperial style , imposing even in its incongruity , up here in the mountains , with its tall bourgeois hotels framed against the surrounding woods and crags . |
| 16 | What appears to be an institutionalization of pluralism is in fact a co-optation of dissidence — a form of social control . |
| 17 | This particular intercessor is in fact a vaguely humanoid stalagmite , which I suppose bears out what I was saying about our common need to find resemblances between rocks and persons . |
| 18 | ‘ Where all this is supposed to take place is in fact the site of the US military testing grounds , ’ Andy Roberts observes . |
| 19 | I hope that , as with some of the other CD singles in this series , the disc is in fact a taster for a well-filled Mason CD : there is a striking recent Double Concerto for Horn and trombone , a strange Horn Trio , and a huge , weird and wonderful String Quartet , which all deserve the repeated hearings the CD medium can provide [ CM ] |
| 20 | I believe the motive is in fact the enjoyment of riding a good horse fast over open country and I can understand that . |
| 21 | Belief in its importance is in fact a consequence of the recognition that people , including priests , are fallible , so that the right to challenge their views is a necessary condition of arriving at valid opinions . |
| 22 | His existential quest for Truth is in fact the key to his understanding and interpretation of the Bhagavad-Gītā . |
| 23 | The isosbestic point is in fact the point where the molar extinction coefficients of reagent and product are equal . |
| 24 | Of course , in many cases this rigidity is perfectly justified — the notion that the Moon is in fact a vast spaceship placed in Earth-orbit millions of years ago by visiting extraterrestrials has , shall we say , little in its favour . |
| 25 | A man 's heir is his sister 's son and the relationship is thus fraught with strains which Jack Goody sees as inevitable between property-holders and heirs ; the bond between uncle and nephew is in fact a direct counterpart of that between father and son in patrilineal societies . |
| 26 | ( The Napf is in fact the mountain core of the region round which this excursion route executes a nearly circular path , and from which radiate the streams and glens which have intersected the route . ) |
| 27 | Four large screws make sure the tailpiece is securely located , and it 'll need to be , since all twelve strings anchor in its raised tail , so what looks like a decoratively machined brass rod at the back is in fact a dozen ball-ends grouped together ! |
| 28 | Now Welsh has determined that this extension is in fact a huge tunnel that stretches well beyond the star itself . |
| 29 | The ‘ Glamaig Water ’ etching is in fact the Allt Daraich coming down from the corrie to the south of Glamaig and there I found one of the most reassuring sights of the Rambles . |
| 30 | And most bankers have come to understand that their trade is in fact a collection of diverse lines of business , each with its own and quite different economies of scale . |