Example sentences of "[to-vb] the fact [that] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The novel does not question the concept of ‘ theory ’ so much as those theories which refuse to acknowledge the fact that they are ‘ fantastic structures ’ in the mode of the hypothetical , and that their status as autonomous systems will always be compromised by their relation to their object . |
| 2 | but I said to Don , Well I would have thought they have had to have been displayed er to support the fact that they do have incident s you know trained incident stewards on site . |
| 3 | The House of Mattli is expanding from couture into ready-to-wear and one of the big Bristol stores , Taylors , are putting on a show to publicise the fact that they will be stocking the new prêt-à-porter ' , Arlene explained . |
| 4 | I was prepared to accept the fact that they would kill a man or boy with as little compunction as I would shoot a buck . |
| 5 | Looking at the audience , you may find that only those in the first five rows are alert and interested — the next five rows are straining forward , probably frowning , while the people in the back of the hall have given up and are doing their best to hide the fact that they are nodding off . |
| 6 | It was a decoy to hide the fact that they were also killing members of the political opposition . |
| 7 | After the failure of a ‘ respectable ’ revolution in 1819 the conspiracy fell into the hands of young officers and Masons who used the mysterious procedures of the sect in order to hide the fact that they did not have the ‘ old gang 's ’ financial backing for the reward of wholesale desertion . |
| 8 | These soldiers were generally known as Brabançons , but sometimes as Navarrese or Basques or Germans , not so much to indicate their precise place of origin as to express the fact that they were foreigners and spoke a language which was not understood . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , punk served to obscure the fact that they made some of the greatest rock ever . |
| 10 | Many teachers try to obscure the fact that they are teaching in a multiracial school . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , punk served to obscure the fact that they made some of the greatest rock ever . |
| 12 | Therefore , they try to conceal the fact that they are talking to people , sometimes by giving the impression through non-verbal behaviour that they are issuing directions , or by calling at their homes . |
| 13 | Nomura Securities , Nikko Securities , Daiwa Securities and Yamaichi Securities were accused by the national tax authorities of having attempted to conceal the fact that they had made compensation payments to certain large clients who had made losses after taking their investment advice . |
| 14 | Exporters , particularly ones who are acting like brokers — sourcing the goods from outside their own firm , will often try to use the fact that they have a Documentary Credit from a foreign bank in their favour as a way of financing their operation . |
| 15 | This suggests that secondary females are somehow able to recognise the fact that they are not going to get any help from the male . |
| 16 | However , we have tended to overlook the fact that they may in some circumstances be met in other ways . |
| 17 | But the gimmicky nature of those films ( stooping to ‘ Blackula ’ and ‘ Blackenstein ’ ) and their poor production values — not to mention the fact that they were frequently made by white directors — ensured that their popularity quickly faded . |
| 18 | However , I think the practicalities in the situation are that we have to face the fact that they are not going to behave impartially and you see we have a classic example in er the circumstances of our own situation as described by John . |