Example sentences of "fact [conj] we [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 It 's important but I , I would n't I do n't want to er get carried away with the fact that we 're not performing well because we are performing well .
3 In spite of what one reads and hears , we can take that as being a pretty definitive er word on , on the fact that we 're not being conned or ripped off in any way at all .
4 Alert them to the fact that we 're on to something , if they know we 've out-guessed them in their stupid game , then we do n't know what they might do .
5 A lot of these queries , or some of it stems from the fact that we 're also conscious of the fact that we ca n't keep passing things to Gary when he 's only got one person
6 I was pretty certain of the approach I had to take and the fact that we 're virtually the same age was an advantage .
7 Congress has already discussed the fact that we 're very concerned about the drop in membership .
8 The policy 's to be welcomed in the fact that we 're actually attending er , less and less calls .
9 Women are twice as likely as men to get skin cancer and experts put that down to the fact that we 're more fond of sunbathing .
10 This accursed recession has blinded us to the fact that we are well placed , vis-a-vis our competitors in Europe , to create wealth .
11 This is due to the fact that we are no longer told to add crushed rusks to our babies ' bottles at just a few weeks old .
12 The fact that we are here again , just as keen to see the King 's Cross project coming into being , demonstrates clearly that the two schemes are and always have been separate .
13 The significance of this distinction lies in the fact that we are here concerned with the second category of standard terms , often referred to as " back of order " conditions , because they are typically printed on the back of business order forms or similar contract documentation .
14 Given the stance of policy approved Policy I eleven in relation to B eight development and the fact that we are here discussing an alteration not a review and replacement of the structure plan , does anyone around the table she said looking hard at Mr Saunders , see any difficulty in the panel poten potentially recommending a policy which would be in direct wi conflict with the policy which is not before it ?
15 The bid to crack the American market had n't worked , as Isidore Ostrer explained , due to ‘ the fact that we are not accorded playing time in the most important situations , these being almost exclusively controlled by American producing interests . ’
16 We have to face the fact that we are not a nice species .
17 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 .
18 Recognition of the true self can only come about when we show the world that we accept the fact that we are not the perfect , flawless human beings we wish to portray — when we stop living a lie .
19 The fact that human beings have quite a variation of abilities and shortcomings attests to the fact that we are not all twisted in the same areas .
20 In view of the fact that we are not seeking , for the moment at least , to produce a marketable product , it is my intention that this letter should constitute our contract .
21 I think we are goi we are going to have to face the fact that we are not going to get an outing
22 Does my right hon. Friend agree that a tax-raising Scottish assembly would be the worst thing for Scotland because it would discourage the inward investment which will be encouraged into the United Kingdom by the fact that we are not part of the social charter ?
23 A Service of Reconciliation is an opportunity to remember and to respond to the fact that we are individually and as a body loved by God .
24 One has to be , but it does n't blind me to the fact that we are both solemn underneath the surface .
25 All the same , the fact that we are consciously mathematical , that we consciously incorporate straight lines and rectangles and arcs of circles into our artifacts , that we measure things and reckon by numbers , does seem to be a very fundamental human characteristic which is of great importance for the way we organize our lives .
26 The the fact that we are very good at what we do .
27 It 's the fact that we are so close to America , that we 've got this highly dynamic American sound that we had in the sixties in this country with the kind of dynamism in the sixties and the desire to sort of break through all kinds of formal barriers — I mean the mini skirt period , you know what I mean and in certain cities , like Liverpool , where this feeling of it is necessary to break through barriers to create this kind of dynamic sort of extremely vital sound .
28 Books Etc was , he said , ‘ perturbed by the fact that we are still seeing a galaxy of British paperbacks at the airside of Heathrow terminals presented with a flourish as ‘ unavailable elsewhere in the UK ’ ’ .
29 I hope she would be pleased by our efforts , in spite of the fact that we are still here and needed .
30 ‘ I 'm happy with our current position and the fact that we are still undefeated .
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