Example sentences of "fact [conj] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The firm 's pattern of growth , as in the case of Heidrick and Struggles , was very dependent on individual personalities , and also suffered from the fact that the most successful headhunters are usually the worst managers . |
| 2 | The electoral unpopularity of Tariff Reform might not have been decisive in defeating Chamberlain 's programme had it not been for the fact that the most powerful sections of Britain 's business élite — and in particular the bankers of the City of London — agreed with the voters . |
| 3 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that when he next meets representatives of the west midlands CBI or any other CBI — the north-west is my area — they are likely to raise the fact that the most powerful economies of the world , especially Germany and Japan are based on a substantial manufacturing base ? |
| 4 | It was as if events had conspired to make her forget Ascot , Pendero , the fact that the most important person in her world had been clubbed to death because he wanted to save her from the fate that he had suffered . |
| 5 | But how does he answer his fellow Conservatives like Herr Kohl , or Mr. Eyskens , of Belgium , who says : ’ It is a fact that the most competitive countries in Europe are also the ones with the best social and employment provision ’ ? |
| 6 | Nevertheless , given that the PWR is unfamiliar technology in the UK , the fact that the most pessimistic sensitivity displayed is a 10 per cent overrun means that the CEGB has hardly covered the credible range of possible outcomes . |
| 7 | The LP has just confirmed the fact that the most interesting thing about them is their hard-earned reputation as the hell-raising punks that everyone loves to hate . |
| 8 | On the one hand its ultra-patriotism and Ger-manophobia made it an important driving force behind the campaign for no compromise and total victory ; but against this was the undoubted fact that the most dynamic political leadership and organizing ability to ensure this outcome was provided by Lloyd George , the radical right 's bête noire . |
| 9 | Those interested in Gothic and early Renaissance sculpture can take comfort in the fact that the presumably single volume covering the sculpture of the period before 1540 , currently being worked on by Jeremy Warren , is bound to be cheaper . |
| 10 | Yet the fact that the superficially similar designs also differ , testifies to their independent evolutionary origins and histories . |
| 11 | And these facts go some way to explain the astonishing further fact that the Ultra secret was kept not merely during the War , but for 30 years afterwards — a phenomenon that may well be unparalleled in history ! |
| 12 | So , at end-1984 , therefore , the nuclear industry is looking more bullish than for many years , despite the fact that the environmentally committed Greens are strongly represented in state and federal parliaments . |
| 13 | This reflects the fact that the very far-reaching social changes that have overtaken the English countryside in recent decades have been rooted first and foremost in changes within the agricultural industry — the decline of the landed estates , the technological revolution in farming , the drift from the land of agricultural workers , and so on . |
| 14 | Arguably , it lies in the fact that the very best American radio ads are genuinely original and imaginative , and these hardly exist in the UK . |
| 15 | Is it not a fact that the very serious death threat that has been made against a British citizen — a death threat made by someone who is , in effect , the leader of a foreign country with which we have diplomatic relations is of such importance that we should have a statement at the earliest opportunity ? |
| 16 | There are some valid reasons for this , principally the fact that the more limited range of user needs reduces the complexity of the operation of provision . |
| 17 | The fact that the more complex realms of human action and reflection are the most important and valuable should inhibit us in assuming that all education should issue in behaviourally identifiable skills . |
| 18 | It is a fact that the more serious the crime , and the more awful the act , the more costly the nature of reconciliation . |
| 19 | Sessions of the Supreme Soviet and of its standing commissions were dominated by these important figures , a domination reinforced by the fact that the more humble deputies were not usually elected for a second term . |