Example sentences of "fact that it [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We precipitated the 13 October thing ’ , stated the occupiers , ‘ because we dispute the fact that It belongs to , or is owned by , anyone , or any small group of people . ’ |
| 2 | On his view the fact that it ceased to be a probability , and did occur , is something that might not have happened . |
| 3 | In addition the fact that it had to be paid in cash meant that the farmers had to sell their crop to the grain-dealer and then often enough borrow money from the money lender . |
| 4 | Since the 1920s concern has been expressed over the fact that it tends to be the younger and better qualified people who are 51 leaving the less dynamic North , thus undermining the ability of the latter to rejuvenate itself . |
| 5 | This transformation represented a consistent outgrowth of existing Whig or Tory principles , but the fact that it occurred to a greater or lesser extent with different individuals helps explain why such a broad spectrum of opinion existed within the two parties . |
| 6 | Howard might well have been impressed by the importance given to classification by TDC , despite the fact that it seems to be unfashionable in western European administrations . |
| 7 | Another method of identification has recently become more widely accepted , in spite of the fact that it needs to be implanted surgically by a vet , although this is a relatively minor procedure . |
| 8 | The second sentence is perfectly unexceptionable apart from the fact that it appears to be in flat contradiction of the first : involuntary unemployment is a ‘ theoretical construct ’ — surely theoretical constructs fall within the purview of economic theory ! — which was developed to explain the very real and painful phenomenon of large-scale unemployment . |