Example sentences of "fact that [num] [no cls] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , if the crude mechanism of totting up the votes for different parties is to be employed for the purpose of supporting a specific contention , there is the inconvenient fact that 79 per cent of those who voted in Scotland backed parties that wish to maintain the Union . |
| 2 | It expresses particular concern about the fact that 10 per cent of England 's salty lagoons are projected to be lost over the next 20 years : " Their rarity , both in England and on a European scale , is such that their conservation is of the highest importance . " |
| 3 | It is possible to find the origin of the synapses ending on cells of the type Hubel and Wiesel recorded from , and it is an amazing fact that 80 per cent or more of their excitatory input comes from other cortical cells , and less than 20 per cent from the nerve fibres coming up from the eye . |
| 4 | Keith Pringle ( ‘ Gender politics ' 4 March ) asserts that because of male socialisation and the fact that 77 per cent of abusers are thought to be male , all men may have some potential to commit sexual abuse . |
| 5 | Of particular importance for the residential sector was the fact that 75 per cent of the children admitted compulsorily were placed first in some form of residential care , with half of them in observation and assessment centres or in reception homes ( p. 162 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ The judges were also impressed by the fact that 75 per cent of people who complete the programme find jobs when they have finished it , which is an astonishingly high success rate . ’ |
| 7 | Added to the problem of divorce is the fact that 34 per cent of marriages now involve the remarriage of one or more partners . |
| 8 | In particular , he fails to comment on the fact that eighty-five per cent of the seven-year-olds passed item ( 1 ) — a fact which suggests that even younger children might have been capable of passing this item , especially if it had been presented in an oral rather than a written form . |
| 9 | Peace immediately sent the news ratings down by one-third , but the pulling power of radio in its heyday is shown in the fact that 45 per cent of the people listened to the half-hour general election speeches in the 1945 campaign — feats of concentration ( however imperfect ) inconceivable in 1990 . |
| 10 | In this light the at-risk status of the sample is further indicated by the fact that 91 per cent of the sample were subject to Schedule 11 , with only six per cent being on ordinary probation and three per cent on statutory licence following release from custody , that is , parole and youth custody licence . |
| 11 | In the National Union of Tailoring and Garment Workers ( NUTGW ) , there were only 8 women members of its 15 strong executive in 1984 , despite the fact that 91 per cent of its members were female . |
| 12 | The negative attitudes of one deprived group towards another yet more deprived group is demonstrated by the lack of attention that many disability organisations pay towards older people with disabilities , in spite of the fact that 70 per cent of disabled people are over retirement age . |
| 13 | The Working Party 's stance stems from the fact that 70 per cent of the Board 's distributable income arises from Test match generated funds , and therefore the Board sees as its ‘ principal function and power the promotion , financing and betterment of cricket generally with an essential object being the achievement of the highest possible standards at international level ’ . |
| 14 | The extent of the hidden need met by the Act was demonstrated by the fact that 93.6 per cent of pensions granted in 1912–13 were for the full amount of 5s 0d . |
| 15 | The Governor 's room for manoeuvre in devising a budget was restricted by the fact that 92 per cent of the state 's budget was beyond his control . |
| 16 | For example the fact that 57 per cent of current spending on acute in-patients in the NHS is devoted to the " unproductive " over-65s hardly supports the overall thesis . |
| 17 | This optimism was partly reflected in the fact that 40 per cent claimed they intended to take on new employees within the next six months . |
| 18 | The Highlands and Islands , with the largest fuel use , will not receive any recognition of the fact that 40 per cent of its power comes from clean hydro-electric schemes . |
| 19 | The fact that 60 per cent of organic food had to be imported , he claimed , proved that there was a market for it in the UK. * The Prince of Wales has been accused of creating consumer confusion by lending his name and crest to the sale of " traditionally reared " lamb sold through the Tesco supermarket chain . |
| 20 | The level of safety in the workplace can be inferred from the fact that 20 per cent of the rise in death rates for men in their late thirties arise from ‘ accident ’ . |
| 21 | Ecologists stressed the richness and diversity of the forests — in some places greater than that of tropical rainforests — and the fact that 90 per cent of those on federal land have already been logged . |
| 22 | My Lords , er would my Noble Friend , subjects are nevertheless best taught by those who have a sympathy for them and in the light of the fact that eighty per cent of er school pupils in the primary sector are taught , th all subjects by the same teacher . |