Example sentences of "fact that it [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ashton pointed out that the late rise of formal banking in the country was due in part to the fact that it grew naturally out of the financial activities of men who " were content to describe themselves simply as merchants or traders , retailers or even inn-keepers " . |
| 2 | The garment is so peculiar that we might dismiss it as a quirk of the rhyton carver 's imagination , but for the fact that it features again on a seal impression from Agia Triadha , where the rhyton also originated . |
| 3 | But neither could you escape the fact that it seemed specifically designed for bumping off toddlers . |
| 4 | M-19 was participating in the elections despite the fact that it had yet to sign a final peace agreement with the government of President Virgilio Barco . |
| 5 | The Lord President referred to the fact that it had never been suggested that trustees were not assessable under the old Schedule A or under Schedule B or Schedule D. |
| 6 | Although this report was ahead of its time , it is also interesting in respect of the fact that it brought together both the traditional and new Liberals . |
| 7 | One of the most remarkable observations concerning the mutant strain was the fact that it appeared very little affected by this mutation . |
| 8 | The fact that it spread as far as the Mycenaean chiefdoms of Greece has sometimes been regarded as surprising . |
| 9 | Kenya , despite the fact that it has twice suffered massive haemorrhages of foreign capital , has been equally moderate . |
| 10 | Furthermore , although it may sincerely believe it is a new party , the very fact that it has often changed its mind should debar it from being taken seriously . |
| 11 | The success of floating should be judged in the light of the fact that it has usually operated under unfavourable circumstances , and thus the concerted adoption of floating exchange rates in more stable circumstances might well yield different results and evaluation . |
| 12 | When in market exchange under capitalism something is treated as a commodity , whether it is labour or goods , the fact that it appears simply as ‘ a thing with a price ’ obscures the exploitative social relationships within which it has been produced . |
| 13 | The fact that it captured only a third of the vote indicates that the public has had enough of the bickering between its two old war-horses , M Chirac and M Giscard d'Estaing . |
| 14 | The fact that it looks so good is a credit at least as much to the man behind the camera , Andrew Dunn , as to Potter 's fledgling talent as director . |
| 15 | And despite the fact that it 's just been patched , |
| 16 | Typically in English a paragraph is unified by the fact that it brings together material around a single point or topic indicated in the first sentence . |