Example sentences of "of [art] fact [that] their " in BNC.

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1 The legal capacity of corporations differs in some respects from that of individuals , partly from the nature of the case , partly as a consequence of the fact that their personality is an artificial one .
2 The bishop and his clergy formed a visible manifestation of the continuity of the community in consequence of the fact that their due succession was treated with care .
3 Unfortunately , we repeatedly confronted situations where managers were busily engaged in developing increasingly sophisticated computer-based techniques for analysing , environmental change , oblivious of the fact that their reports were seldom used by anyone within the firm … .
4 Perhaps today the general public take too much for granted , the , as a local Councillor I have to interview many people who come to me with housing problems , to be as patient as one can is essential as a politician , but after the complainant has gone , one is very conscious of the fact that their problem is so minute it is hardly worth mentioning .
5 In the 1940s wives were still bitterly resentful of the fact that their husbands did not seem to realise that they needed leisure .
6 Folly made a note on the pad in front of her , but she was more conscious of the fact that their heads were so close than of any particular significance in what she was writing .
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