Example sentences of "and [modal v] [prep] fact [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Menopause symptoms are similar to those of food intolerance and may in fact be triggered off by hormone changes . |
| 2 | However , direct coercive sanctions require continuous effort , and may in fact be a rather brittle form of social control , so we should not expect dominant groups in different societies to rely wholly and simply on such crude means of retaining their power and privilege , especially where their position has long been entrenched . |
| 3 | In such cases it is perfectly understandable that discussion of the culture from which a language grows is of minor importance and may in fact be actively discouraged . |
| 4 | His approach is particularly important in helping us to grasp that control is not just negative , and might in fact be just as tight today despite an ostensible ‘ liberalisation ’ , that power over sexuality is not in the simple form of censorship and denial but in regulation and organisation , and that this takes many forms . |
| 5 | As we shall see , mystical teachers tirelessly proclaimed that visions and voices were not an essential part of the mystical journey and could in fact be a distraction ; the mystical apprehension of God certainly had nothing to do with the ordinary emotions . |
| 6 | In practice , as Rowe describes , it can be used with varying degrees of grammatical marking and would in fact be introduced to mentally-handicapped children in telegraphic form , slowly building to full English linguistic structure : e.g. ( 1 ) HALL , ( 2 ) GO HALL , ( 3 ) GO TO HALL , ( 4 ) GO TO THE HALL . |
| 7 | The meeting counts as the third round in the Ulster championship and will in fact be a two day affair for it begins on Friday night at 7.00pm . |