Example sentences of "fact [be] that [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the fact is that spent most of his life , and most of his writings on an enormous work , even longer than the Golden Bough , er called the Welker Psychologie or Folk Psychology , and this enormous work , it 's in twenty three volumes or something , er , of , of , the Welker Psychologie is just like James Frazer 's writing and indeed Totem and Taboo . |
| 2 | The fact is that getting married can cost an arm and a leg , not to mention a cake , three bridesmaids and an organist . |
| 3 | The simple fact is that making the prehistoric — that is , the repressed — part of the mind conscious is a vital aspect of the further development of the ego because conscious insight into itself and its motivation is essential to the ego 's rationality and competence in administering and mastering the instinctual drives of the id . |
| 4 | It is important to emphasise before concluding this section that although flat-rate and earnings-related pensions imply that social needs are similar among older people — as , indeed , does the exclusion of older people from some benefits for people with disabilities ( Walker , 1990 ) — the fact is that needs , as well as resources , are unevenly distributed in old age . |
| 5 | The fact is that demand for energy will probably continue to rise substantially . |
| 6 | The fact was that talking to her either in person or on the phone gave him a sort of erection . |