Example sentences of "fact that a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that a prominent member of the current community council and an integrated education supporter was a member of official Sinn Fein , the Workers ' party , appeared to figure in the reasoning , as this party has always been suspected to be an anti-clerical and secularist force . |
| 2 | The fact that a wide number of manufacturers work to the same pattern means that the caterer who is topping up need not return to the same source for the top-up . |
| 3 | The fact that a sociologist was witnessing the interviews make it all the more certain they would be conducted with scrupulous care , but there was no way he would be given access to the extra-legal deals which may well have gone on outside the interview room or later during a prison visit for ‘ write-offs ’ . |
| 4 | But resemblance can not explain how a thinker could experience one object as standing for another ; for how could the fact that a particular datum is similar to other things mean anything to a thinker unless he experienced it as being like many others — that is , unless he grasped it , not just as a particular but as an instance of a kind ? |
| 5 | Mike Loosley , general secretary of the Inner London Teachers ' Association - the area union branch — said yesterday : ‘ There 's no getting away from the fact that a child sent home on a particular day as a result of our action will be suffering . |
| 6 | Of course , it is difficult to pre-empt a jury 's or judge 's decision on damages , but the fact that a very rich plaintiff might hand over his damages to charity should and could be taken into account in any assessment . |
| 7 | This will exclude many issues which are probably important to you personally , such as the fact that a development will reduce the value of your property or spoil your view . |
| 8 | The power of the Establishment came not from the fact that a few dozen people imposed their will on the rest of us , but from the fact that for a long time we felt it right that the opinions of such people should have respectful attention paid to them . |
| 9 | No doubt age-old instincts tell them that altitude gives a measure of protection , but often the fact that a site commands good views seems a positive recommendation , as if a distant prospect of fields or farmyard is in itself an aid to production . |
| 10 | Election experts could legitimately point to the fact that a system of proportional voting could have given a very different result . |
| 11 | Here then is a criminal phenomenon that is associated with social disintegration — the fact that a society , the inhabitants of these areas of the great cities , who once regarded themselves as one , now no longer regard themselves as one , are not one , were one in the past but are not one now , and are still growing apart . |
| 12 | While it would be unlikely for a firm contractual commitment to be made which binds a record company to produce a promotional video , it is a matter of fact that a promotional video will be produced to support an artist 's first single . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , despite the fact that a National Government led by MacDonald was the preferred choice of at most one of the three party leaders , the King now knew that both Baldwin and Samuel would be prepared to serve under MacDonald , were the latter willing to continue as Prime Minister . |
| 14 | Of greater interest to The Times was the attendance of the King at the match for the first time and the fact that a cuckoo had been heard in the vicinity of the Crystal Palace . |
| 15 | And the department ignored the fact that a warrant for the arrest of Mrs Elizabeth Barlow , one of Barlow Clowes ' founders , was issued in 1981 in connection with the collapse of a stockbroker . |
| 16 | Their lungs are not particularly large , despite the fact that a dolphin can hold its breath for five minutes or more , and some species of whales can submerge for up to an hour and survive on a single breath . |
| 17 | Absence for seven years , coupled with the fact that a petitioner has no reason to believe that his or her spouse is alive , will enable him or her to ask the court to make a declaration that death is presumed and that the marriage is dissolved . |
| 18 | The fact that a person is acting under the instructions or on behalf of another is no defence to civil or criminal proceedings brought against the agent for tort or crime . |
| 19 | One indicator is the fact that a mere 3,660 votes were cast for the candidate of the Campaign for Labour Representation in the 1989 European elections out of a total of 560,026 votes cast ( 0.7 per cent ) and out of an electorate of 1,120,517 ( 0.3 per cent ) . |
| 20 | The fact that a Labour government collapsed as a result of the economic and unemployment situation , caused a precipitate decline in Labour fortunes once Ramsay MacDonald decided to continue as Prime Minister at the head of a National government . |
| 21 | It 's a fact that a dog 's senses will deteriorate with age , but because their senses are generally much more acute than ours , we do n't always recognise when one is slowly failing because the other senses adjust so well . |
| 22 | He was already ‘ blacked ’ and refused a passport — possibly because of his Lenin Prize and the fact that a Soviet mountain had been named after him . |
| 23 | It is not the fact that a coin is often worth more than the value of the bullion it contains . |
| 24 | But the fact that a child can slide down a mountain more quickly than you can does not mean he can catch lifts , follow pistes , order lunch , or even find the Herren plonked with Austrian efficiency at the summit of each skiable peak . |
| 25 | The competitive Morris was being unduly hard on himself , though there was no getting away from the fact that a missed kick by him to touch in the final second against Wasps at Sudbury had spelt defeat . |
| 26 | This is the only plausible explanation I have found , in a lifetime spent in television , for the fact that a single programme can be simultaneously attacked from both ends of the political spectrum for bias in the opponents ' favour . |
| 27 | The fact that a large percentage of those visitors were British suggests there is a better than average chance that Graham Taylor 's England could be based there . |
| 28 | She added : ‘ We just ca n't take in the fact that a life with so much to offer has been suddenly ended . |
| 29 | The apparent discrepancy was explained by the fact that a number of wives said their response would depend on the form of the emergency . |
| 30 | Of interest is the fact that a CEGB narrow gauge railway uses the eastbound portal of the old tunnel to this day and it is possible to walk through the other portal ( with permission ) . |