Example sentences of "fact [is] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sorry , but the fact is the average backbench MP does n't know anything , unlike the average civil servant who really does know about his or her particular area . |
| 2 | He seemed to live his life throughout the summer on two levels : with Gwili and in his own writing and deeper probes into Pater 's works he was moving towards the standpoint of his article ‘ The Frontiers of English Prose ’ ( in Literature , September 1899 ) , that a ‘ most noticeable fact is the apparent destruction of the boundaries between poetry and prose , and between verse and prose … . |
| 3 | The fact is the Conservatives are on probation , saved in the end from the worst recession since the war by the British people 's suspicions about Labour 's tax plans . |
| 4 | The fact is the radio waves that carry FM travel in short , straight lines . |
| 5 | The criterion which we use to test the genuineness of apparent statements of fact is the criterion of verifiability . |
| 6 | The reason that it 's able to hide that fact is the idea that it 's a creative industry . |
| 7 | Theory in fact is the building which is made from the hard-won bricks of research studies . |
| 8 | This fact is the bedrock of our authority , indeed its sole source . |
| 9 | This mundane fact is the very crux of the social world . |
| 10 | A consequence of this fact is the development of cognitive categories to describe and process gender-related information ’ ( Deaux et al . |
| 11 | I think we have to face facts , first fact is the the priority of the board must at this time be survival . |
| 12 | This central fact is the fact of change , together with the problems of identity and self-concept that this generates . |
| 13 | That in fact is the rationale underlying the concept of the linguistic market where linguistic differences between speakers are analysed in terms of ‘ the importance of the legitimized language in the socioeconomic life of the speaker ’ ( D. Sankoff and Laberge 1978 : 241 ) . |
| 14 | In the contortion of such reasoning , it is easy to lose sight of who has done what to whom and who in fact is the guilty party . |
| 15 | This in fact is the first time that the G M B has held its conference in Portsmouth . |
| 16 | Are the Government prepared to put up money to assist local authorities if they decide to prosecute in the interests of what they believe ought to be the law , and in fact is the law ? |
| 17 | Yes , they were very exciting times and the amazing fact is the harder and more unreasonable the senior management acted the more the ‘ masses ’ strived to please . |
| 18 | Obviously it is a very involved complex subject , but the fact is the situation is changing day by day . |
| 19 | The income which in fact is the income of B is to be treated for income tax purposes as the income of A. The purpose is notionally to transfer B's income to A , so that A may be charged to tax on the aggregate of his own and B's income . |
| 20 | That in fact is the Chinese National Anthem . |
| 21 | One of the other impacts we need to work out in fact is the er effect of the overtime as being worked in quotes , by all the quotes people not just the temps , because that 's gon na be a significant chunk . |
| 22 | Well , it did go erm but Tony Mould who in actual fact is the promoter at erm Wolverhampton with Chris van Stratten , has gone into Longeaton. erm So we can only hope that he can do the job and keep them there . |
| 23 | The Facts is the more filial book of the two . |
| 24 | Knowing the facts is the easy part . |
| 25 | Knowing the facts is the first priority . |