Example sentences of "fact [conj] the " in BNC.

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1 Some of his soft-ground plates of plants — tree roots and details of vegetation and rocks could have been drawn on the spot , in fact where the reversal of the image was not of importance or obvious .
2 In this case I would think that , if the minister does not act in good faith , or if he acts on extraneous considerations which ought not to influence him , or if he plainly misdirects himself in fact or in law , it may well be that a court would interfere ; but when he honestly takes a view of the facts or the law which could reasonably be entertained , then his decision is not to be set aside simply because thereafter someone thinks that his view was wrong …
3 The way that many politicians and others have called for the teaching of " facts " and wish to throw out all matters relating to " mere opinion " such as environmental concerns , shows how unaware many people are that there is any problem with regard to the reliability of facts or the possibility of there being evidence supporting beliefs and values .
4 Nor is the distortion of fact or the deification of rumour the only problem ; there is also the considerable problem of the temporal nature of commenting on climbing style .
5 In fact although the chemical structure of polymers , to be discussed below , does affect physical properties considerably it is not of prime importance for determination of the mechanical properties when a particular state is being considered .
6 However , that cost is not unique to DIY training , and in fact once the lower travelling and disruption time is taken into account , DIY may actually be cheaper than the alternatives .
7 In 1966 it received $130 million , of which 71 per cent was in military assistance , more in fact than the cumulative total of military assistance from 1948 .
8 The Nab is an excellent viewpoint , better in fact than the actual summit of Wild Boar Fell although of lower elevation .
9 Whatever the right labels , the attitudinist agrees that no properly ethical expression can be adequately defined in purely naturalistic or even metaphysical terms but offers what he thinks a better explanation of this fact than the invocation of non-natural properties , namely that such definitions ignore valuational or emotive meaning .
10 Which I 'd say is less useful in fact than the little ones .
11 Accordingly , it must follow on the facts that the claim to privilege was not made out .
12 The figures for applications heard by a single Lord Justice and two and three Lords Justices went a long way to explaining why , despite the facts that the rate at which appeals were begun had shown little change over the years , there had been some small increase in judge-power and that major improvements had been made in the court 's procedures , the number of appeals outstanding at the end of each year and the lead times for hearing appeals showed no real improvement .
13 The most common type of instrumental argument relies , as a reason for recognizing the validity of consent , on the facts that the agent has the best information to judge whether it is best to create the right or not and that he is sufficiently motivated to act for the best .
14 British foreign policy started from the incontestable and apparently unchanging facts that the United Kingdom was an island , depended on sea-borne commerce and communications , and had large overseas possessions .
15 In order to start drawing useful inferences leading to sensible modifications of the material , we should also keep in mind these points : ( a ) the observer must thoroughly understand the curriculum designer 's aims and objectives and report in relation to these ( b ) it is necessary for the observer to understand how the teacher has interpreted these intentions ( c ) the curriculum designer must thoroughly understand the facts that the observer has brought back to him ; the dialogue that this implies can produce valuable suggestions for improving the unit ( d ) teachers of differing style must be observed and teachers at differing levels of acclimatization to the program must be observed to obtain full data ( e ) it is also important for the observer to understand which stage of development the unit has reached .
16 The solicitor , for example , when interviewing a client has to draw from him by questions many legally relevant facts that the client has not thought of disclosing .
17 Nevertheless , it should be clear from these few facts that the financing of the social services is likely to cause political controversy .
18 Now let's look at some facts that the lying Tories wo n't tell you .
19 We have based our estimate of fees for the preparation of the memorandum on the facts that the UK document will be far more detailed than the US document and be based on the report of [ Date ] .
20 The tribunal was influenced by the facts that the offence was unconnected with his job and he was given no opportunity to state his own case because he was in prison at the time of the dismissal decision .
21 Or are there facts that the court did n't know ?
22 It appears likely on the facts that the duty would be broken .
23 For instance , one of the facts that the Bishop finds it difficult to understand is the white colour of polar bears .
24 It was held on the facts that the trustees did not have the power to make such loans and that the payments were in fact outright payments so that she was properly assessed to income tax .
25 The court held on the facts that the vendor 's agent was not under a duty of confidence ( Trees Ltd v Cripps ( 1983 ) 267 EG 596 ) .
26 I think surely we can not deny the facts that the police have received very good funding from this authority , and indeed in this current budget they continue to do so .
27 well in relation to the standard form contract there are cases er based upon prim er primarily article eighty five , one A which says agreements fixing terms and conditions , for with in article eighty five , it 's based upon the facts that the , the , the decisions of the commission and the court , say that elements of secondary competition can be restricted and here we have a standard form contract which restricts all elements of secondary competition
28 The fining of airlines plus the fact that the nationals of many refugee-producing countries now need visas to travel to this country , has made it extremely difficult for many people wishing to apply for asylum , to reach the UK .
29 Because of their frontality African figure sculptures are commonly photographed or drawn full face , concealing the fact that the sculptor has paid a great deal of attention to the profile view .
30 This was despite the fact that the reform of Irish catholicism in the nineteenth century sprang mainly from urban areas .
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