Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Clinton administration has faced up to the fact that NASA 's plans for the space station threatened to swallow the agency whole . |
| 2 | I 'm afraid you 'll have to wake up to the fact that that kind of man from that kind of a family would n't know the meaning of love . ’ |
| 3 | But then it would have to face up to the fact that , by comparison with much of the rest of the world , it would grow steadily poorer with no chance of arresting that trend until well into the next century . |
| 4 | The Queen for her own part will have to face up to the fact that , however perfect her public role , she has dismally failed in private to give her children the guidance they needed for stable marriages . |
| 5 | ‘ No , I 'm afraid I ca n't — and I 'm also afraid that you might have to face up to the fact that Silas has n't got private talks in mind , ’ Lucy pointed out gently . |
| 6 | She 'll just have to face up to the fact that he 's guilty , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Once one has reached forty , one should have faced up to the fact of one 's own death , ’ Richard says . |
| 8 | He had fastened on to the fact that she was a Connor , played on memories of her father 's reputation for throwing races . |
| 9 | Newman 's detailed researches in hospital had come up with the fact that this company was a subsidiary of INCUBUS . |
| 10 | He had been ten weeks in the bush , a womanless bush , and Olga Stych had to put up with the fact . |
| 11 | Liza could only suppose that , with her husband 's mechanical knowledge , the powers that be had woken up to the fact that he would be more than useful in what she referred to as ‘ an active capacity ’ . |
| 12 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 13 | She had to face up to the fact that her father meant business , and that once more Ace was going to be put into an impossible position because of her . |
| 14 | As a rough guide two strands wound together make something approximately like three-ply in thickness and three together are usually reckoned to be about a four-ply. these fine industrial yarns used to be in the ‘ odds and ends ’ bins , but the manufacturers have caught on to the fact that they are popular with machine knitters , so now they can be bought under a brand name . |
| 15 | They have cottoned on to the fact that the dealers come up with a different brand name every week . |
| 16 | But worries about its outcome have been growing as mining companies and others have woken up to the fact that their lands may be claimed by aborigine groups . |
| 17 | As Tim said you have to hold on to the fact that these are real characters and their in a kind of confrontational situation here are n't they ? |
| 18 | But when you have to face up to the fact that no one wants to know and people are more interested in the apprehension and sentencing of the offender , that for many people is even worse than the original crime . ’ |
| 19 | Taylor said : ‘ We have to face up to the fact that we 're falling behind other countries who do things regarding fitness as a matter of course . ’ |
| 20 | I think we have to face up to the fact in the Labour party that quotas , that positive discrimination are essentially clumsy . |
| 21 | Not have to face up to the fact that he was a dynamic , intelligent , charming man with a gift for finance and the raw exercise of power . |
| 22 | Well last time we , last time he came with us , I said there 's one thing I just want to ask you a favour , that 's enough , she 's as happy as harry now she 's faced up to the fact , that er , he was not good because he did n't love her any way , she loved him . |