Example sentences of "fact that [pron] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes and no , er I , there wo n't be another East German scholarship because there wo n't be another East Germany er next year it will disappear , it will just not exist , which er I think what we 're really celebrating , the fact that we now have freedom of movement of young people from what was the Eastern Bloc will now just be Eastern Europe , er into the West in the same way that western students can travel around . |
| 2 | Many Americans regret the fact that they now discuss sport with the passion that 200 years ago they brought to everyday debates on theories of representative government ( and , as historians of the revolution have made plain , there really were such debates ) . |
| 3 | We did n't take any action because I take the fact that someone else uses part of your song as a compliment really . |
| 4 | For the same reason , perhaps , although Leontes ' jealousy in The Winter 's Tale reaches painful extremes , the fact that he never speaks prose means that he is not really mad , just temporarily disturbed . |
| 5 | The fact that it also rejects punishment in favour of individualised treatment geared to the particular needs of the offender has meant that , unlike deterrence , it has managed to present itself as a humane , caring alternative to the ‘ primitive revenge ’ of retribution . |