Example sentences of "and the fact that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , a film 's flaws did little irreparable damage to Crawford , who could not be judged simply on his acting performance , but also for the energy and dedication he put into making his character real — and the fact that everyone knew that he was really running to professional standards . |
| 2 | The important thing to remember , however , is that in many cases no definitive diagnosis can be made until the results have come back from the laboratory and the fact that nothing has been found at the time of the first visit does not mean that the follow-up visit should be missed . |
| 3 | Then , exasperated by her own confusion , and the fact that they seemed to be going round in circles , Ellie demanded , ‘ Feargal , just tell me what it is you want to know — what , in fact , we 're supposed to be talking about ! ’ |
| 4 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 5 | However , there was no doubt that , despite Owen 's low salary as a lecturer in philosophy at Columbia University , and the fact that they had two small children to clothe and feed , her cousin and her husband were amazingly happy and contented together . |
| 6 | It is unusual for a major organisation to change its chief executive four times in less than a decade and the fact that they chose Roche each time — in a highly competitive market — is an impressive record in the headhunting world . |
| 7 | Very confusing and the fact that they 've stuck that label on there does n't help very much either . |
| 8 | Now both the West Oxfordshire District Council and the Chipping Norton Parish Council erm voted overwhelmingly against this proposed scheme , and the fact that they 've put these recommendations to the County Council erm can I ask the three County Councillors present erm it means nothing at all from your point of view ? |
| 9 | But you know , certainly the way the letters had been written , and the fact that they became by recorded delivery , you know if it was a bluff , it was , certainly fooled me . |
| 10 | ‘ The record company is used to dealing with rock and roll , ’ says Nicky , ‘ and the fact that they took a chance reflects really well on them . |
| 11 | I was very apprehensive and the fact that they took away the radio at the same time made our suspicions worse . |
| 12 | The pervasive nature of torture , disappearance and killings and the fact that they went unpunished suggests that these violations were officially sanctioned . |
| 13 | I think erm that sometimes the fact that children have moved to a school where they have a timetable which has got subjects written down on a piece of paper , and the fact that they bring homework back with them and parents can see work in exercise books , sometimes that acts as a kind of reassurance to parents that something is going on which they recognise as education . |
| 14 | In principle , however , the public law nature of the SROs ' rules and the fact that they operate in an integrated way with the SIB 's rules should mean that a court is able to take the same approach to the interpretation of both the SROs ' and the SIB 's rules . |
| 15 | Semenyaka is an honoured People 's Artist , but she agrees : ‘ Our heyday was the time of Diaghilev , Nijinsky and Karsavina , and the fact that they inspired Fokine and Balanchine . |
| 16 | On the debit side the church also witnessed a high proportion of reversions , particularly among their young people through the secularising influence of their English education and the fact that they did not share their parents ' nostalgia . |
| 17 | Instead , there were various individuals — Ferdinand , Isabella and their councillors — and the fact that they did not want the unification of Spain and the Hapsburg lands is presented as decisive evidence against Braudel 's view . |
| 18 | And , and the fact that they do n't know what 's gon na happen , how to contain all this |
| 19 | ‘ They had regard for the previous exemplary record of West Ham and the fact that they have already taken action against their players concerned , ’ Kelly added . |
| 20 | It was Charlton 's 11th away success — a League best — and their achievements are all the more commendable coming in the wake of last year 's relegation , the departure of manager Lennie Lawrence , the on-off move back to the Valley and the fact that they have not been able to compete in the transfer market . |
| 21 | More recently the rapid increase in the wealth of the Japanese , their greater consumption of diamonds and the fact that they have never been so attached to gold as the peoples of the west have led to a sharp increase in their use of platinum for jewellery . |
| 22 | Contrary to popular myth , many men can remember those small but important details about the women in their lives , such as their birthday and the fact that they have two eyes , one on each side of their nose , probably browny-blue ( the eyes , not the nose ) . |
| 23 | I have no desire to smear or jeer at the Opposition and the fact that they have now declared themselves fully in support of the Community , because that is a matter of intense pleasure to me . |
| 24 | And the fact that they have voted against with such a large majority is something |
| 25 | And one of the reasons they all became interested at the same time was that a lot of them knew each other , and so one of the things I 've been looking at is the correspondence between Americans and British people , and the fact that they travelled and kept diaries of who they met in the other country , and they all swapped ideas on how to deal with this particular level of poverty . |
| 26 | There the changing of the locks is easily to be explained by the needs of security ; and the fact that they paid the rates and settled the electricity bill and tried to improve the premises really takes the matter no further . |
| 27 | Their delicate character and the fact that they accompanied a woman means that they can hardly be interpreted literally as weapons . |
| 28 | Given their backward character and the fact that they appeared scarcely a year after George Hepplewhite 's death , the traditional suggestion that Alice , his widow , was capitalizing on his designs seems plausible . |
| 29 | The reason was both underestimation of its length and the fact that what had seemed like straightforward snow slope was awkward mixed ground , the peak bearing less snow than usual . |
| 30 | Management consultants , P A , were commissioned to review the options for Warren Spring 's future and it was evident from the technical synergies and the fact that we had appropriate accommodation at Culham/Harwell — coupled with our ‘ enthusiastic response ’ — that the merger with AEA was the best way forward for all concerned . |