Example sentences of "fact that [pron] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , please could you thank GEORGE most sincerely for his endeavours — the fact that everyone pulls their weight up there ensures the place runs at minimal cost to all users . |
| 2 | The difficulty lay in the fact that what characterized their view of primitive society was that it was classless and free of exploitation , while the Marxist theory of society is built around the idea of class . |
| 3 | He 's telling the tale from his bed , all about the fact that he asked his wife if before the end he could see another woman from his past . |
| 4 | Certainly the fact that he exceeded his travel budget of DFl.36,000 by DFl.120,000 on long trips to Mexico , the US and elsewhere will not help his case . |
| 5 | Even though the hon. Gentleman occasionally speaks with forked tongue — and , as we shall see later , his views are not shared by his Front-Bench colleague , the hon. Member for Fife , Central ( Mr. McLeish ) — I welcome the fact that he proclaims his support for the TECs . |
| 6 | Whibley 's effectiveness can be measured by the fact that he retained his position on the Palace flank while assisting us from Southern League also-rans to 3rd Division champions , and to a dignified place in Division Two . |
| 7 | The fact that he turned his collar up against the seeping cold indicated that his numbness had been penetrated , yet he was unaware of it . |
| 8 | The fact that he demonstrated his interest in those eight cases , emphasised them and talked so wildly about them , shows that his concern is not with the genuine asylum seeker , but with diminishing the respect that this country should hold for people who are in desperate trouble and whom , in better and more self-confident days , hon. Members of all parties would have been in favour of helping . |
| 9 | Anyway , she cited as an example the fact that it warmed her heart to hear the fledgling ringing the hospital every day to find out how you were . " |
| 10 | Apart from the fact that it divested its foundry business some four years ago — and has no intention of getting back into that game — Motorola can supply 88000 parts at a $850 apiece . |
| 11 | There is the dispositional fact that I believe my name is what it is , which is a fact about me when I am not thinking of my name . |
| 12 | Apart from the fact that you know my mother , that is ? ’ |
| 13 | ( Emphasize diversity of work experience within that one job , and the fact that you enjoyed your job . ) |
| 14 | The fact that you say his powder is " new " will most likely interest no one . |
| 15 | Passing sentence , Judge Mary MacMurray said : ‘ Owing to the fact that you breached your licence by committing these offences and absconding , I have no alternative but to impose a custodial sentence . ’ |
| 16 | A profound depression set in at the same time , despite the fact that she knew her bowel symptoms could now be controlled quite easily . |
| 17 | So the very fact that she observes her price to be higher than the average price level she was originally expecting may make her adjust upwards her expected average price level . |