Example sentences of "fact that [pron] can [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know , too , that we exist in the fourth dimension , time , because we live for a certain number of years ; besides , the fact that we can move in three dimensions implies our existence in the fourth , because movement requires time . |
| 2 | So could you phone up er your office because I cleared the fact that we can pay with this card cos I thought you might look at this and say well look it 's expired . |
| 3 | On the other hand , you will have gathered already that we are going to talk about Greater York , so I think there may be some distinct benefit and merit in you being he here to listen to that , er particular part of the topic , now the , I hope in fact that we can deal with the remainder of H One , because it it does lead quite logically into the next issue which we want to talk about , which is the new settlement in the Greater York area , er and I hope that we can get through this item by our morning break , that but whenever we do conclude on H One we will have to have a slightly longer break just to enable the seating arrangements to be sorted out properly for all participants who are involved in the discussion on the new settlement . |
| 4 | In offering them something and being positive , not judgemental , in giving them support and a belief in the visual medium and the fact that they can participate in it freely . ’ |
| 5 | This is a manifestation of what Freud meant by the chaos of the id — the fact that it can contain within itself contradictory and mutually excluding instinctual drives without ever registering any distortion . |
| 6 | That 's really the interpretation of extrovert and introvert and the fact that it can apply to you know being loud and gregarious as an extrovert or being quiet and keeps to himself as an introvert that 's more of a popular view which is n't the sort of thing we 're trying to put across . |
| 7 | Despite the fact that it can seem at times as if half the figures on the red benches are comatose — a chastened Lady ( Barbara ) Wootton concluded after eight years in the place that at any one time about ten per cent of the participants in a debate were fast asleep — the quality of argument can be incomparably higher than in the House of Commons , and the pool of expertise available from the ennobled professors , judges , generals and bureaucrats makes for more informed contributions . |
| 8 | Whether or not the rough parch at 85mph ( or 2500rpm on the revcounter ) was peculiar to the test car or not I can not say ; if it is common to all , it is very disappointing , and the fact that you can drive through it is of little compensation since at higher speeds there is enough wind roar for two cars . |
| 9 | not four so the handbr I mean the fact that you can drive with the handbrake on |
| 10 | Having previously played at centre , Alison appreciates her move to stand-off may revolve around the fact that she can kick off both feet ‘ just like my brother . ’ |