Example sentences of "[adj] fact [is] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An interesting fact is that more people commit suicide at Christmas than at any other time . |
| 2 | Another interesting fact is that , although since 1989 the number of books published has not diminished , the average print run has . |
| 3 | The salient fact is that what is uniquely on offer at these parties is not all-night dancing or a few boutique drugs , but fantasy-sensation itself : the orgiastic effect of thousands of people mainlining heavy acid rock at the level of total sound . |
| 4 | The salient fact is that Wigg believed , and believed with great intensity , that Profumo had lied to him and for that reason was a suitable object for punishment in fanning the flame of the sexual scandal . |
| 5 | One clear fact is that those reasons relate entirely to human interests . |
| 6 | The historical fact is that the settlement of 1688–1701 failed to settle everything ; it failed to provide for all contingencies . |
| 7 | One consequence of this fact is that even when Canada cuts its imports to nothing which , in net terms occurred in 1983 — there is nevertheless a large national deficit on the oil account because heavier oils are exported while higher value lighter oils are imported . |
| 8 | Because the brutal fact is that big business no longer needs brute force ( except perhaps as Exocet fodder ) . |
| 9 | The crucial fact is that if the school is over-subscribed , the parental wishes of some parents must be defeated whatever criteria are adopted . |
| 10 | The second fact is that those crews that took off on 25/26 August 1940 from bases like Waddington , Scampton , Lindholme , Hemswell and Newmarket , ill-equipped though they were to inflict any real damage on the enemy , achieved an impact on the course of the war that none could have truly appreciated at the time . |
| 11 | The second fact is that Labour , despite the recession and its junking of almost all the policies that made it unelectable in the '80s , has not made a significant advance . |
| 12 | The second fact is that there has been a great deal of obfuscation and obstruction from the United States in the negotiations . |
| 13 | The stark fact is that Nottinghamshire could not afford to do both and generated local controversy by protecting the vertical efficiency of the developmental approach at the expense of fieldwork support for the many . |
| 14 | So the stark fact is that , even if there were a mortgage recovery , the societies would not have the funds to cope with an increase in borrowing . |
| 15 | The stark fact is that , as with the dinosaurs , we simply do not know what Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon people actually looked like . |
| 16 | The stark fact is that the Quakers have failed to achieve back-to-back victories since an encouraging start to the season when they won their first two games . |
| 17 | The sad fact is that the SMG is financed by two boroughs , Ealing and Hounslow , members of which are sympathetic to their aims . |
| 18 | But the sad fact is that even if it is possible to achieve a co-incidence between desire and responsibility , ecstasy and concern , Weller is incapable of such a balance . |
| 19 | The sad fact is that although the ostensible reason for the dolphin kills was that dolphins were stealing and eating the commercial fish species , examination of their stomach contents showed that only the false killer whales were actually feeding on yellowtail . |
| 20 | The sad fact is that the greater the need , the less outside help is usually available . |
| 21 | The sad fact is that our beautiful scenery is being destroyed through sheer weight of visitors . |
| 22 | The sad fact is that the vast majority are failing to realise their evangelistic potential , preferring to concentrate on spiritual nurture of the existing group members . |
| 23 | The sad fact is that many of these ‘ irruptive ’ birds spend their last days in the islands , because if they do not move on immediately while they still have the strength , the more time they spend searching for what is n't there , the less chance there is of their being able to make another long sea crossing . |
| 24 | But the sad fact is that Peter Rochford latterly lived alone . |
| 25 | Parts of it may seem distasteful , even shocking , but the sad fact is that there are many others who have suffered far worse degradations . |
| 26 | The sad fact is that we do not always treat our children very well . |
| 27 | The sad fact is that dolphin-friendly labels were a commercial decision by companies looking to protect their profits , not dolphins . " |
| 28 | The sad fact is that many organisations would be unable to recognise a customer even if he or she fell in front of them . |
| 29 | When many people take out their pension , they may be happily married , but the sad fact is that many will have divorced before reaching retirement . |
| 30 | The London Morning Chronicle editorialised on 16 December , 1816 that Mr Stephenson , ‘ an ingenious but illiterate mechanic ’ had made a contribution , but ‘ the real fact is that Sir Humphry 's contrivance is simple , convenient and efficacious . |