Example sentences of "[adj] fact [is] [that] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the brutal fact is that big business no longer needs brute force ( except perhaps as Exocet fodder ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The sad fact is that dolphin-friendly labels were a commercial decision by companies looking to protect their profits , not dolphins . " |
| 4 | ‘ No one wants to see that , but the simple fact is that stray dogs are a menace . ’ |
| 5 | The simple fact is that American consumers regarded them as boring , which is why 60 per cent of the crop had always gone into products like bread and biscuits . |
| 6 | The most obvious fact is that real problems are rare . |
| 7 | Whilst external social factors may be of some relevance to the management , even control , of the behaviour of those afflicted , the harsh fact is that external social influences play little part in its onset or progress . |
| 8 | The worrying fact is that serious over-use is drying up some of our rivers and natural underground water levels . |