Example sentences of "[adj] fact that [det] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But those who trap themselves inside nationalist thinking , which includes most political journalists and politicians in the UK , prefer not to reckon with the historical fact that most of recorded human history managed fairly well , indeed probably much better , without nationalism .
2 It is a sad fact that most of the active and supportive Branch members are not the graduates of this world .
3 But the law reports are a random collection of cases , and the very fact that each of those cases resulted from a dispute which the parties could not settle by agreement and had to take to court may make them an unrepresentative sample of the applications of the procedure .
4 In particular , as outlined below , one area of potential dissension and difficulty in the modern small private company is the very fact that some of the relevant legal rules and remedies are based on being able to distinguish the capacity in which a particular individual may be acting at a given time .
5 The very fact that some of the critics got their letters published at all is a demonstration of ZZAP ! 's commitment to its readership .
6 The girls enjoyed their swimming lessons , titillated by the well-known fact that some of the more daring boys used to watch them changing through an easily accessible sky light .
7 Some years ago Radio Luxembourg carried out a series of presentations to agencies on the subject of ‘ visual transfer ’ — a term used in the USA for the more or less observable fact that most of the TV audience recognize TV commercials from their soundtracks , and that , therefore , using the TV soundtrack , or something close to it , on radio can greatly enhance the coverage and frequency of a TV campaign .
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