Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] from [art] fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aside from the worthlessness of double negatives , aside from the fact that McGuinness was a far more accomplished safe-breaker than Meehan ( he had earned his nickname Tank because it was said he could penetrate even one of those ) , and aside from the fact that in all the verbiage spilled out by Meehan , Waddell and McGuinness to lawyers , journalists and others for over thirteen years , none of them had so much as hinted at the idea of a quartet , there was not a scrap of worthwhile evidence to support it : it was speculation with a vengeance and extraordinary to find in a report by a judge of his standing . |
| 2 | The imbalance in coverage stems partly from the Prime Minister 's engagement in more newsworthy activities and partly from the fact that , as leader of the government , he or she is newsworthy . |
| 3 | But trainer Ronnie Davies — tongue nowhere near cheek — insists Eubank 's annoying habit stems partly from contempt for opponents and partly from the fact that he is blood brother , so to speak , to the greatest showman of them all , Muhammad Ali . |
| 4 | In our case I believe this stems both from the traditions of our company and also from the fact that we are a technical and scientifically based company : we therefore have the respect for the individual and the respect for novel ideas emanating from others that is a feature of the scientific method . |
| 5 | We have our local school in the flight path and apart from the fact the noise is so bad they have to stop teaching , there is also genuine concern about safety . |
| 6 | And apart from the fact that you 're less than half my age . |
| 7 | Oh , yes , indeed , a close friend of mine has been working on the history of a very large British company and he 's just seen the proofs produced from the printers from the typescript which was typed in his own office , and apart from the fact that their computers can change the typefaces and improve the whole thing , the work has not had to be re-keyboarded , as they would say , re-typed in at all . |
| 8 | Oh yes , indeed , a close friend of mine has been working on a history of a very large British company and he 's just seen the proofs produced from the printers from the typescript which was typed in his own office , and apart from the fact that their computers can change the typefaces and improve the whole thing , the work has not had to be rekeyboarded , as they would say , retyped in , at all . |
| 9 | All the judges emphasized that the danger of disorder came not from the CND marchers but rather from the fact that ‘ [ h ] ooligans and others might attack the police who were doing their duty in escorting a peaceful procession ’ ( Lord Denning ) . |
| 10 | The emphasis in the French version does not just come from the repetition of je l'aimais bien , which also occurs in the original , but rather from the fact that the repetition is labelled as repetition : elle répéta . |
| 11 | The industry 's preoccupation with domestic sales derived not only from political pressure , but also from the fact that a large proportion of their resources ( both capital and manpower ) was necessarily devoted to servicing the generally small and thus more expensive-to-supply domestic consumers . |
| 12 | Its evocative power derived not only from its biblical roots , but also from the fact that it did not evoke clergy or hierarchy but rather the basic equality of all the baptized . |
| 13 | This is evident not only from the fact that the jurisdiction of the Legal Services Ombudsman under sections 21 to 26 of the Act stops at the moment when a complaint enters into the jurisdiction of a disciplinary tribunal : section 22(7) , but also from the fact that in section 27(3) Parliament refers to the process by which a barrister may be disbarred or temporarily suspended from practice by order of an Inn of Court without any hint that it disapproves or wishes to alter in any way the manner in which for centuries the Inns have made orders for disbarment subject to the visitorial jurisdiction of the judges . |
| 14 | In the case of Monetary Union , the situation arises not just from the special treatment accorded to the UK and Denmark , but also from the fact that it was appreciated that not all Member States would meet the rather strict criteria for economic convergence laid down as the precondition for participation in the monetary union ; such States are referred to as ‘ Member States with a derogation ’ , and would , inter alia , be excluded from the decision-making process on certain matters . |
| 15 | It was n't much , and they would take it in their stride , no doubt , but apart from the fact these revenge raids certainly did upset his Tormentors a little , making life and their cruel purpose just that little bit less easy for them , the greatest effect was on him . |
| 16 | Ackroyd quotes him ; but apart from the fact that Eliot , especially in his distressed state , was unlikely to have used those words of Vivien , there is no record of his having sent such a telegram . |
| 17 | ‘ But apart from the fact that my mother obviously lived here at some time I know nothing at all . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He might discuss some business matters with my father , for whom he has a tremendous respect , but apart from the fact that he does n't live at Parkwood any more he never boasts . ’ |