Example sentences of "[adj] fact that [pers pn] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simple fact that he has a family at all , is a married man with adult status , is a guarantee of some element of responsibility . |
| 2 | So the meaning of a sign consists in the bare fact that it stands in an external causal relation to that which we say it signifies . |
| 3 | But the great thing about The Virtuoso ( 1676 ) , which the RSC has brought to light almost 300 years after its last professional performance , is the very fact that it does n't deviate into sense . |
| 4 | Furthermore , although it may sincerely believe it is a new party , the very fact that it has often changed its mind should debar it from being taken seriously . |
| 5 | We too would like to see some pensioner and pensioner trustees on that trustee board , but we do also recognise because it is er a large scheme heavily weighted er with er pensioners and deferred pensioners in the very fact that it has been transferred from the public centre of public er sector into the private sector , that we would like to see an independent trustee er er appointed on to the er Committee of Management it would er er sort of act as a balance and be able to provide er specialist advice to particularly the Trade Union Trustees and for that matter the Employer Trustees so as to keep a broad balance of what 's happening within the that time . |
| 6 | So the very fact that she observes her price to be higher than the average price level she was originally expecting may make her adjust upwards her expected average price level . |
| 7 | ‘ It is a proven fact that it strengthens growing teeth . ’ |