Example sentences of "fact [is] [conj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the fact is that with the money available erm the Gardener Centre I should think it 's not possible to use it in the kind of flexible way in which it was planned in the first years . |
| 2 | All the money I have earned over the years has gone — in some cases I do n't why or where — but the fact is that at the age of 40 , I have no savings . |
| 3 | The fact is that on the five station network in the office , file and printer sharing are transparent to the user . |
| 4 | The fact is that in the world of switch-mode power supplies ( and it is a very large world indeed , covering PCB , mainframe computers , electronic telephone exchanges , military equipment , aerospace , and more besides ) it is rare to come across a Cuk converter . |
| 5 | That working-class wages would remain at subsistence level — the fact is that the real wage of the average worker has increased by a factor of over ten between 1900–70 in the UK and by a factor of fourteen in the U S over the same period ; that collective ownership of the means of production would result in an increase of wealth for the workers and so improve their lot — the fact is that in both Russia and Cuba it has been necessary to restore discipline in factories by introducing a military routine with the surplus value being siphoned off by the state ; that communist revolutions would start in such advanced industrial countries such as Britain , France , America and Germany — the fact is that a socialist revolution has taken place in none of these countries ; that conflicts between states are the results of capitalism and will cease under communism — the fact is that in the streets of Budapest and Prague , in Afghanistan and on the Soviet-Chinese border we have seen the power of the Red Army being used against fellow communists ; that the income difference between capitalists and workers will rise — the fact is that in all industrial countries the effective after-tax , after-benefits real income gap between rich and poor has diminished ; that capitalism will collapse because of its internal contradictions — the fact is that capitalism has not collapsed in any Western country , yet . |
| 6 | The fact is that in the primeval struggle of the jungle , as in the refinements of civilized warfare , we see in progress a great evolutionary armament race — whose results , for defence , are manifested in such devices as speed , alertness , armour , spinescence , burrowing habits , nocturnal habits , poisonous secretions , nauseous taste , and ( camouflage and other kinds of protective coloration ) ; and for offence , in such counter-attributes as speed , surprise , ambush , allurement , visual acuity , claws , teeth , stings , poison fangs , and ( lures ) . |
| 7 | Although many people do not like talk of market forces , the plain fact is that in the real world we simply can not ignore them . |
| 8 | The fact is that from the moment you put fibre-rich food into your mouth it starts to give both physical and psychological advantages in filling you , satisfying you , protecting you from feeling hungry again soon , and speeding your weight loss . |