Example sentences of "fact [that] it is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wide appeal of the concept derives in part from the fact that it is non-partisan , not associated with any particular political doctrine . |
| 2 | And that means that even the AS/400 is potentially at risk , and can only continue to be a winner if IBM builds in a big discount to compensate for the fact that it is proprietary — yet instead of recognising this vulnerability , with its incredible but consistent short-termism , the company is squeezing AS/400 users until they squeal with its software pricing on the machine . |
| 3 | By this stage , we are familiar with the fact that it is appropriate to transform the metrics in all regions into Rosen form . |
| 4 | No , and I did n't do that until I read someone Niall 's and he had repeated flowers and I thought why has he repeated flowers and realised that in fact that it is necessary . |
| 5 | It 's something both they and lesbians have always been blamed for , despite the now well-publicized fact that it is heterosexual men who commit by far the most assaults on boys , as well as girls . |
| 6 | What makes The Rape so durably haunting is not its ( rather banal ) conceit of a woman viewed literally as a sex object , but the fact that it is that woman with that neck and that terrifying and terrified hair . |
| 7 | Will he please bear in mind the fact that it is essential that , where possible , we buy from British manufacturers across the country ? |
| 8 | A two year old car which is essential for the business — The fact that it is essential for the business would seem to rule out NRV whilst the fact that it is two years old would suggest that original cost is inappropriate . |
| 9 | The fact that it is impossible to borrow words from one language to another with exactly the same form and meaning means all such systems are a compromise . |
| 10 | Is n't it , but you do n't you think that 's more so for females than it is for males , the fact that it is such a dirty thing that , that applies more to females than it does , to males ? |
| 11 | A two year old car which is essential for the business — The fact that it is essential for the business would seem to rule out NRV whilst the fact that it is two years old would suggest that original cost is inappropriate . |
| 12 | Despite the fact that it is one of the rarer species , it is i highly successful behaviour . |
| 13 | For example , there is not a mention of the words ’ single currency ’ , despite the fact that it is one of the most fundamental issues facing the country today . |
| 14 | They have been established in recognition of the fact that it is pointless to wait for public sympathy and a change of political will to improve the level of basic old age pensions , and the quality of life for older people generally . |
| 15 | The two senses of différance are needed to explain both the fact that any element of language relates to other elements in a text , and the fact that it is distinct from them . |
| 16 | The child receives no interest from the parent and so starts to behave in a way to gain more attention regardless of the fact that it is negative and unpleasant . |
| 17 | Quite apart from the fact that it is ludicrous to compare the persons of Baron Thyssen and of Mr Khalili as collectors , as also to compare the status of their collections ( Baron Thyssen is not proposing to buy and sell from his collection while it is on loan in Madrid ) , it is clear from the information we are publishing in this issue , that the rental of the Thyssen Collection was a luxury Britain could have ill afforded , and not a ‘ lost opportunity ’ . |
| 18 | The fact that it is possible to make up an Irish champion in one week draws not only a high proportion of exhibitors from the north , but also many exhibitors from the UK who travel by ferry and aeroplane to take part in what is known as The Circuit . |
| 19 | The only contribution to the present is the fact that it is possible only to reach the railway using modern transport in the form of a motor car or bus . |
| 20 | None of this alters the fact that it is possible to use these adjectives with a tense value distinctively different from that of the preceding verb ; see ( 51 ) and the contrast in ( 52 ) : ( 51 ) we all know Cerrutty to have been fortunate ( 52 ) ( a ) in the test my men showed themselves alert ( b ) in the test my men showed themselves to have been alert In ( 52 ) , ( a ) would naturally be suitable when the men respond promptly during the test , and ( b ) when , for instance , they had been alert in paying attention to instructions given at some time before the test . |
| 21 | We may also draw attention to the fact that it is possible logically , even if not biologically , to use old , with the same effect as it has in the phrase Charlie 's old school , in combination with the word mother ; the incongruity of the result should give us a very sharp view of the difference between the ordinary referential variation of adjectives used relativistically , and the semantic effect produced by the difference in type of relation at work in ( 33 ) and ( 34 ) . |
| 22 | If a limitation period has just been missed , one useful argument is the fact that it is possible to issue proceedings one day before limitation expires and then to hang on to them for four months before they are served . |
| 23 | As for the reliability of the source , both the fact that it is recent and the broad view which it takes are encouraging . |
| 24 | Neither Taskopruzade nor Mecdi gives any clue concerning the date of Molla Arab 's appointment to the Muftilik ( beyond the fact that it is implicit that it occurred in the reign of Bayezid II ) , although both state that he died as Mufti of Istanbul in 901/1495–6 . |
| 25 | Her end product may be a highly decorative seat where once a junk shop kitchen chair stood , but it is also functional art , and the fact that it is three-dimensional gives it an element of involvement that is often missing from a flat canvas . |
| 26 | The fact that it is costly merely underlines the fact that sustainable development is costly . |
| 27 | In such cases the code used in the quotation need not be that used by the original speaker : its force derives from the fact that it is different from the code of the part of the turn in which it is embedded . |
| 28 | It is worth noticing , however , a consequence of this justification of clause 3 ; this is that a belief is not generally considered to be justified by the mere fact that it is true , for otherwise clause 3 would be unnecessary . |
| 29 | The fact that it is hegemonal of course has numerous effects . |
| 30 | The problem is made worse by the fact that it is difficult to detect in yourself . |