Example sentences of "fact [that] it is an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Libya 's unusual wealth for an African country stems from the fact that it is an oil-producing country with a relatively small population . |
| 2 | Electronic project construction is probably less troubled by this type of thing than many others , perhaps due to the fact that it is an indoor pursuit which is not dependent on the weather . |
| 3 | Its title conceals the fact that it is an inter-governmental organisation as significant in its field as , for example , the World Intellectual Property Organisation . |
| 4 | If you want a perceptron or a BM to learn to recognise some class of examples , you have to provide it with a ) examples of the class b ) counter examples c ) for each training instance , the fact that it is an example or a counter example . |
| 5 | Second , even physics , the most rigourous of sciences , has recognized the fact that it is an elaborate fiction or secondary modelling system , not a recreation of its object . |
| 6 | The fit of this brace was firm and it felt comfortable , despite the fact that it is an off-the-shelf model ( its older brother , the CTI , is custom-fit ) and I found I was able to ski with some confidence in my otherwise highly unstable knee . |
| 7 | Where individual claimants submit a genuine , soundly based claim or appeal to an adjudicating officer , if there is an organised campaign it is reasonable for our adjudicating officers to consider the claim with an eye that , although fair , takes account of the fact that it is an organised campaign . |
| 8 | Recruitment should be helped by the fact that it is an existing group . |
| 9 | The reason why ( 6 ) is perceived as if it was assignment is that the indefinitizing effect of the determiner means that the hearer is granted no more about the entity in post-copular position than : ( a ) The properties denoted by the noun used ; ( b ) The fact that it is an entity ; but the latter fact has already been given by the subject noun phrase ; hence the effect , with such a determiner , amounts to the same thing , in practice ( but not in terms of intensional pattern ) , as simple assignment . |