Example sentences of "fact that [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , unless we are convinced of the possibility of a reductive account of knowledge , let us not tie our hands by refusing to make use of facts that we know to be true . |
| 2 | The historian must first personally select the facts that he presents in his narrative because he can not include them all . |
| 3 | The facts that it relies on transformation to normal form and uses two separate types of approximation mean that its hypotheses will be much harder to prove by induction than those of the earlier rule . |
| 4 | Haitink is not one given to lofty poetics ( try the decidedly unmagical , if immaculately balanced gossamer string texturing of [ iii ] ) , nor outbursts of uncontrollable excitement ( close of [ i ] ) , yet the fact that one arrives at the finale with one 's emotions reasonably intact pays dividends in the long-term , especially as the conductor and the BPO ( on stunning form , incidentally ) raise the emotional temperature several notches for this glorious movement . |
| 5 | The greatest pleasure I gave him was the fact that nobody knew about me . |
| 6 | The fact that something happens to be legal as a matter of tradition going far back into history does not mean that it is not a vice in society . |
| 7 | However , the title development is useful because it highlights the fact that something has to be done with evaluations : something to improve the process next time around . |
| 8 | The fact that everything relating to my loss was scribbled in children 's school jotters with cartoon covers was not exactly a boost to my confidence . |
| 9 | Why was ‘ Togetherness ’ proving so difficult to achieve , despite the fact that everybody believed in it ? |
| 10 | I do n't know whether it contributed much — one never knows oneself whether it contributes or nOt — but I never took my eyes off Peter during this scene , willed him to do this , that and the other , and was saddened and grieved and distressed by the fact that everybody turned against him at the end . |
| 11 | Just the same as you can accept the fact that somebody says to you that I can not really afford your windows , right , just the same as when you first speak to them on the phone , you can say oh sorry , sorry to bother you and put the phone down because it said you |
| 12 | The management ref refused to talk all the time and after a while it just got depressing , the fact that nothing seemed to be happening . |
| 13 | I think in general by virtue of the fact that we go to great lengths to make sure that people fully understand exactly what they have got I mean we 're not in a in a situation where we want people to think that they 've got something they have n't , which is why we go to the lengths that we do erm to make sure that people are fully aware of what they 've got , and if they 're unhappy with what they 've got then obviously within the fourteen day period we give them the right to cancel . |
| 14 | So , as far as the , the erm , erm , report is concerned er , if I 've got to make a recommendation , because obviously people have got different views on this one , it would be in fact that we go for total er , information so that people can make up their own minds , and if , and it might be wrong , but they can exercise their own prejudices . |
| 15 | The fact that we write about desktop publishing means that the world and its grand-mother send us software to evaluate . |
| 16 | The fact that we come from a capitalist country means that some topics tend to be dealt with delicately or avoided , but that is all . |
| 17 | I welcome the fact that we voted against it , but this is one area in which a stand against the EC would enjoy the support of people of all political persuasions in this country . |
| 18 | Attitudinism directly relates ethics to the will , but it neglects the phenomenological fact that we think of values and obligations as something actually there . |
| 19 | But he does n't acknowledge , and what , this is what I find concerning , the fact that we have in some areas of the county , amalgamated schools into a new school , West Grinstead and Alderbury for example , and taken surplus places out . |
| 20 | ‘ A lead of 2-1 guarantees nothing , except the fact that we need to be on our toes against a side who will relish the big occasion . ’ |
| 21 | The fact that we stayed in it for four seasons was not a little due to the . |
| 22 | James , writing in the New Testament , focuses on the fact that we pray to the ‘ giving God ’ , who enjoys giving to those who ask him . |
| 23 | By this he means that by our very existence , by the very fact that we live on earth , we are involved in the destruction of life . |
| 24 | Precise definition of what is and is not a legitimate purpose is probably not possible , but the fact that we live in a competitive or acquisitive society has led English law , for better or worse , to adopt the test of self-interest or selfishness as being capable of justifying the deliberate doing of lawful acts which inflict harm . |
| 25 | I think that we look very favourably on schemes whereby an education process is involved erm where there are workshops and performance , but it becomes a total package in itself — it 's not just a performance for an ethnic minority , but it 's one that represents the fact that we live in a multi-cultural society itself . |
| 26 | By the very fact that we work for Wimpey we give an image of the Company to everyone who knows that . |
| 27 | Again discontinuity of experience marks the lives of these children , despite the fact that they remain in their own homes all along . |
| 28 | It is likely that this is caused not by having less religious education , but by the fact that they tend to be peopled by children of classes who have traditionally fewer links with the church , and include parents making active decisions to keep their children out of the clergy 's grasp . |
| 29 | The fact that they arranged for a petition from the inhabitants of Southwark , complaining about those who had welcomed the Palatines , to be presented to the Commons on the same day that they brought in the bill of repeal , suggests that contemporary politicians ( unlike some modern-day historians ) did believe that popular pressure could have a powerful impact on events at Westminster . |
| 30 | Even if by chance we happened to conceive of just these members of the series , it is surely not in virtue of that fact that they count as correct continuations . |