Example sentences of "fact that it [be] not " in BNC.

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1 Apart from the fact that it 's not the way we like our work to come to us , it has provided some other difficulties .
2 So , gentlemen , what I 'm really doing is to show you a bit of the background and the fact that it 's not all doom and gloom there is a hell of a light at the tunnel and in matter of fact , we got another lecture on the channel tunnel in a few days time !
3 Yeah , I would just like to add something to that , and the fact that it 's not only that women , that , that men are taught that they can rape and they can abuse women , but er that it 's alright !
4 The simple fact that it 's not an adequate form of research does n't count for much in the commercial field .
5 It is a sick government that is proud of the fact that it 's not signed up for a Social Chapter .
6 Finally Northern Ireland shows that there has been decline in output over the preceding four months and the only region t t to say that erm it 's fair to say that North Northern Ireland has been a weak region throughout er the recession erm and although in this survey optimism has climbed up a bit so it 's close to the U K average , it 's nevertheless a part of the U K which has really been behaving er rather differently from the rest of the economy reflecting its sort of , i its particular problems and the fact that it 's not part of the mainland economy .
7 The only thing I do n't like about it is the fact that it 's not a a three litre engine .
8 Erm er anyway , never mind , um so um also erm particularly from a feminist perspective this idea of of so-called faulty family dynamics has been called into question by people like for example Hall and Lloyd who were saying that um , something along the lines of if you if you blame the family as a whole then this draws attention away from the fact that it 's not the families who do the abusing , it 's often , from their point of view , it was often the men that do .
9 This gives a lighter , cleaner taste which does n't overpower and illustrates the fact that it is not just the obvious oily herring , mackerel and salmon which have the body to withstand a mustard onslaught .
10 Its price reflects the fact that it is not in the category of software expected to sell in millions of copies .
11 Although this could be termed denationalisation , the fact that it is not ( instead the word ‘ privatisation , is now more commonly used ) is an indication of the extent of the change in thinking brought about by Thatcherism .
12 Such as the fact that it is not really possible to have two adjacent needles tucking at the same time in any part of the pattern .
13 Perhaps what has saved it is the fact that it is not situated on a major road .
14 That they are not such statements is in accord with the fact , rightly insisted upon by Hume , as already noted , that causes can not be said to be in a certain logical connection with their effects : the fact that it is not contradictory , however mistaken it may be , to assert that a causal circumstance for an event existed but that the event did not occur .
15 The fact that it is not an essential part of the process of granting an advance in all cases that a basic valuation should be supplied by an employee of the society , does not mean that where the basic valuation is supplied by an employee its provision is not part of the process of administration .
16 If there is dilution of over 5% , the fully diluted earnings per share should be disclosed or the fact that it is not material should be stated .
17 where potential deferred tax on a revalued asset has not been shown because the revaluation does not constitute a timing difference , the fact that it is not a timing difference and that tax has therefore not been provided should be shown .
18 This example is quoted to underline the fact that it is not so much key contrast which creates harmonic stress as the degree of vertical dissonance between parts .
19 The fact that it is not linear for a glass transition led to the development of the Williams-Landel-Ferry ( WLF ) relation ( 1955 ) .
20 There are other treats in store for the employer who ‘ streamlines ’ production and uses outworkers apart from the fact that it is not uncommon for them to supply their own machinery , they also carry all the overheads of power , lighting , and heating , and the maintenance and cleaning of premises .
21 He rightly draws attention to the fact that it is not necessarily always one side that sometimes breaches the watchkeeping agreements and regulations .
22 Besides the fact that it is not always true — the bare infinitive has many uses where it is not in relation with an auxiliary — this distinction between the two infinitives is also purely distributional : Schibsbye simply lists the various contexts where each infinitive is found without developing any difference of meaning .
23 Erm the J C one we 'll have to try and deal with that again as a separate issue but I do n't , I mean the amount of time we 're losing from high levels of sickness we talked about a c couple of meetings or so ago , about the absence levels with some people , we 've just got ta make sure we crack that on the head , we 're just haemorrhaging money , the fact that it is not just hours it 's money .
24 The fact that it was not long after that similar if lesser welfare legislation was introduced is indicative of the public demand and that clerical socio-moral theory did not tally with the people 's experience of reality .
25 My horror at the fact that it was not unpleasant , that I was almost enjoying it , and that it was killing me .
26 Drunkenness due to one 's own fault is in itself no defence to a criminal charge ; and this is probably true also of drunkenness not due to one 's own fault — though no doubt the fact that it was not due to one 's own fault would be a ground for mitigation of punishment .
27 ‘ I have in mind the fact that it was not seriously disputed , at any stage during the election , that eight out of 10 families would gain as a result of Labour 's tax and spending proposals ; and yet a number of people who would undoubtedly be beneficiaries of what we were proposing appear not to have recognised that . ’
28 But its boom in popularity was still a selective one — probably due to the fact that it was not until 1830 that the transport of Champagne in bottles became legally permitted .
29 It was not weak , cowardly or treacherous , it told its assailants and for proof pointed to the arrests and the fact that it was not releasing any of the men .
30 At the time of my claim the fact that it was not going to rain was evidence-transcendent , as all claims about the future must be .
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