Example sentences of "and [art] fact [is] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notwithstanding the reservations of Glynn and Oxborrow it is clear that population growth rates were less than one third of their nineteenth century peaks and the fact is that there was a substantial loss of population from the old industrial areas to the new ones . |
| 2 | Whatever the reason for this behaviour , it ensured that the fish became available to surface-feeding birds such as kittiwakes and terns , and the fact is that it no longer happens . |
| 3 | Many of the basic foot patterns in kung fu appear to be simple in their execution and the fact is that they are . |
| 4 | I , too , deal in facts , Fran , and the fact is that , like it or not , we have business together again . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Well precisely for that reason , that not only this particular person , but lots of other people at times cause trouble , and I 'm not always there erm and Pauline , who 's next to me , who you 'll probably talk to in a minute — she 's over eighty , she 'll kill me for telling you that because she does n't look it , she only looks about forty , but — erm she stuck in there and people are frightened and erm worried about her , and the fact is that erm there 's no other way of calling the police than having a phone . |