Example sentences of "fact [conj] [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The case of street robbery is particularly interesting , because this is commonly the most sensitive area for registering public concern about crime and violence , itself reflected in the fact that robbery-with-violence was the only common offence for which an adult offender could be sentenced to whipping before the abolition of corporal punishment in 1948 . |
| 2 | This was despite the fact that physics was the most boring subject at school because it was so easy and obvious . |
| 3 | The fact that school was the place at which the group met was important . |
| 4 | With the fact that Sugar was the regular mount for Wallace and Baker , there is a definite case for adding the January 5 mission to Sugar 's official tally of trips . |
| 5 | This can be justified by the fact that Keynesianism was the accepted dominant macro-intellectual tradition and that in this tradition a key role , if not the key role , is the manipulation of fiscal policy weapons to achieve economy-wide targets . |