Example sentences of "fact that [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pei 's generosity with space , the fact that one never feels oppressed by ceilings ( as I always do at Lasdun 's National Theatre ) , reveals him as a distinctive architectural sculptor . |
| 2 | Part of the secret of any success we 've had so far can be found in the fact that nobody really expected to us . |
| 3 | After the first incredulity , the fact that nobody actually had to do anything but encourage Hoomey , Bean , Singh and the unknown fourth member went down very well . |
| 4 | A lot of that was also due to the fact that we just did n't get into it , because of all the stuff got stolen after we 'd started and there was a big break of about five or six weeks when we could n't do anything . |
| 5 | The fact that we already participate in certain ways in what are effectively rationing decisions does not constitute an argument for greatly increasing the scope and visibility of that role . |
| 6 | What makes the difference between these reports and our study , however , is the fact that we clearly divided patients with gastrooesophageal reflux from those with endoscopic oesophagitis into different degrees or categories and in the number of patients evaluated , which is less than 50 in all these studies . |
| 7 | And I think the fact that we completely changed our original proposal to meet local objections , does demonstrate the degree of concern that we have . |
| 8 | Thus , the body appears to be able to respond more to raised blood glucose early in the daytime and this is in spite of the fact that we normally take in larger amounts of glucose later in the daytime . |
| 9 | If there is to be any criticism of our play , it is in relation to our tactical awareness , to the fact that we sometimes made wrong choices which more experienced people would not have made ’ . |
| 10 | Yes er I think that er notwithstanding the fact that we only spoke about the er incentive scheme on occasions , we reserved our er judgment as to when we would apply to the management to discuss certain matters . |
| 11 | We felt that this new improved offer would enable us to continue in the short term notwithstanding the fact that we still estimated our losses under the new proposals at something in the region of £67,000 . |
| 12 | at the start , but as things went on , and just the fact that we never had any talks between the union and the management . |
| 13 | The fact that we never sold any records and loads of rotten indie music is our fault has nothing to do with it ! |
| 14 | But I ask you , John — apart from the fact that we always beat them , there are lots of reasons why we should get just as much publicity as them . |
| 15 | The fact that we now know so much about it proves that he was utterly wrong . |
| 16 | The strength and potential of the modern concern for curriculum development lies in the fact that we now realise how important it is to undertake these processes , and in a logical sequence . |
| 17 | Yes and no , er I , there wo n't be another East German scholarship because there wo n't be another East Germany er next year it will disappear , it will just not exist , which er I think what we 're really celebrating , the fact that we now have freedom of movement of young people from what was the Eastern Bloc will now just be Eastern Europe , er into the West in the same way that western students can travel around . |
| 18 | While it is a fact that we often eat much more than we imagine we do ( try writing down everything you eat over a period of a week and prove the point ) , it is a fact that some people put on weight far more quickly than others . |
| 19 | The fact that we often feel that our thoughts come unheralded by ‘ intentions ’ , that the content of our mental life is unwilled , just demonstrates how thin is the layer of consciousness . |
| 20 | One logical reason for this , besides the fact that we naturally want to relate our assets to our goals , is because God takes good care of his property . |
| 21 | They probed and measured and cross-questioned Phoebe in the most condescending manner , made worse by the fact that they clearly did not have a clue as to what might have happened . |
| 22 | But the social tact of the Masai was most impressively demonstrated by the fact that they rarely asked for anything . |
| 23 | That many of his clients saw him in the former category is suggested by the fact that they frequently passed to him details of their restless and unsuitable executives in the hope that he would redeploy them . |
| 24 | of being shown to the remote valve arrangement , and the fact that they already want to carry over R eight onto R three with minimal changes |
| 25 | Often they were detailed and informative ; and many were published under pressure from the House of Commons rather than by the free decision of the government , though the fact that they normally related to negotiations which had been concluded rather than to any still in progress inevitably limited their usefulness as a weapon of parliamentary control . |
| 26 | It simply had n't occurred to him that her resistance to their becoming lovers might be rooted in the fact that they simply did n't love each other . |
| 27 | The fact that they also occur in Algeria and Tunisia , for example , implies similar depositional environments and probably no great separation . |
| 28 | Many Americans regret the fact that they now discuss sport with the passion that 200 years ago they brought to everyday debates on theories of representative government ( and , as historians of the revolution have made plain , there really were such debates ) . |
| 29 | I 've not had the experience perhaps of teaching so many dyslexic children to be able to comment on this , but certainly when I was making the videotape at Brickwall School and I asked the headmaster about that and he pointed to the fact that they certainly have a very wide intake , a complete social mix , and Professor Miles at Bangor University says that in his experience of dealing with dyslexic children they come from all walks of life , and it 's really quite inaccurate — I suppose there 's a sense in which , if we 've got to use these phrases , that middle class people have always been very concerned about the education of their children and so they may be the parents who will ask questions about their children 's lack of development , but I think it 's only , you know , more significant in middle class terms because of that . |
| 30 | Often it is only when their disposal did not go as planned that their existence or the fact that they once existed comes to the historian 's attention . |