Example sentences of "fact that [pron] [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gives credibility to the particular choice we as a self-defining ‘ human ’ group have made , and reinforces the validity of that choice by obscuring the fact that we make it voluntarily , rather than have it imposed on us by scientific laws which are unquestionable and necessary . |
| 2 | ‘ It does annoy me that the fact that we make it funny somehow demeans the play . ’ |
| 3 | What I would say is that we endeavour to counteract that on the reasons that I 've stated , by virtue of the fact that we invite them to read the policy . |
| 4 | Our hobby , and the fact that we fund it ourselves , is something to be proud of . |
| 5 | They often eat weeds and weed seeds and their economy of intake is illustrated by the fact that they consume their own droppings . |
| 6 | The deviousness and deceitfulness of tobacco advertising , promotion and sponsorship activities which are directed at children lie in the fact that they tell them that one must be healthy and have lung function of 120 per cent . |
| 7 | I 'm left with the fact that they knock me up in the middle of the night , turn my place over , give me a hard time , then just forget about it all . |
| 8 | Quite apart from the fact that they find it very interesting , I think that people outside the university would be pleased to know that a course of such down to earth practical is taught in a place which they sometimes regard as being rather airy fairy . |
| 9 | Solidarity with Southern nationalists is still a major Northern nationalist perception , despite the fact that they view their Southern compatriots at best with indifference and at worst as traitors who sold them out to the loyalists . |
| 10 | The unmistakeable inference was that , Jess and McLaren apart , the young will be left to take advantage of the fact that they have plenty of time . |
| 11 | What it means as I said before , is that ten or fifteen years ago , that number of people got infected , so now ten fifteen years on , we usually multiply by at least a hundred , so we 're really talking about thousands of people living with H I V , and probably unaware of the fact that they have it . |
| 12 | It is difficult to come to terms with the fact that I mean it 's people that you 've worked with for a week , at a time and I mean for three and a half years every second week you 're working with that guys in a confined space , you get to know them really well . |
| 13 | The point of this is not the trivial name involved , but the fact that I remember it so clearly . |
| 14 | ‘ You ca n't stand the fact that I know what you 're really like behind that ice-cool façade . ’ |
| 15 | There is the dispositional fact that I believe my name is what it is , which is a fact about me when I am not thinking of my name . |
| 16 | Having got the fact that I believe you can slot into this job Robert . |
| 17 | No , er we 're proposing that we just do , take this reso , in other words , if you endorse the fact that I say I I sa committed the |
| 18 | I have made no secret of the fact that I consider you to be a boy with potential , a boy I might introduce to some of the wonderful things of this world . |
| 19 | No because everybody who has it is aware of the fact that you know they 've se known that I 've changed my number before and they know why . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't cash in on the fact that you know I — I 'm susceptible to you . |
| 21 | Apart from the fact that you know my mother , that is ? ’ |
| 22 | Well I felt very honoured that er that people should recognise er the fact that you know you did the job and they enjoyed coming down here to travel from Charlbury . |
| 23 | ‘ Because firstly she feels embarrassed at not knowing much about art , and secondly she 's still struggling with the fact that you mould her like a piece of clay in every painting . ’ |
| 24 | In the meantime , until this can be achieved , if you are worried that your parent is not receiving proper medical attention you should start to make a polite nuisance of yourself by frequent visits to the surgery to impress upon the doctor the fact that you consider there is real cause for concern about the state of her health and ask if he could arrange for a ‘ second opinion ’ . |
| 25 | Some pieces of information must go unused despite the fact that you have them available . |
| 26 | The fact that you say his powder is " new " will most likely interest no one . |
| 27 | It 's a familiar quandary : buy an affordable production line bass and live with the fact that you share your new baby with thousands of others , or take the handmade option , pay through the nose and bask in the reflected glory of your instrument 's exclusivity . |
| 28 | I says no I ca n't , he says it 's not very far , I said it 's not the distance that bothers me it 's the fact that you want us to sit there till eleven o'clock at night and not get paid for it , he says yeah but if you want to say something , I says I 'd say something if I thought we 'd be backed on it , but we 're not , oh I 'm not going anywhere to be if I 'm not being paid |
| 29 | But it 's a good marketing exercise the fact that you do it . |
| 30 | Am I supposed to be flattered by the fact that you think I resemble a small magical creature , who , as far as my childhood recollections goes , always wears a stupid hat and has pointed ears ? ’ |