Example sentences of "the fact is [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact is that the project itself will call into question the notion of success and failure , my theme in the big glass , he wrote , is , after all , the calling into question of such terms as success and failure , the calling into question of such notions as project and even work . |
| 2 | The fact is that The Possessed , which can be circumstantial to a calculated fault when it chooses , in this case chooses to say nothing . |
| 3 | For the fact is that the Christians now hold a power out of proportion to their numbers , thanks to the French . |
| 4 | The fact is that the only reasonable method of securing conviction of individuals among a rioting football mob or crowd of lager louts or gang of shoplifters is to use video . |
| 5 | But the fact is that the golf writers have , in the recent past , been thoroughly spoiled for choice . |
| 6 | The interest of the rest of the ‘ virtuosi ’ ( as they were known ) was a more general one in the ‘ new philosophy ’ and its aims ; for the fact is that the Royal Society provided a focus for a whole movement of thought . |
| 7 | The fact is that the birth rate declined by almost half between the 1900 and the late 1930s , and by an even higher proportion when compared with nineteenth-century levels . |
| 8 | The fact is that the rich retained most of their income and wealth , although there was , quite clearly , some transference of wealth and income from the very rich to the middling rich sections , as indicated in Table 6.3 . |
| 9 | The fact is that the Labour Party had a well-established base for the parliamentary success which it sought during the inter-war years . |
| 10 | The fact is that the Conservative Party did become closely involved in the problems of the poor and the unemployed — although their efforts were often seen as less than caring . |
| 11 | The fact is that the Liberal Party declined quickly . |
| 12 | The fact is that the majority of the Conservative Party supported the appeasement line , through the National government , from before the Abyssinian crisis of 1935 to the Second World War . |
| 13 | The fact is that the lift worked for ten years with very little maintenance and little stoppage for repairs , except to the track — and even the track could evidently have been put to permanent rights had the study and expenditure been justified . |
| 14 | The fact is that the song did not sell well because , let's face it , it was a bloody awful record … ’ |
| 15 | While the idea of preserving the total literary output of a nation is the ideal to be aimed at — an ideal relied upon by those who discard gleefully — the fact is that the British Library does not have a copy of every book . |
| 16 | The fact is that the rotting process in timber can be long and slow , and may not be observed by the householder until a very advanced stage of decay has been reached . |
| 17 | The fact is that the considerable amount of literature now being produced on ‘ IT ’ and ‘ strategy ’ is notable for the almost complete absence of any mention of external online database systems of the type used by librarians and information scientists . |
| 18 | The fact is that the business of the politicians is distinct and different from the business of the churches . |
| 19 | The fact is that the interests of both education and industry are inseparable . |
| 20 | The fact is that the tactics of ‘ Chiappa ’ are his own . |
| 21 | The fact is that the relationship between a husband and wife is the highest form of loving commitment between human beings , and it is to serve as a model for children to understand what love and commitment consist of in God 's economy . |
| 22 | The fact is that the greatest mystery of all — the Incarnation — comes at the very beginning and is the central reason why we believe in God . |
| 23 | The fact is that the editorial staff of PFK are only concerned with one person — you the reader . |
| 24 | But the fact is that the very lack of evidence seems to fan the flames of suspicion . |
| 25 | The fact is that the time is never right . |
| 26 | The fact is that the Institute 's Examination Committee , which determines the results , does not see manpower planning as part of its remit . |
| 27 | That working-class wages would remain at subsistence level — the fact is that the real wage of the average worker has increased by a factor of over ten between 1900–70 in the UK and by a factor of fourteen in the U S over the same period ; that collective ownership of the means of production would result in an increase of wealth for the workers and so improve their lot — the fact is that in both Russia and Cuba it has been necessary to restore discipline in factories by introducing a military routine with the surplus value being siphoned off by the state ; that communist revolutions would start in such advanced industrial countries such as Britain , France , America and Germany — the fact is that a socialist revolution has taken place in none of these countries ; that conflicts between states are the results of capitalism and will cease under communism — the fact is that in the streets of Budapest and Prague , in Afghanistan and on the Soviet-Chinese border we have seen the power of the Red Army being used against fellow communists ; that the income difference between capitalists and workers will rise — the fact is that in all industrial countries the effective after-tax , after-benefits real income gap between rich and poor has diminished ; that capitalism will collapse because of its internal contradictions — the fact is that capitalism has not collapsed in any Western country , yet . |
| 28 | The fact is that the clothing ( Carhartt and its ilk ) and the footwear ( Blundstone , Red Wings , Georgia Boot ) — traditional US , Canadian , Australian and even Japanese labels producing clothing for the outdoor worker — have only recently gained proper agents to represent them around Britain . |
| 29 | The fact is that the Company accumulated profits in reserves before embarking on the building of Churston maintenance shed of which the article makes mention . |
| 30 | The use of this term is inaccurate and misleading because the fact is that the recorders are required by the appropriate regulations to be painted a brilliant colour so that the investigators can find them more easily in the wreckage . |