Example sentences of "fact [is] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the sad fact is that Peter Rochford latterly lived alone . |
| 2 | Whatever your opinion , the incontrovertible fact is that Sinead O'Connor is a woman of great passion and conviction , an absolute believer that truth will triumph over lies , right over wrong , love over hate . |
| 3 | 7 The fact is that Spurs are a better team than Arsenal . |
| 4 | The fact is that Israel , the Arab states , including the new State of Palestine , the United States and the Soviet Union have different interpretations . |
| 5 | And one of the most ironic features of the present debate as a matter of fact is that Steve Gould , who 's been the most vocal exponent of the punctuationist view , and indeed of the view that there 's something really quite special about the specification of them , his own field work is concerned with a mollusc snail called serin erm from the West Indies , which , when it was first described by anatomists , was classified into several genera and several hundreds of different species . |
| 6 | Another amazing fact is that crystals actually vibrate at different frequencies when they come into contact with other energy fields . |
| 7 | The fact is that disciples then and now may well ‘ have the Holy Spirit ’ and yet not have ‘ received the fullness ’ of the Holy Spirit . |
| 8 | The fact is that starvation will get worse and worse , right into the 21st century , unless the rich world contemplates a real assault on the causes of third-world poverty , rather than occasional crisis management . |
| 9 | But again , actually he does n't , and I quote Cole 's piece : ‘ The fact is that starvation will get worse and worse unless the rich world contemplates a real assault on the causes of third-world poverty , rather than the occasional crisis management . ’ |
| 10 | Despite all the hurrahs about Europe from marquandistas in London , the plain economic fact is that Europe has the worst unemployment record in the industrial world , and the construction of Europe with an enduring 10 per cent out of work leaves a permanent 10 per cent unlikely to vote at all , or , if they do vote , to vote racist . |
| 11 | Having said that , the fact is that Mrs X is company secretary and therefore a company employee . |
| 12 | In a perfect world , perhaps that would be the case , but the fact is that Japan is at present responsible for some of the finest guitars available , and the Fuji Gen factory , from which the Starfield Japanese range comes , is home to the best of the best . |
| 13 | The fact is that Schubert 's Symphonies are appallingly badly served at present , with the exception of the ‘ Unfinished ’ and ‘ Great ’ , although there too my heart tends to sink at the memory of even some of the established ‘ best buys ’ . |
| 14 | Optimistic assessments aside , the fact is that Bull 's role as a hardware manufacturer continues to weigh financially on its potentially more profitable ventures . |
| 15 | The fact is that industrialists are scared stiff of a Labour Government and are determined to do all that they can to ensure that we achieve , as we shall , a resounding and decisive Conservative victory . |
| 16 | In other words , despite all the efforts of people anxious to prove otherwise , the fact is that man 's need for a ‘ god ’ has always been met as a result of his own efforts , and at no time supernaturally . |
| 17 | Uncertainty features in two of the accounts of seeking an optimal income distribution , but the fact is that decisions about redistributions are made by those who know they are either winners or losers in life 's lottery and the unbiased perspective that Rawls is seeking is absent . |
| 18 | The fact is that memory is selective and fallible . |
| 19 | The fact is that projects in Japan are profitable , both for firms and investors . |
| 20 | Yet the fact is that Poland 's industrial production figures for March 1990 are 30% down on last year and the minister of labour , Jacek Kuron , forecasts 1.7m unemployed by the end of the year . |
| 21 | The fact is that Brendan himself never fought an election here , ’ said one strategist , through taut lips . |
| 22 | The salient fact is that Wigg believed , and believed with great intensity , that Profumo had lied to him and for that reason was a suitable object for punishment in fanning the flame of the sexual scandal . |
| 23 | The fact is that manufacturing output fell under Labour . |
| 24 | Writing back is always something I find depressing , because the plain , unpalatable fact is that telescopes today are expensive items . |
| 25 | It is hard for some owners to accept that this noise means ‘ I am inoffensive ’ rather than ‘ I am content ’ , but the fact is that inoffensiveness is the only condition to explain all the different contexts in which the purr occurs . |
| 26 | ‘ The fact is that groups are n't embarrassed to play stuff that belongs to them . |
| 27 | The fact is that scientists in many areas — since calmodulin , even the molecular crowd — have started working with calcium , often without appreciating the experimental delicacy necessary , or available , to do so . |
| 28 | Whatever its economic intent , the fact is that Mosley 's fascist movement became associated with the type of violence and anti-Semitism which had become the hallmark of European fascism . |
| 29 | The fact is that elements like cran — and bil — do not carry any meaning at all , in the normal sense — they merely distinguish ; they are equivalent to numbered or lettered labels : ‘ ( berry ) type A/type B/type C … ’ . |
| 30 | The fact is that damage or destruction of other parts of the building or of the shopping centre ( if applicable ) may render the premises unusable despite the fact that the premises have not been damaged or destroyed . |