Example sentences of "fact [is] [that] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But the fact is that such tests are done on single chemicals , never on mixtures . |
| 2 | The fact is that such breakages are very uncommon , and that the quoted figure of 2,000 tank-related accidents a year includes things like ruptures and hernias while trying to lift them … |
| 3 | ‘ The fact is that many people have made substantial personal fortunes in the last few years , and with encouragement and the lowest income tax rate for 50 years , I believe they will be prepared to acknowledge their privileged position and return to the community a portion of their good fortune . |
| 4 | The fact is that many Liberals , and especially those in the local constituencies , adopted something of a larger mentality towards change . |
| 5 | The sad fact is that many of these ‘ irruptive ’ birds spend their last days in the islands , because if they do not move on immediately while they still have the strength , the more time they spend searching for what is n't there , the less chance there is of their being able to make another long sea crossing . |
| 6 | The fact is that many majority of people know that it |
| 7 | The fact is that many have an aroma and flavour which is unique — for instance , basil can only be described as tasting like basil . |
| 8 | The fact is that many still fall on the way , due to lack of provision for maternity leave and child care — among other problems . |
| 9 | The simple fact is that many of the values of the mass literacy movement have been ill-conceived . |
| 10 | The sad fact is that many organisations would be unable to recognise a customer even if he or she fell in front of them . |
| 11 | When many people take out their pension , they may be happily married , but the sad fact is that many will have divorced before reaching retirement . |
| 12 | The undeniable fact is that all worshipped ‘ gods ’ have in the past been man-made , either imagined or physically made in the form of idols . |
| 13 | The fact is that all developed societies undergo processes in which professions and occupations proliferate and become more specialised and we then have to evolve means of ‘ getting it all together again' , in this case , ensuring that the patient or client does not suffer as a result of our separate functions and roles . |
| 14 | But the fact is that all the other instances of union are just as swiftly broken up , disunited . |
| 15 | Perhaps the most important fact is that all the pigments used in Aquacryl are lightfast . |
| 16 | The fact is that all the examples adduced to support the proposition that there should be a qualitative — or ‘ radical ’ — extension of the role of trade unions into the management of the business employing their members fail at the crucial oint . |
| 17 | An interesting fact is that more people commit suicide at Christmas than at any other time . |
| 18 | The second fact is that those crews that took off on 25/26 August 1940 from bases like Waddington , Scampton , Lindholme , Hemswell and Newmarket , ill-equipped though they were to inflict any real damage on the enemy , achieved an impact on the course of the war that none could have truly appreciated at the time . |
| 19 | One clear fact is that those reasons relate entirely to human interests . |
| 20 | The fact is that those hospitals south of the border that have achieved trust status are now delivering more patient care , recruiting more consultants and buying more equipment , and improving the service that they provide to the public in their areas . |
| 21 | Yet the plain fact is that this number of children are dying every day — dying from diseases we know how to cure . |
| 22 | The fact is that this is a prominent feature of the existing law , in which there are only two major offences ( rape and indecent assault ) and in which some 42 per cent of those charged with rape have a plea of guilty to indecent assault accepted by the court . |
| 23 | Easy though it is to criticize Positive Images ' theoretical short-comings , the fact is that this was almost the only group in the country that was addressing these issues at all . |
| 24 | While this might seem to be stating the obvious , the fact is that this issue has not received a great deal of systematic ( as opposed to post hoc ) discussion in the literature . |
| 25 | They 're in fact five hundred and one thousand , one hundred and thirteen and if Mr is erred by one thousand one hundred and thirteen pounds I would hope he 'd forgive him , the fact is that this year 's budget for those two buildings er , is that amount . |
| 26 | The fact is that this last Muddletonian lived on till nineteen seventy-nine , and we believe that the , the sect ends with him there . |
| 27 | But the fact is that most traditional streets are indeed largely a collection of facades . |
| 28 | The simple fact is that most crime is the result of giving a criminal an easy opportunity . |
| 29 | The fact is that most parents find discipline one of the most difficult parts of their job ; not a few find it an impossible task — especially at particular periods of their children 's lives . |
| 30 | The fact is that most computer stuff is still designed for people who like playing with technology . |