Example sentences of "fact [is] [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact is that everything else that occurs in Northern Ireland must be sustained by the quality of the security policy . |
| 2 | The plain fact is that one may learn something about features of recovery by looking at large numbers of individuals but the converse does not wholly follow . |
| 3 | The salient fact is that what is uniquely on offer at these parties is not all-night dancing or a few boutique drugs , but fantasy-sensation itself : the orgiastic effect of thousands of people mainlining heavy acid rock at the level of total sound . |
| 4 | But his shadow , Mr Gerald Kaufman , said : ‘ The fact is that what this Government has adopted is the policy of the three o'clock knock by police . ’ |
| 5 | The fact is that what you pay for is instant accuracy — but not really convenience . |
| 6 | The bleak fact is that what should be a matter of political principle is being determined by calculations of party advantage . |
| 7 | The hard fact is that whatever road we choose to travel this becomes a direct cost to our business without adding a single penny to output and , therefore , profitability . |
| 8 | The fact is that they are a million times better than many of the new trainers on the market and a lot harder to find . |
| 9 | The fact is that they hold the uterus open , which means that egg and sperm are allowed to unite , but the pregnancy is doomed because it can not be sustained without the uterus closing . |
| 10 | When a team goes to a new area to start a new church , the fact is that they may fail , and the temptation is to fear that if they fail they will lose face . |
| 11 | Comparisons at this level of guitar-building are difficult ; you 're welcome to argue the relative merits of Lowden , Martin , Santa Cruz , Taylor , old Fyldes and so on until you 're blue in the face , but the fact is that they 're all different guitars which excel in different areas . |
| 12 | However it may feel at times to them as individuals , and whatever compulsions they sense from relatives and friends to ‘ get through ’ their course , the fact is that they could withdraw without any legal penalty at least . |
| 13 | The fact is that they know from their own experience that many of their contemporaries take drugs occasionally and do not become addicted . |
| 14 | Many of the basic foot patterns in kung fu appear to be simple in their execution and the fact is that they are . |
| 15 | Whatever ramblers may think of mountain bikers ( and I will be the first to admit that they can occasionally be annoying ) , the fact is that they are mostly young people , enjoying the countryside , keeping fit and getting fresh air , which is surely something we all subscribe to . |
| 16 | The fact is that they are not . |
| 17 | It 's not it 's not the point of the money it 's the fact is that they 've lied to me erm and really I want =em . |
| 18 | ‘ We are not suggesting Swindon did anything deliberate , but the fact is that they are now in the Premier League . ’ |
| 19 | It is hard to understand why a horse will try to run away from a pain caused by a bit or a rough hand , but the fact is that they do . |
| 20 | The fact is that nothing was done about the matter , and the goats were released from farm isolation by the ministry with subsequent disastrous results for me and for others . |
| 21 | These experiences , which Rigoberta relates in her autobiography , I Rigoberta Menchu , make grim and compulsive reading , but the fact is that her story is by no means unusual . |
| 22 | The fact is that we have no option but to raise salaries . |
| 23 | The fact is that we have entered here upon the theatre of the absurd , as well as the stage of the miraculous . |
| 24 | The fact is that we need both , and the two should not be confused . |
| 25 | The fact is that we are rather more successful at it than other species . |
| 26 | The fact is that we all earn our living by using parts of our bodies , and there can be no biological , or logical , reason for outlawing organs of the reproductive system . |
| 27 | I 'm afraid the fact is that we had the finest guitarist in the world and we did n't recognise it . |
| 28 | The fact is that we still have a great deal to learn about the skills that animals use to find their way around their own home ranges and to travel the globe . |
| 29 | And whether that was said or not , Wallace , the bald fact is that we would n't really need you any longer , would we ? |
| 30 | The sad fact is that we do not always treat our children very well . |