Example sentences of "fact be that [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 It seemed to me that it was wanting in every detail , but the objective facts are that I was five feet two and a half , weighed eight stone five , and had my fair share of acne .
2 The facts are that I asked Warren Beatty not to cast Sean Young in the role for Dick Tracy . ’
3 For the twentieth-century facts were that they were a small , oppressed , poor and exploited people , in thrall to the then all-mighty English , and their sole singularity was the Welsh language and only a quarter of them spoke that .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 The fact is that they know from their own experience that many of their contemporaries take drugs occasionally and do not become addicted .
10 Many of the basic foot patterns in kung fu appear to be simple in their execution and the fact is that they are .
11 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 .
12 The fact is that they are not .
13 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 .
14 ‘ We are not suggesting Swindon did anything deliberate , but the fact is that they are now in the Premier League . ’
15 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 .
16 The fact is that we have no option but to raise salaries .
17 The fact is that we have entered here upon the theatre of the absurd , as well as the stage of the miraculous .
18 The fact is that we need both , and the two should not be confused .
19 The fact is that we are rather more successful at it than other species .
20 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 .
21 I 'm afraid the fact is that we had the finest guitarist in the world and we did n't recognise it .
22 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 .
23 And whether that was said or not , Wallace , the bald fact is that we would n't really need you any longer , would we ?
24 The sad fact is that we do not always treat our children very well .
25 The simple fact is that we believe , as the Opposition have so far , that the best way to make movements along those lines is through international agreement and through the International Maritime Organisation .
26 The fact is that we give exceptional leave to remain because it would be inhumane to send some people , such as the Croatian that the hon. Member mentioned , back to their country at this time , even though they may not have made a claim of persecution .
27 As the right hon. and learned Member for Surrey , East ( Sir G. Howe ) advised everyone in the Financial Times last week , ’ There is nothing to prevent a group of countries pressing on with a separate Treaty The fact is that we can not , even if we wished , stop the others going ahead . ’
28 The fact is that we are contemplating not a two-tier health service but a better health service .
29 I 've said to many years now about English weather in a sense it 's , it , it , it 's got a something of endearing quality , you do n't like going through the bad weather , but the fact is that we do get generally good weather
30 The fact is that I had never seen it , or known what I was seeing , until that day : …
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