Example sentences of "fact is that 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 The sad fact is that the SMG is financed by two boroughs , Ealing and Hounslow , members of which are sympathetic to their aims .
6 But the fact is that the golf writers have , in the recent past , been thoroughly spoiled for choice .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 The fact is that the Labour Party had a well-established base for the parliamentary success which it sought during the inter-war years .
11 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 .
12 The fact is that the Liberal Party declined quickly .
13 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 .
14 He points out that the pencils are notoriously difficult to get , and says the simple fact is that the judges have not seen sufficient innovation .
15 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 .
16 The fact is that the song did not sell well because , let's face it , it was a bloody awful record … ’
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 The fact is that the business of the politicians is distinct and different from the business of the churches .
21 The fact is that the interests of both education and industry are inseparable .
22 The fact is that the tactics of ‘ Chiappa ’ are his own .
23 The sad fact is that the greater the need , the less outside help is usually available .
24 A startling fact is that the biggest application — accounting for 762 robots — is in ‘ non industrial ’ applications , which include the use of robots as toys or teaching aids .
25 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 .
26 The historical fact is that the settlement of 1688–1701 failed to settle everything ; it failed to provide for all contingencies .
27 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 .
28 The fact is that the editorial staff of PFK are only concerned with one person — you the reader .
29 But the fact is that the very lack of evidence seems to fan the flames of suspicion .
30 The fact is that the time is never right .
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