Example sentences of "fact that [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | They reported back at the end of January 1991 and commented that one of the reasons for the massive underspending was the fact that one had to have three companies before one could apply . |
| 2 | She had found a good quick way of conveying the fact that something had arisen suddenly at her end that must claim her immediate attention ; a summons to go to the boss s office , the arrival of someone with whom she had an appointment , or letters to be signed to catch the afternoon post . |
| 3 | These comforted her , not because she had any faith in their message , but because they were phrased with some beauty ; they were made up of words that seemed to apply to some large and other world of other realities , and they bore witness , also , to the fact that somebody had thought it worth his while to put them up . |
| 4 | Very often , the actual fact that what had become boring has suddenly become forbidden , makes the couple start to enjoy sex again ! |
| 5 | The reason was both underestimation of its length and the fact that what had seemed like straightforward snow slope was awkward mixed ground , the peak bearing less snow than usual . |
| 6 | I would win no prizes for being tidy , but the main aggravation was the fact that we had , between us , eight identical black Karrimor pannier bags . |
| 7 | The fact that we had definite goals on each trek , such as reaching a summit by sunrise , made the whole thing feel like an expedition . |
| 8 | The fact that we had a more open policy over those ten years has actually infiltrated into or irrigated the BBC and ITV , but you will still see a great area of editorial heads , or heads of departments , the equivalents of the commissioning editors , the executive heads , where there are very few women . |
| 9 | Not all of the women who took that decision were separatist by any means , but the fact that we had rejected men was not a gesture of feminism alone . |
| 10 | Klaasen 's contention that ‘ the only integration that has gone on so far has been among the top officials ’ seemed to be borne out by the fact that we had to wait for the penultimate game of the tours to seen the first nonwhite player take the field . |
| 11 | I think my commitment undoubtedly has a lot to do with the fact that we had to struggle and fight for everything we have . |
| 12 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 13 | of this discussion was the fact that we had , and it was , certainly was the last time we talked about it because that 's why we only sent one person on it . |
| 14 | Management consultants , P A , were commissioned to review the options for Warren Spring 's future and it was evident from the technical synergies and the fact that we had appropriate accommodation at Culham/Harwell — coupled with our ‘ enthusiastic response ’ — that the merger with AEA was the best way forward for all concerned . |
| 15 | The press also reported the fact that we had achieved operating profits of £23.4 million — no mean achievement in the current economic climate — increased turnover by our industrial businesses and significant growth in our UK private sector business and in overseas sales . |
| 16 | The fact that we had an armed guard lowered no one 's spirits ; made everyone feel a lot more comfortable , including , if they only knew it , the ex-FAKINTIL chief sapper himself . |
| 17 | The fact that we had met Michael and Janet Roberts came up , and he was moved to explain that , with his growing acquaintanceship with the children of his friends — to several of whom he had become godfather — he had felt the need to adopt some sobriquet less solemn than Uncle . |
| 18 | The fact that we had ventured into disputed territory meant nothing to my father . |
| 19 | ‘ If the fact that we had been here came out , the source of the information would be obvious . ’ |
| 20 | He over-simplified American reactions with his comment that they " particularly resented the fact that we had acted on our own without American permission or concurrence . " |
| 21 | However , the damage was done at the discontinued line which simply reflects the fact that we had er , Elserver in for two and a half months in nineteen ninety one , as opposed to twelve months the year before . |
| 22 | Well the fact that we had certainly at point six which is in the centre of the urban area which is where we clearly we 're mainly concerned about is where most of the accidents for example are happening . |
| 23 | The inspector was pleased to receive that , noting the fact that we had a , a drop in our work output but expected that , that would go up in the next year or two . |
| 24 | Er , and in this instance I have consistently erm , asked that we , we do all we can , to allow us to spend our capital receipts , and the fact that we had the holiday last year was er , er , of of great benefit to this this council , erm , there are er times when we should er perhaps be putting money into reserves or paying off debt , but this council should be allowed to make those decisions rather |
| 25 | But anyway , the railways there was a spurt on between in the late sixties on the railway and that 's when I think I was sure , not only because I was a branch secretary at the time but I 'm sure that all the British Railways there was a greater awareness of the fact that we had been deceived by the word nationalization . |
| 26 | ‘ The fact that we had to chase the game meant it was tailor-made for Spartak . |
| 27 | After establishing the fact that we had only one body , which could not be replaced by a trip to Marks and Spencers if it wore out , we discussed ways and means of preserving it ! |
| 28 | you make your sound and you carry on and on and on , I 'm gon na keep on taping different people 's make their sound and then we 're gon na see what it feels like you 're in hospital , okay , now it does n't matter if somebody 's got the same sound as somebody else , it 's no big deal , alright , because eventually they 'll all blend into each other , but as soon as I 've tapped you , make your sound , alright patients , come on where 's the machines ? okay , stop , now when did it start becoming out of hand ? , at one stage we did n't really know where we were to , once , once I say ten people , okay , and that was also due to the fact that we had perhaps too many erm patients moaning , alright , it was good in one respect because why , it made obvious that we were in a , a hospital well something like , but erm when you 're in smaller groups and you 're making your sound machines , obviously it 's much easier to control and to make the overall sound more realistic , do n't you think ? , so , mm , what we 're going to do is we 're going to get into different groups , into groups of four , five , no big deal , you 're welcome to only if you want to , and , you 're going to , each group is going to choose er a profession , okay , you can be brick layers , you can be er musicians , er you can be er gardener , I mean absolutely you can be factory workers , you can be absolutely anything , and what you 're going to do is you 're going to choose , each person will choose a sound which is represented of that particular person , er profession , okay , and you 'll going to make your sounds simultaneously so that as for the audience who are simply listening to you can just close our eyes cos we wo n't , you wo n't be acting you 'll be making these sounds and using , we 'll close our eyes and we 'll know exactly where we are , okay , and then after that once we 've done that just , before you choose your profession to know what this is going to lead onto , after that we 're going to put movements to that profession , so when , if you were in a factory going er putting bottles on , on top top of bottles , you would have the movements going and you would have the sound going and I want you to build up , up , the sound machine which becomes the movement machine as well , so you 're almost robotic so you , shh , shh , or whatever , however your sound , and each person does their thing in the factory or where ever they are and we will be able to see from listening and looking at the movements and obviously remember just because you 're not an example it does n't mean you ca n't talk , there might be for instance there would be a doctor going stand back , stand back , you know , er , in , in the you can use voices , but also obviously very , very effective to have sound voices , shh , shh , to create that part of it , have instruments , but this is how they actually started lay down sound tracks for movies , people specialize |
| 29 | When asked if their shefi acted in too authoritarian a manner , some kolkhozniki at first said it was very rare , but then in peasant fashion slowly warmed up to the fact that they had been very angered by some young students who had written in Rabochii put ’ that their horses were badly fed and cleaned , and that they had not sown enough crops . |
| 30 | The fact that they had not fought about it should have announced their despair . |