Example sentences of "fact that [pers pn] has " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tucker , who is due to retire in the autumn , said : ‘ I regard the honour as a tribute to the work of Navy News staff past and present , and I 'm particularly proud of the fact that ours has always been virtually an in-house production . |
| 2 | The Inland Revenue form R190(SD) contains the certificate and the form requires the donor to state that he satisfies all the conditions relating to Gift Aid ( as to which , see 4 below ) , including the fact that he has paid , or will pay , tax equal to the basic rate on the gross amount of the gift . |
| 3 | Seems reasonable , except for the fact that he has n't cut the mortises for the mullions . |
| 4 | The prospect of equalling Gary Player 's record of five victories , and the fact that he has a bye into the second round on Friday , has enticed Ballesteros to make his 14th successive appearance in the World Matchplay . |
| 5 | But no news is good news , and Mr Clarke has been drawing some comfort from the fact that he has n't heard from his own local family doctor . |
| 6 | The baby , despite the fact that he has been denied his birthright of the care of deeply loving parents who created him in love , is as well cared for — ’ |
| 7 | With the minority status of ultra running and his own unease with publicity , the fact that he has no sponsors is hardly surprising , especially as he admits to not running to win , but the Zarei philosophy of running takes that into account . |
| 8 | Now evidence shows that it 's more than the fact that he has something on his mind to distract him from sex — it 's an actual physical phenomenon . |
| 9 | Despite the fact that he has been involved in more intimidating tackles than most professionals of his generation , he thinks a line has to be drawn between hard edged professionalism and pathological violence . |
| 10 | The fact that he has chosen to go away and leave me means that he does not love me . |
| 11 | It is the fact that he has stolen hope from a number of incredibly vulnerable HIV-positive women who turned to him for help . |
| 12 | The fact that he has also been of service to AIM is a bonus . |
| 13 | He gives them tremendous know-how , and the fact that he has been out for so long wo n't affect him . |
| 14 | The bitter injustice which is afflicting him so deeply now is that in spite of the fact that he has been perfectly all right ever since , no-one will believe it . |
| 15 | Merson does n't hide the fact that he has been struggling with his weight . |
| 16 | One of the lads is proud of the fact that he has managed to avoid doing any writing for the past year or so ! |
| 17 | That he has been able to combine both ministries would be surprising were it not for the fact that he has worked as an active Socialist besides having a good track record in cultural affairs . |
| 18 | Applying this principle to insider dealing , it could be argued that a company has the right to bring an action against an insider for any profit made by reason of the fact that he has ( i ) abused his fiduciary position by using unpublished price sensitive information which he acquired by virtue of his position as an insider ; or ( ii ) misappropriated corporate property ( it is essential under this head that unpublished price sensitive information be seen as property ; whether it is , is not entirely clear ) . |
| 19 | A terse phone call from Arthur Edwards , a long-serving photographer from The Sun newspaper , whose avuncular manner belies the fact that he has excellent sources inside the royal world , reinforced the message . |
| 20 | The latest production to have commenced shooting in Dublin is ‘ Into The West ’ , the story of a re-housed gypsy who refuses to be parted from his horse — despite the fact that he has been moved to a high rise block . |
| 21 | A Frenchman [ may believe that ] ‘ potatoes ’ is English for apples … ; from the fact that he has a mistaken belief about ‘ potatoes ’ and ‘ apples ’ it does not follow that he has a mistaken belief about potatoes and apples . |
| 22 | Morgan ( 1975 : 442 ) asks ‘ What can we infer about the speaker 's intentions from the fact that he has chosen this particular description , rather than any of the others which would call to mind the same referent ? ’ |
| 23 | And what makes his analysis so attractive is the fact that he has resolutely turned his back on the temptations to reduce what he has seen to some supposedly more fundamental principle of animal behaviour . |
| 24 | I reach that conclusion , I hope , having properly considered the pros and cons of the situation ; the fact that he has this particular advantage as a police officer in marshalling evidence ; considering the issues . |
| 25 | I reach that conclusion , I hope , having properly considered the pros and cons of the situation : the fact that he has this particular advantage as a police officer in marshalling evidence ; considering the issues . |
| 26 | Over and above the fact that he has three clerks , |
| 27 | Not to mention the fact that he has been conspicuously faithless to me . |
| 28 | It will be observed that this definition , though it lays considerable and perhaps disproportionate stress on the contractual nature of the shareholder 's rights , also emphasises the fact that he has an interest in the company . |
| 29 | Which does n't alter the fact that he has no alibi . |
| 30 | This will equally enable the Policyholder to replace the engine with one of similar type , capacity , age and size to the one lost — and therefore we will have provided him with indemnity under the Policy notwithstanding the fact that he has been paying premium on the value insured . |