Example sentences of "fact that [pers pn] does " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aside from the fact that he does n't actually discuss it in any detail , there is little more than a disappointed huffing and puffing at the exhaustion of the avant-garde 's shock value ( backed up by a particularly crass quotation from Peter Bürger about Duchamp 's readymades ) and some utterly routine panting over the outlandish prices being currently paid for Van Goghs — plus a quotation from a sub-Warholian Manhattan ‘ artist ’ answering an art magazine questionnaire with a few smart remarks about business and producing art for the market . |
| 2 | MPs knew the Health Secretary did not listen to the patients or the nurses and doctors , he said , but ‘ at least we can seek reassurance in the fact that he does n't pay a blind bit of notice to what his own department is saying either ’ . |
| 3 | The fact that he does not explain anything about them probably means that they were known to his audience . |
| 4 | The fact that He does , very often , is a bonus . |
| 5 | On another level , on a completely different level the book is about Freud 's attempt in my erm in the second edition of I used the analogy of a detective story like Sherlock Holmes or something , or something er i i it , it 's an attempt by Freud to reconstruct specific historical events that may or may not have happened , using a kind of detective 's method because Freud picks up tiny little clues like Moses ' name , the fact that he does n't appear to be able to speak the language in the Bible , he always speaks through an interpreter , and in the Bible this , this is explained away by saying . |
| 6 | ‘ He might discuss some business matters with my father , for whom he has a tremendous respect , but apart from the fact that he does n't live at Parkwood any more he never boasts . ’ |
| 7 | But the great thing about The Virtuoso ( 1676 ) , which the RSC has brought to light almost 300 years after its last professional performance , is the very fact that it does n't deviate into sense . |
| 8 | Our only means of escape is alcohol , and I keep off that pretty much ; but I ca n't say I blame chaps for getting drunk ( apart from the fact that it does n't do you any good ) , for few of them take any interest in books . |
| 9 | It is a beautiful and very moving story , marred only by the fact that it does not bear the remotest resemblance to what actually happens . |
| 10 | The fact that it does n't cause you immense emotional pain does n't mean you 're not committed to it . |
| 11 | Ignoring the fact that it does n't seem to have much harm to British Telecommunications Plc or to the UK , France 's Minister for Posts & Telecommunications , Emile Zuccarelli , says that privatising France Telecom would hurt the company , its users and the entire nation : he particularly worries about service in sparsely-populated areas , a problem that appears to have been satisfactorily solved by regulation in the UK market ; privatisation of France Telecom is anyway not on the agenda of Valery Giscard d'Estaing . |
| 12 | The fact that it does may underlie a great deal of the difficulty experienced by many beginning readers . |
| 13 | Here the two sentences are linked because they follow the grammatical pattern , definite article + proper noun + copula + complement , a link whose purely formal nature is revealed by the fact that it does not really survive translation into English , where the definite articles are not needed and an indefinite one is . |
| 14 | However , while the fact that it does lead to the possibility of new tests makes an hypothesis worthy of investigation , it will not rank as an improvement on the problematic theory it is designed to replace until it has survived at least some of those tests . |
| 15 | The strong correlation between characterization and prenominal position , and " occasion " use and postnominal position also falls naturally into place , as well as the fact that it does not amount to a complete correspondence . |
| 16 | We shall instead suggest ( 40 ) , where the fact that the arrowhead passes through the square bracket is intended to show that the minor property does not simply qualify the entity as a whole , but the fact that it does not reach as far as the round bracket shows that the adjective is not a sense-qualifier : ( 40 ) |
| 17 | The nul curriculum exists by reason of the fact that it does not exist — it is what is conveyed by omission , avoidance , bypassing , as well as by ridiculing , criticizing , and putting-down . |
| 18 | Erm , what about the fact that she does want to er keep her looks and be fashionable then does n't she ? |