Example sentences of "fact that [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its digital nature is not an incidental fact that happens to be true of genetic information technology . |
| 2 | Any response is complicated by the fact that calls on resources are different , by being long- or short-term and by being capital- or revenue-intensive . |
| 3 | But the overwhelming fact that emerges from the decades of dedicated work , using ever more sophisticated technology , is that the creature skills develop no further . |
| 4 | Of course , the models of analysis are metaphors too , and it is the recognition of this unavoidable fact that points to the linkage of isomorphism across the reading experience . |
| 5 | In all my years of experience , I would suggest that only the smallest minority of pension holders have appreciated the fact that returns on death were derisory , and that there was a relationship between the benefits on death and the benefits at the end . |
| 6 | Both they and Olson use the fact that claims for ‘ objectivity ’ are made as proof of their veracity . |
| 7 | The problem is complicated by the fact that costs per thousand vary sharply by station , and it is especially expensive to advertise in the large London area . |
| 8 | But to our disgust , and as Nigel mentioned , also that we have seen a demise of factory inspectors , and this is borne out by the fact that figures at the present time show that an average workplace can be expected to be visited once in eleven years . |
| 9 | These measures have the full endorsement of the Labour party , which also welcomes the fact that notices about the law will be made extensively available for display by the retail trade and will be fixed to automatic vending machines by operators . |
| 10 | On Mars the time-of-day language-game is practically the same as on Earth , and , given the language-game , we use an argument from analogy to settle a question of fact that arises within the language-game . |
| 11 | But when it comes to saying , ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Sun the evaporation/solar-flares analogy is being advanced , not in order to justify an answer to a question of fact that arises within the language-game , but in order to justify an extension of the language-game we have on Earth to the Sun . |