very fact
collocation in Englishmeaningsofveryandfact
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very
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈver.i/us/ˈver.i/
(used to add emphasis to a noun) exact ...
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fact
noun[C or U]
uk/fækt/us/fækt/
something that is known to have happened or to exist, especially something for which proof exists, or about which there ...
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(Definition ofveryandfactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvery fact
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Theveryfactof its popularity testified to its harmfulness.
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Unfortunately, thisveryfactcauses problems for us in musical education.
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If so, thisveryfactmay be the reason for their hostility, for their becoming parties.
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Thisveryfact, however, was to be made into an advantage during the mid-1950s.
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By thisveryfact, these lines are tainted with cultural ambiguity.
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So theveryfactof discriminable things appears as something dependent upon consciousness.
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But theveryfactthat a container entity is affected precludes this possibility.
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Theveryfactthat it sounds old may also work in its favour.
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Indeed, thisveryfactis reflected in the author's subdivision of the chapters on the individual chant genres.
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However, theveryfactthat such a reform was undertaken signals deeper changes in political and public concerns.
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Indeed, theveryfactthat he is an opponent proves that he has not seen the light.
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Theveryfactthat he tried to appease nationalist opposition by speaking its language is itself indicative of the constraints on him.
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Theveryfactthat the dependent in descriptive genitives can be ellipted or be substituted by one shows that these genitives are phrasal in nature.
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Theveryfactthat her past self accepted the law as the guide to conduct would act as the internal force rendering non-conformity infeasible.
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For in the situation being considered, theveryfactthat (2) and (3) remain certain upon reflection gives one good reason to doubt (1).
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Theveryfactthat linguists disagree among themselves as to the form or even nature of these underlying systems attests to their opacity.
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The other possibility locates the potential for price increases not in the (putative) smaller number of resellers, but in theveryfactof their operation.
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However, theveryfactthat the spirit made the same complaint each year shows that the promised redressive measures were never taken.
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Theveryfactthat a performance is taking place recalls the rules that have been taught through past experiences of the theatre.
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Theveryfactof differentiating languages would mean that their language acquisition is fundamentally and qualitatively different from that of monolingual children.
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One of the most controversial claims of the hysteresis school is that theveryfactof being unemployed can make individuals unemployable.
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For the most part, such burdens come with theveryfactthat we are bound to one another within a particular family.
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Her speech act is a declarative in that its performance "brings about a fit by theveryfactof its successful per formance" (1976:14).
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