well-known fact

collocation in English

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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 offactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This is awell-knownfactfrom the theory of linear topological spaces.
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It is awell-knownfactthat some spellings are easier to learn than others.
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This is a multi-dimensional generalization of awell-knownfactin one-dimensional dynamics.
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But by saying this we have actually just repeated awell-knownfact.
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This is awell-knownfactfor the analogous, classical sets of wellapproximable real numbers.
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For the benefit of the reader we include the details of thiswell-knownfact.
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Is it not awell-knownfactthat these agents induce it?
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This follows directly from thewell-knownfactthat the pseudoinverse-based particular solution has a minimum norm.
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It is awell-knownfactthat it is difficult to influence practice by information alone (6).
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That is awell-knownfact.
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This is awell-knownfact.
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I accept anotherwell-knownfact.
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It is awell-knownfact.
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It is a perfectlywell-knownfact.
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It is awell-knownfactthat that happens.
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That miners need extra soap is awell-knownfact.
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It is awell-knownfactthat humanity is gregarious.
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That is awell-knownfact—it is a platitude.
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I merely stated what is a commonwell-knownfact.
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It is awell-knownfactthat the plasma covering around a flying object changes the properties of the medium that streamlines a body.
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It is awell-knownfactthat the laser wavelength influences the ablation process; however it also significantly depends on the laser irradiance.
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Thewell-knownfactthat the dynamics of the pneumatic actuator varies with the piston position has also been experimentally demonstrated.
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