by that very fact
Example Sentences
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Fellow travelers are by that very fact acquaintances in the States.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Still, it was a message, and it was in writing, forbidden by that very fact, and it hadn’t yet been discovered.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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It is only hinted at, suggested, but by that very fact it becomes more mysterious and alarming.
From On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents by Taft, William Nelson
Every person of experience knows that you cannot codify a large mass of floating customs and divergent laws without, by that very fact, introducing changes.
From Great Britain's Sea Policy A Reply to an American Critic reprinted from 'The Atlantic Monthly' by Murray, Gilbert
It is like a journalistic triumph, if you like, and a paper which gets 'scoops,' by that very fact, shows itself more wide awake than its competitors.
From Plotting in Pirate Seas by Federer, C. A. (Charles A.)