startling fact

collocation in English

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startling
adjective
uk
/ˈstɑː.təlɪŋ/us
/ˈstɑːr.t̬əlɪŋ/
surprising and ...
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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 ofstartlingandfactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is astartlingfact.
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That is anotherstartlingfact.
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This is astartlingfact.
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Yet such a neat analysis ignores astartlingfact: the mobs were highly selective in their attacks.
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Onestartlingfactemerges after close scrutiny.
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It is a somewhatstartlingfact.
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That is a verystartlingfact.
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Let me finish with one verystartlingfact.
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Three conclusions can be drawn from thatstartlingfact.
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I can call your attention to a morestartlingfact.
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One ratherstartlingfactemerged from the inquiry.
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Amidst a sea of changing circumstances, that dreadful andstartlingfactis constant.
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This is a fairlystartlingfactto which attention should be drawn.
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It is astartlingfactthat the imports of butter from all sources have increased so very largely.
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In the light of that onestartlingfact, how can it be claimed that rents are too low?
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It is indeed astartlingfact, but that does not make it any more a reason why we should saddle this expenditure upon the taxpayers.
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Further, there was thisstartlingfactbrought out, that the condition of these people was much the same as it had been twelve years previously.
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It is a verystartlingfactthat there are three people drawing unemployment pay to every two engaged on the land.
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It is astartlingfactthat a purely private and non-governmental organisation should invariably be taken so seriously by governors, acting governors, and principal officials.
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It may be that there are reasons which inhibit them from speaking, but it is, at any rate, astartlingfact.
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Taking the number of redundancies and factory closures, thestartlingfactemerges that the great turnabout in our fortunes occurred in 1968 just after devaluation.
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Thestartlingfactis that more than 3 million people are prepared to do a full week's work for less than £60 a week.
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The first and moststartlingfactwith regard to the staff in secondary schools is the extremely small salaries which are paid to the assistant masters and mistresses.
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Thestartlingfactis the reason which over 1,000 of these people who took the trouble to write to me gave as their chief cause for concern.
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That is astartlingfactand is of sonic interest and encouragement to those who may be disposed to regard the difficulties of employment as almost insuperable.
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