Sentence examples for a shocking fact from inspiring English sources

Here's a shocking fact: in the 80-year history of the Oscars, only three women have been nominated in the Best Director category.

He said: "It is a shocking fact that, even within Europe, people are still being denied private access to a lawyer at crucial points in their case.

EastEnders, meanwhile, has been repeatedly beaten in the ratings by Emmerdale – a shocking fact to those used to EastEnders and Corrie perennially vying for the crown of soapland.

That's a shocking fact, and it suggests the narrow range of subjects and experiences that are likely to be celebrated by the movie industry in its own self-defining awards ceremonies.

Last year, China overtook the United States to become the largest vehicle market in the world (a shocking fact since rates of car ownership in China is very low — about half the world average with one car per 16 people).

It is a shocking fact that Torres scored more goals — four — for his previous team, Liverpool, in 2011 than he has since scored for Chelsea in a calendar year.

This is a genuinely shocking fact for a lot of younger women.

It is a truly shocking fact that there are three million Americans in jail today, but pretty shocking, too, that our own prison population has been allowed to double to 85,000 in recent decades as both main parties engaged in a "tough on crime" bidding war.

Stunningly nonspecific, the term popped up in every pastry shop I visited, and there were times, as I searched for the perfect tarte Tatin, that I began to suspect that the phrase was being used to disguise a simple, shocking fact.

It is a sad and shocking fact that most tech companies are simply free-riders.

Indeed, it is an astonishing and shocking fact that anybody reading this column could call himself or herself a homeopath, create a fancy sign, put it on the front door, stick an advert in the local newspaper and start treating people.