The phrase "appalling fact is that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a statement that highlights a shocking or disturbing reality.
Example: "The appalling fact is that millions of people still lack access to clean drinking water."
Alternatives: "shocking reality is that" or "disturbing truth is that".
(His one sop to competitiveness is corporate tax reform, which President Obama also favors). Forget about the immorality of his budget for a moment, (well, don't, it's pretty appalling) the fact is that Ryan's budget offers no real path to economic growth, other than fudged numbers from the Heritage Foundation, and a questionable, slash and burn approach to deficit reduction.
"But the shocking fact is that such appalling acts of violence attract no harsher penalty than an attack on an ordinary member of the public - and often no prosecution is brought". Under the bill, judges will also consider the victim being an emergency worker as an aggravating factor in offences including common assault, actual bodily harm and grievous bodily harm.
"The hard facts are that Malaysia is a country that has an appalling track record in systematically abusing and mistreating asylum seekers".
This fact is really appalling and can bring about disastrous effect.
For quite a lot of the time, the film shows these two moody tough guys having to mill aimlessly about, stupefied and exasperated beyond endurance by the simple, appalling fact that they are in Bruges.
And Orlando was that perfect, if appalling, spark.
We often give in order to receive, we love our friends and hate our enimies, we go the first mile but dare not travel the second, we forgive but dare not forget.5 And so as we look within ourselves we are confronted with the appalling fact that the history of our lives is the history of an eternal revolt against thee.
An appalling fact about the tax code is that no one really knows what's in it".
