"realize the fact" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to become aware or understand something that is true or factual. Example: After years of denial, he finally realized the fact that he was in love with her.
Because you didn't believe it was true, and unconsciously you were smart enough to realize the fact.
"We all are now more ready to adopt and realize the fact that economic growth is not the true indicator of development and progress," said Weiping Wu.
"Airlines will have to realize the fact that consumers are sophisticated and they demand transparency," said Christoph Klenner, executive secretary of the European Technology & Travel Services Association.
I realize the fact of this affair and my own sexuality, if kept secret, leaves me, and most importantly the governor's office, vulnerable to rumors, false allegations and threats of disclosure.
"We cannot change the hearts of those people of the South," he went on, "but we can make war so terrible that they will realize the fact that... they are still mortal and should exhaust all peaceful remedies before they fly to war".
Many civilians, all of them were in boundage, some being helped by shoulder of their daughters, some sustaining their injured feet by sticks, they listened to the broadcast and when they came to realize the fact that it was the Emperor, they cried with full tears in their eyes, 'What a wonderful blessing it is that Tenno himself call on us and we can hear his own voice in person.
Maybe by fall some Fortune 500 company will run low on fifty-two-year-old white males and your mother will realize the facts she needs can be found right here at home, and maybe, just maybe, we'll have a shot at making it through another winter.
It would be great if it happened, but we have to realize the facts are the facts, and NATO membership for Turkey has to be called into question here.
This sounds good, until you realize the facts.
If the employer doesn't put the offer in writing, they might not honor the details of the contract come starting day, and you could find yourself in the unenviable position of needing to make your case all over again when you realize the facts aren't straight.
Because I realized the fact that they are preparing it so thoroughly is part of the process.
