Criticism of current diplomacy should not mistake the underlying facts.

He had been reading the desire from many lips, but so far hadn't learned the underlying facts.

The defendants have not attempted to deny the underlying facts.

I would be on his side, a willing co-conspirator, if only the underlying facts were different.

The underlying facts have long been beyond serious dispute.

"They always seem to think the problem is not the underlying facts, but that they are being written about."

In their letter to Chevron, department officials did not say the underlying facts had changed.

The underlying facts are the same, but a quite different impression is given.

"The underlying facts do not match the mythology," the lawyers wrote.

On certain points, she was right about the problem, but had the underlying facts wrong.