Example sentences of "though [pron] may [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though they may already be thinking about their appearance , and becoming fashion-conscious , on many occasions all this is forgotten and , in running , dancing or laughing , they revert to a natural ease through which a certain innocence shines . |
| 2 | By contrast with Godwin and his circle , who grew out of a broad and rising general formation , at first not in critical relations with its own class , the Pre-Raphaelites , who were in majority from families of the commercial bourgeoisie , were in conscious opposition to the main cultural tendencies of their class , though they may finally be seen as articulating and expressing them . |
| 3 | This may be of advantage to the developer too , attracting passers-by , even though they may initially be looking for a short cut . |
| 4 | These two cases are examples of the centralization of capital ; the way previously separate organizations are brought under a single centralized unit of direction ( though they may actually be run rather autonomously in practice ) . |
| 5 | This seems in principle to be an equally available justification as regards the mentally unfit , even though it may well be deplored . |
| 6 | The life-history reminds us that we are always talking , in the end , about people , and this makes it a favoured research tool of the ethnographic researcher , though it may also be used as an initial guide for ‘ opening up ’ almost any area of research . |
| 7 | Once sheep is acquired , for instance , the word dog is no longer over-extended to sheep , even though it may still be used for other kinds of mammals ( Clark , 1973a , 1978 ; Barrett , 1978 ) . |