Example sentences of "though it [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Academically , he was a bright pupil , though it would appear he had difficulties in concentrating on the day-to-day routines — perhaps through boredom , often an indication of the brighter child . |
| 2 | ‘ I would be surprised if it was decided to bring Old Vic back to tackle a mile and a quarter , even though it would be a nice idea , ’ he said . |
| 3 | This desire that can not find its name ( though it would dare speak it , if it could ) is pleasurable . |
| 4 | Though it would n't make the least bit of difference to her what way he looked , she would not let the occasion pass without punishing him sharply for still being alive . |
| 5 | However , Sealink considered that the effect of the MMC's decision could result in a pooling service operating anyway following the link 's opening , though it would have to comply with UK and European Commission competition law . |
| 6 | If persuasion does not work , ‘ green conditionality ’ might be the answer in some cases , unpopular though it would be ; and for the really hard cases , sanctions , provided there is sufficient of a consensus to back them and the industrial world has not sunk into a mood of profound fatalism about the impossibility of stemming the greenhouse gases . |
| 7 | Delisting would do Jardine Matheson no good in Hong Kong ( though it would certainly do less harm if it were attributed to a row with the regulators than , say , to lack of faith in the future of the place ) . |
| 8 | That would be moderate by past standards , though it would imply a return to high p/e ratios . |
| 9 | Once again , Botham won the toss and chose to field as the pitch looked as though it would be most lively on the first morning , and for the second time his decision could not really be criticized . |
| 10 | It looked as though it would be a good party . |
| 11 | It would not be the first to do so , though it would be the biggest . |
| 12 | ‘ That is n't really relevant , I suppose , though it would be interesting to know whether you inherited the trait . ’ |
| 13 | She was of medium height and slim build ; she was dressed in a dark frock , though it would hardly constitute deep mourning . |
| 14 | ‘ Though it would be a fine sight to see a dray-horse careering round Tattenham Corner in the Derby ! ’ |
| 15 | The are willing to describe cases anonymously , though it would be more helpful if people were prepared to be named . |
| 16 | Somehow the salmonella knows it is not E. coli even though it would not require many mutations for it to become E. coli , or the reverse . |
| 17 | They said local people would not like to see such a waste of money ( even though it would not come from local diocesan funds , whereas the cost of demolition would ) . |
| 18 | Perhaps the retention of the State Paper Office and its adjacent houses led Scott to this asymmetrical composition , but he seems to have made little attempt to relate the design of his central tower to Soane 's Italianate structure even though it would have been only approximately 20 feet ( 6.096 m ) away . |
| 19 | As though it would turn them to watercreeks . |
| 20 | The first is provided in the new arrangements , though it would benefit from more elaboration . |
| 21 | From the maturation angle , reservoirs within the Devonian section in the hanging wall could have preserved gas generated in older rocks during the Palaeozoic , though it would stand a poor chance of avoiding dispersal during either the Late Caledonian or Variscan orogenies . |
| 22 | These Permian and Triassic salts , well known in the Cheshire Basin and in the Irish Sea Basin ( Colter and Barr 1975 ) , have so far only been identified in Ireland in and around the Larne Basin , though it would be surprising if that was the limit of their former extent . |
| 23 | Certally , she would make an authoritive statement on behalf of the gummunt , though it would not be in monosybils , for which we should all be grayful . |
| 24 | ‘ I feel as though it would be a great loss . |
| 25 | They readily respond to these stimuli , though it would be difficult to call it learning . |
| 26 | This may correspond in part to the relatively wide range found around average size of establishment , though it would be unwise to necessarily assume this to be so , given the variety of practice found within authorities of similar size . |
| 27 | Two carriages took the Bradford family to early morning service , though it would have been no distance for them to walk . |
| 28 | By prodding his memory he placed Anna Beckett as the strange , dark little girl who was fostered with Mrs Wooldridge , his laundry woman , and with his new knowledge he thought he could see a slight resemblance to Sarah , though it would never be remarked upon . |
| 29 | The authors of the Crowther Committee Report of 1971 saw no benefit in controlling credit , though it would be socially harmful for money-lenders to risk lending money , at the high interest rates which would bring them a commercial profit , to anyone unlikely to be able to pay it back . |
| 30 | This seems very improbable , though it would have been consistent with his character to reject an organized challenge to the social order but to appreciate and even think of emulating and thereby vanquishing a personal one . |