Example sentences of "[adv] though they [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Protestants ' only hope of redressing the imbalance of power created by the French lay in turning to the English , even though they well knew that protestations of Anglo-Scottish friendship and desire for union in no way wiped out the instinctive hostility between Scots and English which ran so deep that half a century later it would still cause grievous problems for the first king of Britain . |
| 2 | This meant that farming was the likeliest occupation for RCM boys , even though they mostly came from urban professional and commercial backgrounds and had a positive aversion to rural life . |
| 3 | A MOTORIST who witnessed a violent street robbery has failed to answer police pleas for help — even though they probably hold the vital key to solving the crime . |
| 4 | erm What I 've I 've had a look at their team on paper , and erm they 're not strong enough and erm you know , they need more than Marvin at the moment ; they need two or three good blokes , they 're a bit too sort of erm balanced really , you know , they have n't got any big fire power , so erm you know , I think they 're in a bit of a spot down there , even though they probably think they 're not . |
| 5 | The point that the position of women is not an independent factor , a simple enough point in itself , but one often explicitly refused and , more commonly , implicitly ignored , is again one which most anthropologists would now entirely support , even though they rarely acknowledge Engels 's work . |
| 6 | Perhaps he could n't stand the thought of her being in the house all day , even though they rarely met ; and never , never since her mother died had they eaten together . |
| 7 | The regulation of pension funds tends to be far lighter than for insurance companies as they are bound by trust legislation , and because the companies that offer pensions have an incentive to make sure that schemes are adequately administered as they are responsible for the benefits they have agreed upon for their employees ( even though they rarely run the fund themselves ) . |
| 8 | For the Australian army was among the first , if not the first , Allied service taking up the commando idea , even though they already had nearly four divisions overseas . |
| 9 | It takes many years for a human child to master the process of reading , even though they already possess established linguistic and cognitive subsystems . |
| 10 | I could not help thinking there was a wonderful touch of irony in the fact that guy Forget and Henri Leconte , plus their captain , Yannick Noah became national heroes overnight in France for winning back The Davis Cup for the first time since the Musketeers — even though they now all live in Switzerland . |
| 11 | They call these intelligence , even though they only represent a small part of the mind 's capacity . |
| 12 | Even though they still have three years to go before the BIS deadline , Japan 's five leading city banks ( Dai-Ichi Kangyo , Sumitomo , Fuji , Mitsubishi and Sanwa ) have all cleared the 8% hurdle . |
| 13 | The mystical writings of the fifth century author who had adopted the pseudonym Dionysius the Areopagite were quite well known in Europe , even though they never had the same appeal for Europeans as they had for the Greeks . |
| 14 | Prison officers say having adult inmates nearby has a stabilising effect on youngsters in prison , even though they never actually come into contact . |
| 15 | Also like police court trials , witnesses had to pay their own expenses , even though they sometimes had to travel long distances , especially when a trial was postponed several times . |
| 16 | Couples seem to be delaying the start of a family even though they then go on to complete it within the same time . |
| 17 | Perhaps it was because she 'd already seen countless admiring female eyes slide in his direction ; even though they apparently had n't recognised him in his goggles and ski-hat , still they were drawn by the sheer animal magnetism of the man . |
| 18 | This occurs even though they apparently retain the " true " meaning of physical perception . |
| 19 | He 'd come and witter on about where , exactly , we should put this cup , that bag of tissues and just adored pulling down our blindfolds , even though they always covered our noses , let alone our eyes . |
| 20 | These wishes go straight back to childhood , and so religion represents a transference from childhood and a kind of emotional infantilism in which people try and make out that they 're still children , as it were , even though they , even though they really are n't . |
| 21 | Evidence for more exotic trades is also rather limited , except for the suggested school of mosaicists and sculptors at Water Newtons and Carlisles respectively ; it is not surprising , therefore , that mosaics are generally rare in small towns , even though they often occur in nearby villas . |