Example sentences of "though [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though opinions among the seven are divided , only two are calling for immediate additional cuts . |
| 2 | He had seen the CNAA establish itself in the eyes of many — though employers in the more conventional industries had been slow to recognize the public sector and adapt their recruitment policies . |
| 3 | It will appear as though objects in the world have suddenly jumped in various random directions . |
| 4 | 3 In a very recent photograph I became aware of a shifting in the function of the photographic paper — ‘ skin ’ had become the object of the image — an undulating swathe of black rubber littered with bright crimson tulip petals , as though gashes in the fabric . |
| 5 | But few Japanese beverage companies yet make drinks-cans with tab openers that remain attached to the cans — even though companies in the US and Canada have been manufacturing these for almost 15 years . |
| 6 | Though sites around the Scottish coast could be used for any plans by oil companies to adopt the technique for UK waters , he predicted that the first deep-water application of the method would be in the Norwegian sector and Brazilian waters . |
| 7 | The answers must be matters of fact , though disclaimers in the rules would have to be taken into account . |
| 8 | To be valid the symbol must be shown with the year the work was created and the name of the copyright owner , though alternatives to the symbol are allowed such as the unabbreviated word " copyright " . |
| 9 | At the other end of the size scale , Fiat Geotech 's takeover of Ford New Holland has now been signed , though changes to the two product lines still seem a long way off . |
| 10 | ] Though firms in the real world , like markets involve a subtle mixture of control mechanisms , this chapter assumes that the essence of firm-type organization is the use made of authority to direct and coordinate resources . |
| 11 | Though officers of the Eladeldi can be seen patrolling everywhere , pleasure is the only master . |
| 12 | As the horses trotted past , kicking up gravel from the rough road , women in dark-brown shawls picked up their babies and shouted at their children to come inside — as though strangers from the east were liable to spell trouble . |
| 13 | Though distinctions between the two growing more apparent . |
| 14 | It was only at this stage that the dowry of the bride , which would usually have included both jewels and the title deeds to land , was actually handed over by the bride 's parents though details of the dowry would have been settled right at the beginning at Stage 1 of the proceedings . |
| 15 | The military withdrawal paved the way for the civilian development of the site , though details of the early occupation in the town centre have proved difficult to define . |
| 16 | Even though members of the erstwhile " bolting " party had declared him incapable of any further action and took a gloomy view in general of his morale , he somehow mustered his last resources and confounded their gloomy forecast by leading out a party of Sikhs and native pensioners to shovel under the downpour . |
| 17 | ‘ You sound as though disasters on the other side of the world should n't concern us at all , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 18 | In contrast , where calculations are carried out to assess the comparative importance of differences in reproductive success versus survival for each sex , only variation in mate number may be included ( see Wade & Arnold , 1980 ) — though measures of the intensity of sexual selection as conceived by Darwin should also include variation due to differences in mate quality , which may be an important cause of variation in lifetime breeding success both among males and females in monogamous species . |
| 19 | The Law Society has in force strict regulations ( a summary of which may be found in Chapter 12 ) regarding clients ' money and trust money , though infractions of the relevant rules do seem to occur with depressing frequency . |
| 20 | Charles 's own inclination was always towards a pro-French and anti-Dutch policy , though marriages between the Stuart family and the ruling Dutch House of Orange slightly restrained him and by the 1670s most Englishmen were beginning to be a little worried by the increasing power of France . |
| 21 | It is in the first place striking that in the Old French fabliaux , a male rival or spoiler is more commonly the butt of the humour than a female , though examples of the latter situation are reasonably numerous . |
| 22 | In the 1770s in the Potteries women could earn 7s ( 35p ) a week as gilders , though men at the same trade could earn 12s ( 60p ) . |
| 23 | These cases show that the courts in the early 19th century were willing to hold that the Inns , as private voluntary societies , had a power to refuse entry to would-be members which was not subject to the jurisdiction of the courts or the visitors , even though barristers of the Inns possessed certain monopoly rights in the courts . |
| 24 | The views of people with learning difficulties have been documented for the past 15 years , so this is not new territory — though sections on the attitudes of parents and staff throw light on neglected issues . |
| 25 | ( A trifling proportion , perhaps — though students of the trivial are usually intrigued to learn that all the dissolved salts in the sea , were they to be dried out , would be enough to cover the entire land surface of the planet to a depth of 150 feet . ) |
| 26 | I find then this ‘ universal solidarity of sisterhood ’ — as though women across the ages had a like situation — to be far-fetched . |
| 27 | Sporting success though runs in the McVicker family . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ I expected six or seven calibre applicants , though others in the business said I would be surprised by the numbers to apply . |
| 29 | The most likely explanation is that these creatures are a form of large sea-cow , though monster-watchers around the world still hold firmly to the view that the ancient loch is home to a family of plesiosaurs , a remnant of the Mesozoic era . |
| 30 | Chaos had been averted , though strikes in the public services sputtered on . |