Example sentences of "though [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OPCS , of course , is a major data repository for medical statistics and their various Monitor Series are of use , though only at the scale of district health authority and above ( see Gatrell and Lovett 1988 for an example ) . |
| 2 | ICI supplies large quantities of ‘ Propathene ’ for all of those applications [ including , of course , its own ‘ Propafilm ’ ] and expects their growth to continue [ though perhaps at a slower rate than in the immediate past ] . |
| 3 | From where she stood it shimmered in silver under a glancing sun , though upstream at the inn , where she had seen it close to , it rolled darkly brown and turgid , and laden with the debris of bushes , for the spring thaw had come late and violently , bringing down an immense weight of snow-water from the mountains of Wales . |
| 4 | They were offered , as Sue Lawley proudly pointed out , the only opportunity of quizzing all three party leaders under the same roof , though not at the same time . |
| 5 | After the publication of the plan , numbers were reduced , though not at the anticipated rate and only in the face of strong criticism from some quarters . |
| 6 | It was the unhappy love that taught me most about love 's nature — though not at the time , not until years later . |
| 7 | The quality of his paper is confirmed by the fact that he exhibited , and won some dozen prize medals at international exhibitions from 1851 onwards , though not at the more parochial trade shows . |
| 8 | In succeeding years of wartime the annual conference continued to take place , though not at the seaside and not usually for a full week . |
| 9 | Major research collections are still growing , even though probably at a slower rate than in the 1980s , so they require housing , and the collections of every major research library are in states of disintegration and embrittlement . |
| 10 | Anxiety to hear and record last words was still strong at a time when anaesthetics were beginning to come into use , making it possible to reduce suffering , though often at the cost of rendering the dying person comatose and inarticulate . |
| 11 | Most relatives , however , develop an amazing degree of flexibility and over the years accommodate to eccentricity , peculiar behaviour , apathy and social withdrawal , though sometimes at a high cost to their own lives . |
| 12 | A special modification of the laterolog tool has been designed to eliminate Groningen effect , though unfortunately at the expense of reducing the depth of investigation and increasing the sensitivity to shoulder resistivity . |
| 13 | ‘ The dear soul wishes to be in the theatre , ’ he told me , ‘ and her legs are good enough to allow me to encourage that ambition , though doubtless at the risk of slipping a disc or two in my back . |
| 14 | A dreadful second shot from the perfect position in the middle of the 10th fairway had to be retrieved with a deft bunker shot ; he was deep in the trees at the 11th , where he took five , and bunkered at the 12th , though again at no cost to him . |