Example sentences of "though it be very " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But I am very competitive , and I love winning too , though it 's very important how you win . ’
2 Yeah , really it 's a frustrating end of it , but working for Time gives me the opportunity to be in these countries and to do a good photoreportage on the country , even though it 's very rarely published .
3 Then , surely you know , it 's all taken care of — though it 's very sweet of you to ask . ’
4 Not even good , apparently , though it 's very like him , and dear old Sam — the dog — and Aunt Emily loved it .
5 And do you think that the , the room would n't be the same without the fireplace , without the glowing red , even though it 's very warm with the central heating , you still need
6 Another way in which Highlander operates is illustrated by the example of the Appalachian Land Ownership Study , the bulk of which was undertaken from 1978 to 1980 , though it is very important to stress that events which promoted the survey , and events leading from the survey , are still matters of community activity .
7 Light : Subdued light , though it is very indifferent to any other conditions .
8 Though it is very disconcerting when we find we ca n't drop off or that we wake early , we must remember that we can not do ourselves any physical harm by having difficulty sleeping .
9 One other body deserves mention , though it is very small fry in the financial stakes .
10 The hearing is technically in public , though it is very rare for anyone other than those immediately involved to be present .
11 Many rabbis expected a Messiah after the destruction of the Second Temple , and the greatest of them , Rabbi Akiva , found his Messiah in Bar Kochba under Hadrian , though it is very doubtful whether Bar Kochba himself even claimed Messianic status .
12 Even though it is very difficult to observe spontaneous proton decay , it may be that our very existence is a consequence of the reverse process , the production of protons , or more simply , of quarks , from an initial situation in which there were no more quarks than antiquarks , which is the most natural way to imagine the universe starting out .
13 The inflammation gradually calmed down , and within three weeks , her skin had healed , though it was very flaky .
14 ‘ I do n't expect he liked it , darling , but you are on holiday , and though it was very naughty of that boy to risk ringing you from a ward , you can scarcely be held responsible . ’
15 The Gospel itself has perished , though it was very popular in the early Jewish Christian community .
16 By forges Defoe meant cutlers ' smithies ; it appeared to him that Sheffield already had a pronounced industrial character , and though it was very small by later standards it struck him as being ‘ very populous and large ’ .
17 Sounds as though it was very expensive because the clothes you wore must have been
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