Example sentences of "though most [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The town was believed to have been founded in 1163 though most of the surviving old buildings date from the 16th. and 17th. centuries . |
| 2 | Furthermore , Attlee inherited a highly efficient Whitehall war machine , with a variety and quality of machine-minder unparalleled in the history of the British Civil Service ( though most of the gifted outsiders who had served as wartime temporaries would soon depart ) . |
| 3 | There are also pressures to raise agricultural productivity to accommodate population increases , though most of the land that can be thus exploited is in the uplands and is consequently susceptible to erosion . |
| 4 | But the state labour exchanges established by the new legislation were by no means the first attempt to assist workers in finding jobs , though most of the previous efforts had been confined to specific trades or occupations . |
| 5 | Even though most of the nail you can see is dead , regular buffing can promote healthy growth by stimulating blood circulation in the lunula ( half moon ) . |
| 6 | In most countries north of the Alps wine was the luxury of the rich , even though most of the wine drunk at this time was what we should call ‘ vin ordinaire ’ ; and even communion wine ( which had done so much to foster the growth of the northern vineyards ) was drunk less and less by the laity in these centuries , until communion in one kind became the rule . |
| 7 | But it seems as though most of the problems and dangers with E come from the underground manner in which it is supplied . |
| 8 | Planners there began to ask why it was that their residential streets were so dull and so unsafe , and why it was impossible to do anything else there except drive cars , even though most of the time there were no moving cars . |
| 9 | Most of the major off-licence chains are also owned by the brewers , though most of the expansion in this sector has been the result of the supermarkets ' willingness to compete with the established off-licences . |
| 10 | It is remarkable that this sexist labelling has continued as long as it has , even though most of the research on differences attributable to sex has not supported these labels . |
| 11 | Even though most of the working-class women had low skill , repetitive jobs , they picked out certain qualities of these jobs as satisfying by comparison with housework , and they shared this tendency with the middle-class women . |
| 12 | As always with Mussorgsky , and never more so than in the case of this opera , the issues are complicated ; and though most of the work 's admirer 's would now agree that Shostakovich 's orchestration is closer to the spirit of a composer he deeply admired than that of Rimsky-Korsakov , whose admiration led him to wish to ‘ sell ’ the work in the West , there are reservations to be made . |
| 13 | All the flats on the way up were empty and boarded up , though most of the boards had been prised open . |
| 14 | Though most of the tenants are probably Labour voters , the local Liberals and Tories have supported the co-ops . |
| 15 | This Act still forms the basis of legal immunities in trade disputes , though most of the relevant provisions have in fact been inserted by textual amendment by later legislation . |
| 16 | Hitch could hear shouting from the other boat , though most of the words were indistinct . |
| 17 | Then there had been nothing — nothing but bare rooms : now there was the semblance of a working facility , even though most of the equipment remained in cases , waiting to be unpacked . |
| 18 | This force was applied by those long , black-nyloned legs , and though most of the pressure was provided by her left limb , some residual effort pushed her right foot down as well , and on each occasion we speeded up , just momentarily , as her amply-soled Doc Marten pressed against the accelerator . |
| 19 | Quite likely there would be those who travelled to the Continent in the hope of establishing family links though most of the original strangers ' would by now be dead . |
| 20 | Carbonate deposition on the Great Bahama Bank is said to have averaged half a metre per thousand years , even though most of the sediment is continuously swept into deeper water . |
| 21 | Even though most of the 40 or so mothers can not afford the 35 pence-a-month school fees , will not turn the children away . |
| 22 | ‘ He also kept a diary of sorts though most of the entries do n't tell you much . ’ |
| 23 | Though most of the negotiations of 1558 – 59 which culminated in the peace of Cateau-Cambrésis were still conducted in Latin it is clear that French was also extensively used . |
| 24 | Britain still has a bicycle industry ; frames and complete bicycles are manufactured here , though most of the components are imported . |