Example sentences of "for although [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The image so constructed is not an indigenous creation ; for although its component parts are all from local materials , some of them are solicited and may not have much value or relevance in Zuwaya eyes .
2 For although its twin-cam , straight-six 2960cc engine develops an impressive 231bhp at 6300rpm and 201lb ft of torque at 4600rpm , it has 3954lb of car to propel , giving it a power to weight ration of 129bhp/ton — unremarkable even by hot-hatch standards .
3 Jane Austen is less descriptive than either the Gothic novelists or Scott , for although her letters are full of domestic detail and she enjoins her sister , Cassandra , to omit nothing in her account of a house — ‘ For one 's own dear self , one ascertains & remembers everything ’ — novels are not written for ‘ one 's own dear self ’ , and she was not one to inflict what she did not enjoy — ‘ your descriptions are often more minute than will be liked ’ , she warns her niece , Anna Austen , an aspiring writer .
4 For although his daughter Maire never became a top ballet star she is a member of a highly successful family band .
5 It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will .
6 It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will .
7 For although his authority was supreme , he preferred to regard himself not as a dictator but as a partner , acting together with directors , players and everyone else in the club in a common purpose .
8 For although our nights ' experiences were equally shared and celebrated , our days were incongruent .
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