Example sentences of "although they [modal v] be [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus as was reaffirmed recently in Crago v Julian [ 1992 ] 1 WLR 373 CA leases for a term of less than three years , although they may be created orally , can only be assigned by deed . |
| 2 | These , although they must be travelling very fast initially , seem to move quite slowly , twisting and turning lazily in the air and tracing out elegant parabolic paths as they fall back to earth round the vent . |
| 3 | It could also make loops , which , although they could be sewn in during making up , would spoil the smoothness of the work which is the main purpose of partial knitting . |
| 4 | These processes are often interlinked and although they will be discussed separately here it is often the case that measures to combat one problem may lead directly to another , or that desertification results from soil erosion and/or salinisation . |
| 5 | For Case 2 , there are actually two sub-cases , although they can be treated similarly : |
| 6 | These contexts can not be characterised syntactically , although they can be characterised semantically : they require the verb to be of the ‘ reversible ’ type ( see chapter 10 ) . |
| 7 | Inexpensive cottons can be hung from rods or poles and left to hang free at the bottom , although they should be caught back over doors and windows with tie-backs . |