Example sentences of "though the [noun sg] [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deadline on the payment , which is the final tranche of a total Bond investment of more than £154m , is early November , but it now looks as though the money could be paid over as early as next week . |
| 2 | Now it is for real and , though the race will be staged on a parkland road rather than a track , Foster believes it has considerable significance for the rest of Cram 's summer . |
| 3 | Lewis believes Bowe will try to avoid the mandatory defence against him ordered by the WBC — even though the American will be forced to hand over his title . |
| 4 | At present BNFL has insufficient reprocessing capacity to handle the anticipated spent fuel from the AGR programme , though the position will be eased once THORP ( thermal oxide reprocessing ) comes on stream in 1990 . |
| 5 | The Government 's business managers had to come to the rescue when it looked as though the Bill might be lost at Committee Stage . |
| 6 | Duty free goods will be available for purchase though the choice may be limited on certain flights . |
| 7 | Though the soil may be frozen for part of the year , root growth is vigorous , earthworms may be active , there is plenty of organic debris to be rotted down , and the decomposing agents are more abundant than in the dry deserts . |
| 8 | For example , in Littlewoods Organisation Ltd v Harris [ 1978 ] 1 All ER 1026 Megaw LJ said : … it is appropriate that a covenant , restricting an employee from full freedom of taking other employment when he leaves his existing employment , should be included in the contract of employment where there is a real danger that the employee will in the course of that employment have access to and gain information about matters which could fairly be regarded as trade secrets ; and that applies even though the information may be carried in his head and even though ( perhaps , particularly though ) it may be extremely difficult for the employee himself , being an honest and scrupulous man , to realise that what he is passing on to his new employers is matter which ought to be treated as confidential to his old employers . |
| 9 | According to the Smallholdings and Allotments Act of 1908 , a smallholding was defined as ‘ an agricultural holding more than one acre and not more than 50 acres in extent , though the area may be extended beyond 50 acres so long as its annual value for the purpose of income tax does not exceed £50 ’ . |
| 10 | Not content that the BBC broadcasts most of a 30-hour Test match live , Mr Hughes wants news bulletins and horse-racing postponed because of the possibility that something significant might occur , even though the action will be replayed many times once cricket coverage resumes . |
| 11 | Though the Report could be interpreted as advocating an exchange rate union , it is now accepted that it recommends a currency union . |
| 12 | These can spoil an otherwise good recording , though the effect can be lessened by using close-position tie-clip microphones in place of hand- or stand-mounted mikes . |
| 13 | This principle still applies , and applications are invited from people working in all areas of Theoretical Chemistry , even though the professor will be located within the new Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory . |
| 14 | Even though the decline will be succeeded by a modest rise , Britain 's dependency ratio over the next 40 years should rise by only eight percentage points , to 31% . |