Example sentences of "[conj] although he is " in BNC.
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| 1 | A friend of mine told me that although he is a committed Christian , when he leaves home and goes to work he has to play by the rules of commerce . |
| 2 | Ca n't be certain , but it looks as if Allied Signal Corp chief executive Lawrence Bossidy has ruled himself out of the running for the top job at IBM Corp : he says that although he is ‘ flattered to be mentioned as a candidate for chairman of another company , I intend to remain at Allied-Signal to complete the job I came here to do . ’ |
| 3 | However , the older brother 's nursery reports that although he is sometimes a little grubby , bonding and general care are perfectly adequate . |
| 4 | Current Matchman of the Year John Allerton has made a late surge up the tale to eighth position and although he is always a danger the Tri-Cast Barnsley 's star 's run may be just too late to make the very top . |
| 5 | Nicol has strained neck muscles and although he is in the squad to face QPR today he is not certain to play . |
| 6 | Nicol has strained neck muscles and although he is in the squad to face QPR today he is not certain to play . |
| 7 | And although he is a teetotal sabbatarian lay preacher who now attends the Church of God , Seawright has not allowed his religious principles to come between himself and working-class loyalists who do not share his temperance and sabbatarianism . |
| 8 | Russell Peters , who has hardly been in contention at all so far , won the Soling race , and although he is well behind Lawrie Smith on points , needs only finish in the top six to gain a match racing play-off for the team spot . |
| 9 | Peter Davenport is now 60 years old , and although he is still very much in charge , he has begun to show signs of wanting to take things more easily . |
| 10 | And although he is adamant that the hardware business will not be run down , he did say that in future the firm will carefully weigh up whether it is more more cost-effective to manufacture products and components itself or buy them on the open market . |
| 11 | Gunzenhauser makes the very best of the repetitive rhythmic ideas of the outer movements and although he is perhaps a share more rhythmically plainspun than Kertész , in the first movement he eases the second subject in very nicely and the lolloping theme of the third movement Allegretto has much folksy charm . |
| 12 | He was himself a member of the prince 's council , and although he is unlikely to have played much part in its activities this is only to be expected from a nobleman of his rank and does not mean that he remained aloof from the king 's plans for the region . |
| 13 | Zeta 's Lad , who has won five chases in a row this season , certainly looks the part and although he is no ‘ good thing ’ I feel he has the form to win the race given a clear round . |
| 14 | The character Tamburlaine dominates throughout this tragedy , and although he is rarely challenged , it is interesting to see the stark contrast between his character and those he is surrounded by . |
| 15 | He was himself a member of the prince 's council , and although he is unlikely to have played much part in its activities this is only to be expected from a nobleman of his rank and does not mean that he remained aloof from the king 's plans for the region . |
| 16 | Hilton describes imagination as serving understanding when the need arises and although he is clear that the imaginative faculty is dependent on physical experience in a way in which mystical experience of God is not , he none the less saw it as able to precipitate a more spiritual understanding . |
| 17 | And although he is a bright boy , he faced a future without any proper education . |
| 18 | But this is , I believe , slightly misleading , for although he is right about the mixture of often contradictory emotions , it is wrong to give the impression that the weeping is of the same order of emotional experience related to the child being a patient in actuality . |