Example sentences of "though [det] [is] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's not much use thinking of the voice without the body , even though each is the subject of a separate training class . |
2 | These are not really technical terms , but just convenient labels I shall use , though each is close to a well-understood technical concept . |
3 | They 're due to stay in Split until April , and though each is due 15 days ' leave back in England between now and then , almost all of them will be away for Christmas . |
4 | I have a feeling now , as if I 'm walking around with a sign on my back saying ‘ Kick me ’ , or ‘ I 'm a prat ’ , the sort of horrible joke kids play on each other , because I feel as though that 's exactly how people treat me . |
5 | I 'm not into the club scene at all , though that 's less through preference than because of the way things have worked out . |
6 | ‘ Sounds as though that 's it . ’ |
7 | It 's as though that 's exactly the present the industry was hoping to find under the tree . |
8 | At least our blokes work in the-open air , though that 's prob'ly the only good fing about the work . |
9 | The safety of the free world is in your hands Sly , do n't let it end with a bang ( though that 's what I 'll be doing if there 's a nuclear holocaust ! ) . |
10 | It 's not so much the way he looks , though that 's bad enough . |
11 | Though that 's the one place I would n't recommend if you want to keep well away from the red tide . ’ |
12 | If we wait , the placenta might still shift enough , though that 's unlikely at this stage . |
13 | ‘ Very well for Benedict to hold his head up high — though that 's a farce , if ever I heard of one ! |
14 | Well we would all welcome that but in in its absence , I suggest that the current policy is defined by the R P G , even though that 's not specifically targeted at North Yorkshire , none the less , to be consistent , North Yorkshire should not be entitled to a to reduce arbitrarily , it 's er migration assumptions . |
15 | Though that 's pretty obvious : you 're trying to sweep shit under the carpet and that 's never a good idea . ’ |
16 | Though that 's not the case for 23 year-old Mark Gray . |
17 | I have got some Valentino gear , though that 's fairly pricey . |
18 | However , in this case a decision must be made and is often given on the flimsiest of grounds ( though that is not the fault of the refereeing panel ) . |
19 | All the same , John Alexander 's piece on the Paris period would have made livelier and easier reading if he had not , like Richard Humphreys on the London years , limited himself so self-effacingly to the documentation , necessary though that is . |
20 | As well as starring and directing , he has adapted the play for the screen , though that is n't to say , quite , that he has translated it into film language . |
21 | New Zealand , too , fielded a side below full strength , though that is their privilege , and an uninspired 80 minutes signified little , beyond underlining the value of Kevin Iro to whichever team he happens to be playing in . |
22 | Perhaps in response to this call for negotiations ( though that is something that the administration would not admit ) , Mr Baker is set to make another tour of allied capitals in Europe and the Middle East , during which he would , at the very least , be available for a meeting in Baghdad . |
23 | With their rudimentary networks , Eastern Europe could leap-frog to the latest technology — though that is a daydream , given that no country in the region has the expertise or the money to do so . |
24 | It is not just that he persists in the language of ‘ lord ’ and ‘ servant , when Esau has called him ‘ brother ’ , though that is significant enough . |
25 | Shocking though that is , it is not as surprising as God 's reaction . |
26 | In fact , when his colourful personal life is added into the equation , the line between reality and fiction becomes very blurred indeed , though that is nothing new amongst the elite in Hollywood history . |
27 | Not much of interest was said , and certainly not by shadowy me , though that is as I would have it . |
28 | We stop seeing prayer merely as a means of asking for things from God — important though that is . |
29 | It was built in 1632 by Sir Edward Peyto , some say to a design by Inigo Jones , though that is unproven . |
30 | It is a sadly neglected work , and again the only serious alternative to Järvi is Stravinsky 's Chicago recording which like the Jeu can only be obtained as part of a mammoth 22-CD Sony set of virtually all Stravinsky 's major works ( totally indispensable though that is ) . |