Example sentences of "even though [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that rabble are seen by you heart-aching British as more truly democratic than the authoritarian rule of the Military , even though we respected the people 's rights in accordance with every convention . |
| 2 | Everyone was really excited even though we had a long coach journey ahead of us . |
| 3 | Well , oh yes , I 'm sure I 'm not saying that 's the only thing that controls people 's food intake I mean clearly there are things cultural some cultures , the Japanese seem to love eating raw fish , I mean how they can bring themselves to do it I do now know , I mean the raw is I do n't think I 'd want to eat again , but er erm not always if they were cooked either , but erm the , the er and certainly if you look at the Australian Aborigines even though we take the Australian Aborigines as our kind of primeval people , they have astonishing food taboos , I mean their attitudes to food are very very culturally er effective to , to a quite extraordinary extent , some so that somebody somebody discovered that eating a tabooed food by accident , they 'll get very ill , a kind of psychosomatic illness . |
| 4 | So even though we have a lot of tricky stuff to get right soundwise , the crew is so great that they can do it pretty much without us . |
| 5 | Even though we have no record of how this was communicated to 5 Corps , we assume that in view of the urgency of the situation , the decision was passed on from HQ Eighth Army by telephone . |
| 6 | With rumours circulating that the club is in danger of folding after a century of existence following the destruction of their Normanby Road headquarters , press officer Les Crossman said : ‘ We are adamant that the club will keep going , even though we have no money . |
| 7 | There may perhaps be properties which are evidence-transcendent , by which we mean that it is always possible that they be absent even though we have the best possible evidence of their presence . |
| 8 | Even though we want the judgements of young doctors to be securely based on the evidence , we want to feel that they have not just assiduously acquired the necessary knowledge , but also have immediate first-hand understanding of it in practice , having conducted patient examinations , observed relevant operations , and so forth . |
| 9 | The Tallentires were staunch Chapel folk even though they owned a pub . |
| 10 | The number of different ‘ yous ’ — all every bit as real as you are , even though they inhabit a different universe — that have been generated since you read that last sentence is literally uncountable . |
| 11 | It is rare for children to welcome their parents ' separation even though they welcome an end to any violence , arguments , shouting or unpleasantness . |
| 12 | In any case , even though they chose a a minimum sentence , they 'll be twenty or twenty one yeah , yeah . |
| 13 | To feed them on food which does them no good at all even though they like the taste would be irresponsible on waters where carp baits are the major part of the fish 's diet . |
| 14 | Se Queira describes the ‘ 64,000 dollar question ’ : whether some clients could be forced to accept residential care even though they expressed an overwhelming desire to stay in their own homes . |
| 15 | The Greeks distrusted this theology , even though they had a deep respect for Augustine , because they thought that it was too anthropomorphic . |
| 16 | In Masterson v. Holden for example , it was not shown against the homosexual couple in Oxford Street that they were actually aware of the presence of bystanders who were incensed at what the defendants were doing , even though they had every reason to be so aware . |
| 17 | Even though they had an ideologically correct black drummer . |
| 18 | The NSA had naturally taken enormous trouble to keep Minaret and Shamrock secret since they were quite illegal even though they had the tacit approval of President Nixon , another Henry II Syndrome casualty ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 19 | Four in five employees surveyed believed they had been turned down for jobs because they were too old , even though they had the right skills . |
| 20 | After only a few days he gave up and did his best to ignore them even though they had the one thing above all he was beginning to want : freedom . |
| 21 | In later life I was lucky enough to be able to afford flying lessons , even though they cost a fortune at £5 an hour ! |
| 22 | But even though they made the ideal start yesterday , taking a third minute lead through David McAnulty , they had no answer to Holywood 's class . |
| 23 | Their movements must , therefore , have literal implications even though they use the flowing romantic style originated by Taglioni and Perrot in La Sylphide and Giselle . |
| 24 | Every middle-class employee is certainly not a member of the bourgeoisie , but most sociologists would also feel that the middle class are not true proletarians either , even though they own no wealth . |
| 25 | Australia and New Zealand have a special problem with ‘ corked ’ corks , even though they buy the best quality , because the moulds flourish in the warm , damp conditions of the sea voyage from Europe . |
| 26 | Both pulls are strong and theories which purport to reconcile them tend to be fragile , even though they capture a stout commonsense conviction that , as Marx put it , ‘ Men make their own history but they do not make it just as they please ; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves . ’ |
| 27 | Even though they have a baby , sleeping with their boyfriend may still be regarded with disapproval , unless the baby 's father has moved in . |
| 28 | I have a duty to support just governments in foreign countries , even though they have no legitimate power over me . |
| 29 | People who are not subject to the authority of the law may then obey the rules for prudential reasons , or because even though they have no duty to obey , disobedience will do more harm than good . |
| 30 | Remember that ‘ flavourings ’ count as additives , even though they have no E-numbers , and that ‘ No Artificial Additives ’ can be very misleading — some ‘ natural ’ additives are potentially harmful ( see p 306 ) . |