Example sentences of "even though [noun sg] have [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In the early 1980s unemployment kept climbing until 1986 , even though output had started to grow in the second quarter of 1981 .
2 Suppose the origin of intelligence is so improbable that it has happened on only one planet in the universe , even though life has started on many planets .
3 The permit has been challenged by the Ministry of Tourism and the Environment , even though work has begun on felling trees in the area .
4 Fulham have been ordered by the FA to go ahead with their tie at Bristol City , even though flu has claimed most of the first team .
5 So the myths of ministerial accountability , bureaucratic neutrality and administrative anonymity have been preserved even though Parliament has proved incapable of controlling an administrative apparatus whose discretion and influence on public policy has been growing steadily :
6 Its autumn survey says that home owners feel that prices have now bottomed out , even though activity has fallen off significantly since the summer .
7 The magnetic confinement fusion programme cost the US taxpayers 350 million dollars in 1984 and funding from Congress has remained at this annual figure ever since , even though inflation has continued to eat into it .
8 Even though time has marched on and Danes and Vikings have invaded it , Catholic , Anglican and Methodist religion have influenced it , nothing has really changed its basic aura and raison d'etre .
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