Example sentences of "although they [modal v] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Russian Turkomans are normally marketed as either Bokharas or Beshirs , depending on their design , and those made in Afghanistan are generally referred to as Afghans or Bokharas , although they may be named after the specific weaving village or tribe ( Kundous , Beshir , etc ) . |
| 2 | These are run independently of college authorities ( although they may be supported and encouraged by them ) . |
| 3 | Once defined , paper ranges can not be reduced or removed , although they may be extended . |
| 4 | Witness for example the common front of workers and employers in the textile industry in Britain in 1980/81 calling for import controls , which , although they may be justified , would raise the price and restrict the choice of clothing for other workers . |
| 5 | Although they may be regarded as suitable accommodation by some people , especially retired couples able to afford good-quality mobile homes , relatively poor facilities and frequently isolated locations make them less than ideal for the majority of inhabitants . |
| 6 | The remainder are in effect , although they may be called from memory with the READ PALETTE prompt from the PATTERN instruction in the main menu bar at the top of the screen . |
| 7 | Thus as was reaffirmed recently in Crago v Julian [ 1992 ] 1 WLR 373 CA leases for a term of less than three years , although they may be created orally , can only be assigned by deed . |
| 8 | The Dutch cheeses Edam , Gouda and Leiden all belong to this group , although they may be sold at varying stages of maturity and the older examples will be harder in texture . |
| 9 | These events are not normally associated with any coherent dream sequence , although they may be preceded by a feeling of floating ( reminiscent of the " aura " often experienced by people suffering from epilepsy , giving warning of an imminent convulsive fit ) . |
| 10 | It is now clearly established as a principle of good practice that parents should be invited to attend case conferences , although they may be excluded from part of the proceedings . |
| 11 | It is recommended that modules in this state are not formally issued from LIFESPAN , although they may be read and used by anyone with the appropriate access rights . |
| 12 | All the computers we consider are general-purpose , at least in theory , although they may be oriented towards particular application areas . |
| 13 | Marx and Engels ' arbiter model of the state suggested that if class forces in society were for a time evenly balanced , then the state bureaucracy and a strong political — military leader could intervene to impose stabilizing policies which were not controllable by capital , although they would be bound to maintain capitalist predominance in economic life . |
| 14 | This strategic role at the level of the whole school is a planning task for the governors and head , although they would be expected to consult others . |
| 15 | Although they 'll be doing that last . |
| 16 | Last week , Jarman had n't quite decided whether they were to talk to the audience or simply sleep through the exhibition 's four-day run — ‘ although they 'll be allowed to get up for a pee and lunch , ’ he added generously . |
| 17 | As regards attitudes , there is the assumption that attitudinal positions , and thereby attitudinal structures , can not be fully developed , for , although they might be developed for given argumentative contexts , they must also look forward to contexts as yet unrealized . |
| 18 | Although they might be observed by gamma-ray detectors on satellites or balloons , it would be difficult to fly a detector large enough to have a reasonable chance of intercepting a significant number of gamma-ray photons from one explosion . |
| 19 | These , although they must be travelling very fast initially , seem to move quite slowly , twisting and turning lazily in the air and tracing out elegant parabolic paths as they fall back to earth round the vent . |
| 20 | It could also make loops , which , although they could be sewn in during making up , would spoil the smoothness of the work which is the main purpose of partial knitting . |
| 21 | ( Most of the examples come from England , although they could be generalized to other common-law systems . ) |
| 22 | The precise nature of these need not be rehearsed here , although they will be touched upon in the course of discussion . |
| 23 | The consequence of this is that the records may not be physically in sequence after a control interval split , although they will be handled in sequence by the indexes . |
| 24 | These processes are often interlinked and although they will be discussed separately here it is often the case that measures to combat one problem may lead directly to another , or that desertification results from soil erosion and/or salinisation . |
| 25 | Optical discs , for example , are made of insulating material ; although they can be coated with a thin metal film and put under an STM , an AFM could examine a product without destroying it . |
| 26 | They are a useful cleaning option , supplementing chemical activity , although they can be damaging to some surfaces . |
| 27 | For Case 2 , there are actually two sub-cases , although they can be treated similarly : |
| 28 | The leases make the publican responsible for the upkeep of the pub and , although they can be assigned to another person after two years , the original holder would be responsible for meeting payments if that person defaulted . |
| 29 | These contexts can not be characterised syntactically , although they can be characterised semantically : they require the verb to be of the ‘ reversible ’ type ( see chapter 10 ) . |
| 30 | With certain limited exceptions , married men are exempt from liability for rape of their wives , although they can be prosecuted for any accompanying assault or violence . |