Example sentences of "though it [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , the machine drill certainly speeded up drilling operations though it also lessened the need for a previously vital part of the miner 's essential skill . |
| 2 | In general it may be said that ‘ Cromwell 's decade ’ saw a doubling of the ordinary revenue of the Crown — though it also saw an increased expenditure , especially on the household , administration , defence , and Ireland . |
| 3 | The maximum utility of a community may often involve , says Pareto , ‘ a sacrifice for the subject classes ’ though it also entails an increase in the utility of the governing elites . |
| 4 | AY 's defence centred around the claim that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar , as its auditor , and not to WG , even though it also audited the WG group accounts . |
| 5 | The district benefited from the fact that it had comparative information on performance from a large range of providers which enabled them to take a more detached view of the strengths and weaknesses of its own unit , even though it also increased the complexity of contracting . |
| 6 | As the toga increased in social importance it also gained in size , though it clearly remained a difficult garment to wear . |
| 7 | Every thing was alright , though it rather took the wind out of my sails to know that I would n't get to speak to him after all . |
| 8 | A Federal Housing Act ( 1949 ) provided funds for slum clearance and housing for those on low incomes , though it only scratched the surface of an increasingly serious problem . |
| 9 | The language of the letter itself made her shiver — the ‘ we hereby , being the parents of one Oreste Romagnoli ’ , seemed so important and the ending , though it only gave the date of the document and names of the witnesses , truly portentous . |
| 10 | The Independent has remained independent from political allegiances though it too favoured a middle-of-the-road political outcome in the 1987 election . |
| 11 | The interior of the farmhouse had been opened out into a reception office , though it still had the original stone floor and a pretty impressive fireplace in the middle of one wall . |
| 12 | In the 1950s the Church of England had called for reform of the law under which gay sex was illegal under all circumstances , though it still held the position that such acts were immoral . |
| 13 | Though it still has no intention of selling directly , Microsoft wants a bigger say on how its products should be used . |
| 14 | The lower dam has been breached and most of the signs of its previous existence are gone , while the upper dam , though it still has a fine water race below it , is silted over and is now a peaty , muddy reed-bed . |
| 15 | Corepressor binding does not cause significant structural change in the protein , though it greatly increases the affinity for the operator . |
| 16 | Though it naturally carries the pope 's name , credit for writing this most liberalizing document belongs to the pope 's confessor , the German Jesuit Father ( later Cardinal ) Augustine Bea , who was then rector of the Biblicum . |
| 17 | Previous days ' food and grime always made a meal look unappetizing , though it never affected the taste . |
| 18 | He knew what the Victorian churchmen of the north had done for the miners and how by the third quarter of the nineteenth century the Church was strong within the mining communities though it never took the place of the Methodists . |
| 19 | And so , in synthesis , there are still the exploited and exploiters , there is still economic manipulation and surplus value ( though it now encompasses the emotional as well as the physical ) . |
| 20 | Nor can the quality of his writing be denied , though it often needed the expertise of Terry Southern to translate the confusion of Hopper and Fonda 's joint ( no pun intended ) efforts into filmable dialogue . |
| 21 | It has n't learned this behaviour ; it was born with it , though it gradually learns the finer points . |
| 22 | And it dawned upon him suddenly how right Hugh had been in saying that he , Cadfael , spoke by instinct of this hollow reliquary , as good as empty , as though it truly contained the wonder whose name it bore . |