Example sentences of "although they [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of young teenage girls once admitted to me that although they frequently complained because their parents insisted that they should be home by a certain time , they recognized that the deadline gave them a useful excuse for not getting out of their depth . |
| 2 | Although they privately felt that they themselves would properly decide the fate of the territories , even the most conservative mayors began to acknowledge the PLO . |
| 3 | That is , although they generally rejected the idea that people might be ‘ converted ’ to homosexuality through seduction , they suggested that some might be tempted into other corrupt activities : |
| 4 | Anatolian rugs were first brought into Europe by Italian merchants during the late Middle Ages , and although they generally lacked the intricacy and sophistication of their Persian counterparts , they nevertheless had a profound effect on Western decorative tastes , and for centuries all oriental rugs were known as Turkey rugs . |
| 5 | In the meantime it 's empty , although they generally turn up at weekends and mess around the place , painting bits and pieces and knocking in nails . |
| 6 | These items are made in Afghanistan , the Soviet Union and Pakistan , and although they closely resemble nomadic rugs , often employ a range of guls ( Pendi , Penjdeh , etc ) which do not belong to any tribal group . |
| 7 | She could not sit down to talk , but kept moving around the room polishing doors and furniture although they already sparkled . |
| 8 | The deal came too soon and they broke up almost immediately after crossing the threshold to major label status , although they later re-formed . |
| 9 | Pargesa , Groupe Bruxelles Lambert and Banque Internationale decided to sell their Ansbacher stakes in June 1990 , although they later withdrew them because of the uncertainty caused by the Gulf War . |
| 10 | But , although they nearly ran out of steam and were forced to settle for a less than emphatic 27–24 margin of victory as the ‘ Boks came back at them , Sean Fitzpatrick 's side — with the Jones boys Ian and Michael , Zinzan Brooke and Frank Bunce outstanding alongside their skipper — were worthy of being the only New Zealand side ever to go through South Africa undefeated , albeit on an abbreviated tour . |
| 11 | Although they rarely speak about it . |
| 12 | The Palestinians were thus caught in a moral circle , although they rarely cared to debate the morality of what they were doing to the Lebanese : if they failed to fight the Israelis , then they sacrificed their right of return to Palestine ; yet if they did attack the Israelis , they created a new class of refugees among the Lebanese , mostly from the poor Shia community in southern Lebanon . |
| 13 | Although they again found no difference between subjects given no pre-exposure and those exposed to a variety of flavours , interpretation of this finding is rendered equivocal by the fact that the two groups drank different amounts of the CS flavour on the conditioning trial . |
| 14 | At the same time the British leaders , although they soon realized just how much they would have to concede in order to regain American confidence and backing , were largely unshaken in their belief that in Middle Eastern affairs they were the true experts compared with the Americans . |
| 15 | , that 's over by , they stayed there and although they just had their places that , that you ken they never |
| 16 | The calls the section police receive constitute the bulk of their routine duties , although they also undertake the administrative tasks that might follow from them , such as preparing case files and attending court and post-mortems . |
| 17 | Some candidates for overseas study told me in all honesty that the acquisition of consumer durables , the modern-day trappings of success , was the main motivation for their efforts , although they also hoped to help the ‘ motherland ’ in the process . |
| 18 | The bulk of financial support for evangelical charities came from well-to-do middle-class families , although they also received much from lower income groups . |
| 19 | The last two are different from the first five visual elements in that , although they also convey information , they are not part of the interaction in the same way . |
| 20 | The Scandinavians like to travel south to the warmth of the Mediterranean , so do 50 per cent of the British who go abroad for their holidays , although they also like to cross the ‘ herring pond ’ and explore the United States . |
| 21 | Recently , Laupacis et al proposed that the adoption and use of new health technologies should be classified into five grades of recommendation based on their cost per QALY , although they also acknowledged that many other issues other than cost effectiveness , such as ethical and political considerations , affect the implementation of a new technology . |
| 22 | He was pleased to find that both girls shared his taste in music , although they also liked sentimental ballads and dance music . |
| 23 | Day centres , in contrast , are described in Department of Health guidance notes as providing for ‘ clients ’ needs for shelter , occupation and social activity' , although they also provide a break for caring relatives and a break for the individual away from home . |
| 24 | Taken in conjunction with what follows they show the development of UK practice , although they also illustrate that progress has been slow and uncertain , and that user education is still generally a peripheral service in most libraries . |
| 25 | There are no plans to divorce , although they freely see other people . |
| 26 | Although they neither rebelled nor resigned , their disenchantment was soon widely known . |
| 27 | According to most of these views , although they wisely do not parade the fact , effects may have a probability of 0.5 or indeed less . |
| 28 | It may be conceded that these cases do not put the point beyond argument , although they clearly point towards non-liability in the assignee . |
| 29 | It is not just that there survive undeconstructed residues of , say , Romanticism and modernism , or that the constructed forms echo still within the deconstructed ( although they clearly do survive in these ways ) ; it is also that they exert an influence in and as their newly deconstructed state . |
| 30 | That infants fail to search in these situations — although they clearly have the motor skills to do so — is one of the empirical bolsters to the view that what develops is the ability to relate actions to experiences ‘ of ’ them ( again : whatever ‘ of ’ means in this context ! ) . |