Example sentences of "although [pron] [adv] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most things are played with conviction , most things have neat tunes and , although nothing ever leaps out and changes your life ‘ Paul Weller ’ is a decent record for a bastard hot sticky day . |
| 2 | A substantial part of this firewood is brought in from the villages to be sold in the cities , although nobody really knows how much . |
| 3 | Although nobody really argues about what needs to be achieved , there are disagreements about how the phasing out of mental handicap hospitals should proceed . |
| 4 | Clare has seen it , although she probably has n't had time to read it fully . |
| 5 | As the weeks go by she begins to receive visitors at the refuge and when she begins to feel the marriage is over , with the workers ' help she starts negotiating with the council and housing associations for a new flat , although she also feels the refuge is home , a safe space that is becoming more and more difficult to leave . |
| 6 | For this reason Simons argues that self-evaluation should be isolated from accountability demands for a time , although she also believes that school self-evaluation could provide the most positive form of accountability procedure in the long term . |
| 7 | Although she always insists , quite correctly , on the importance of social and economic aspects of medical practice , Moscucci also reveals the complexity of medical thinking , and the capacity some practitioners had for developing critical perspectives on their own procedures . |
| 8 | The key point about her is that although she obviously needs the state and its resources , she does not need these in the oppressive , bureaucratic and regulatory forms in which they come . |
| 9 | Although she obviously enjoys the physical stuff , he would like her to bring some spiritual qualities to the performance . |
| 10 | This is not the case however when the to infinitive is subject : although one still understands that the infinitive event is realized , there is nothing in such uses which specifies what leads up to its realization . |
| 11 | Of course , it can be argued that the theoretical presumption of innocence in the West is frequently negated by the pressure , particularly in the lower courts , to ‘ plea bargain' , that is agree to plead guilty to a relatively minor charge and receive a relatively light sentence , rather than plead not guilty , endure a long wait for a trial ( possibly in custody ) and , if found guilty , receive a heavier sentence , although there always remains the chance of acquittal . |
| 12 | Although there still exists the notion that administration should be or is apolitical and merely a neutral tool of the government , this is palpably not so in practically all states , industrialised or less developed or ‘ socialist ’ . |
| 13 | Although there now appears to be some question of the Holbein being withdrawn , on Wednesday 15 April Christie 's hope that the three star pictures of their Old Masters sale will be the now-notorious Holbein , Canaletto 's ‘ The Old Horse Guards , London , from St James 's Park ’ and Rembrandt 's ‘ Daniel and Cyrus before the idol of Bel ’ . |
| 14 | The adverbs here and there are often thought of as simple contrasts on a proximal/distal dimension , stretching away from the speaker 's location , as in : ( 72 ) Bring that here and take this there But this is only sometimes so , for although there basically means " distal from speaker 's location at CT " , it can also be used to mean " proximal to addressee at RT " . |
| 15 | However , sophisticated pantographs based on optical measurement of the rotation of the joints can offer much better results although they still falls short of the best systems . |
| 16 | Although it clearly plumps for quality , not bulk , the draft 's shopping-list of wants soon smothers this principle . |
| 17 | Although it particularly concerns members of religious orders and communities , and others who live a consecrated life , it is of interest to the whole church . |
| 18 | More importantly , the ending escapes the cliché in countless films of a marriage being halted in the nick of time although it most resembles the climax of a 1928 Harold Lloyd comedy , Speedy . |
| 19 | Hewlett-Packard does offer multiprocessing on the 9000 Series 800 servers and although it already has multiprocessing desktops up and running in the labs , the company says it is still in the process of deciding whether to bring these to market sooner or later . |
| 20 | HP does offer multiprocessing on the 9000 series 800 servers and although it already has multiprocessing desktops up and running in the labs , the company says it is still in the process of deciding whether to bring these to market sooner or later . |
| 21 | Pop 's relationship to different ideas of sexuality and gender is thus deep and intricate : although it frequently denies it , it is from the milieux and sensibilities of the sexually divergent that pop culture draws much of its sustenance . |
| 22 | However , although it doubtless contains some forms that are simply ‘ errors ’ , it also exhibits the kind of orderly variation that could be captured within a variable rule framework , but in spelling variation rather than phonology . |
| 23 | Manpower calculates that the average period for which a person works for it ( presumably the average of all spells of employment ) is four months , although it also points out that " many " temporary " workers have been continuously employed by Manpower for several years and three and five year service awards for temporaries are a frequent occurrence " ( Manpower , 1985 ) . |
| 24 | The offence of incest prohibits certain sexual relations within the family , thus providing a distinct label for some forms of child sexual abuse by parents and grandparents , although it also covers brother — sister relationships . |
| 25 | In newsrooms libel is the greatest inhibition upon freedom of speech , although it also serves as a spur to accuracy and professionalism . |
| 26 | The company now generates 16% of total group turnover , and its biggest customer is Conner Peripherals Inc , although it also develops electronic components for the automotive industry . |
| 27 | The 24-valve engine is appreciably noisier that its 12-valve predecessor and although it invariably sounds good , its insistence can be a little wearing . |
| 28 | At the shaft head the tunnel is ten metres beneath the surface , although it immediately deepens by 67m as it passes under the gorge wall . |
| 29 | Although it probably sounds odd that I am suggesting negotiating a written agreement with your teenager , psychologists have been using business-style contracts to resolve family conflicts for some years now . |
| 30 | The reason why Roger was styled ‘ de Meuland ’ ( or ‘ Meuleng ’ , ‘ Meulent ’ , ‘ Molend ’ , etc. ) is unclear , although it probably indicates some connection with Meulon in Normandy . |