Example sentences of "although [noun prp] [vb past] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Cousfield said that although McLaren had been cleared of the most serious charge , the court always regarded the criminal use of firearms as a serious matter |
| 2 | The Upchers did not want anything elaborate , and although Repton had been famous for castellated picturesqueness , here was the perfect chance to create simple neo-classicism , which was all he secretly cared for and the conventional essence of those first twenty years of the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | Although Trofin had been an ally of Ceauşescu against the old guard in the mid-1960s , in an act of rare solidarity , perhaps even comradeship , Draghici , Bârladeanu , Brucan , Corneliu Manescu , and others turned out to mourn him at his funeral . |
| 4 | Although Frankie had been dozing , he was too hungry to sleep for more than a few minutes at a time . |
| 5 | Although Bernice had been dealt a few rough cards in her life , she still thought that there could be something better . |
| 6 | Although Northamptonshire had been a stronghold of Puritan sentiment during the Civil War , following the Restoration most of the county adhered to the episcopal church . |
| 7 | Although Blackett had been a member of the MAUD Committee — Britain 's first approach to atomic energy , subsequently dismantled after the realistic appraisal that if anyone could pull-off the atomic bomb it would be the Americans — Blackett 's love affair with the Russians ensured that he played no part in the US wartime atomic bomb project or its post-1945 British successor . |
| 8 | Although Kanemaru had been personally grooming Ichiro Ozawa as his successor , the circumstances of his retirement allowed Ozawa 's opponents to mount an effective campaign against his succession . |
| 9 | Although Phil had been slightly reserved in his manner towards her ( Nancy ) , she knew that that was his way and she was enjoying the company of that wiry , small-boned , gently spoken citizen from Sacramento who almost invariably found himself at the back of every queue that ever formed itself . |
| 10 | The condition of many villages points to depopulation , but , although Sezincote had been enclosed as early as 1486 , the region as a whole was ‘ remarkably free ’ of depopulating enclosure . |
| 11 | Although Blanche had been sad standing there in Mother 's empty flat , she had been overtaken then by the same feeling she sensed come over her in the interrogation room that night after Taczek had left . |
| 12 | Although Jiang had been sentenced to death in 1981 for " counter-revolutionary crimes " [ see pp. 30833-36 ] , her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1983 [ see p. 32505 ] . |
| 13 | Although Joe had been careful not to criticise Chris to Maureen he felt indignant with him . |
| 14 | Although Cohen had been successful , the state 's Supreme Court had overturned the result on the grounds that the newspapers were protected by the First Amendment . |
| 15 | ‘ She thinks the sun shines out of his … well , you know what I mean ’ Just in time Melissa remembered that although Iris had been known , in moments of crisis , to permit herself the occasional ‘ bloody ’ , she strongly disapproved of vulgarity . |
| 16 | France and Belgium were the two lesser industrial powers and although France had been a big eighteenth-century producer of coal , her resources were unable to provide her with the fuel she needed for industry on the German scale . |
| 17 | Although FDI had been substantial from the beginning of the twentieth century , it really took off in the 1950s , as a result of the flow of funds from the United States into Europe aher the Second World War . |
| 18 | Our recent low-key attempts at publicity , the Day to Day programme , the press conference to mark the three hundredth day and a few other interviews — had been fairly successful and had n't offended or worried Pat or Sheila , although Roby had been against them . |
| 19 | Although Braque had been responsible for taking the first steps towards a more abstract type of painting , his own use of the new procedure was much more cautious than Picasso 's . |
| 20 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 21 | Although Park had been largely responsible for South Korea 's successful drive to establish diplomatic links with the countries of eastern Europe , Kim had in March visited Moscow and appeared intent on becoming increasingly involved in the process . |