Example sentences of "although it [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although it clearly had dramatic effects on the nerves of Conservative Central Office there is no evidence of any major shift in voting intentions at that time . |
| 2 | Although it clearly superseded the Five Compilations ( all previous collections now being declared null and void ) it obviously included much of the law found there . |
| 3 | Even the idea that criminals are physically distinguishable has continued to be pursued to the present day ( Hartl et al. , 1982 ) , although it later took the form of relating types of body build to personality types . |
| 4 | Although it already had a number of blue chip clients , such as Wm Low and the Scottish Development Agency ( and now Scottish Enterprise ) , perhaps what made the firm 's reputation was the way it handled Scottish electricity privatisation for the Government , an appointment made before the Shandwick deal . |
| 5 | His marriage , too , although it presumably owed much to Gloucester , also allied him with the Percies , since his new brother-in-law lord Scrope was not only a neighbour of the duke but also a Percy retainer . |
| 6 | His marriage , too , although it presumably owed much to Gloucester , also allied him with the Percies , since his new brother-in-law lord Scrope was not only a neighbour of the duke but also a Percy retainer . |
| 7 | But seconds later both the England striker and his team recovered their self respect when he netted a Samways cross — although it finally went down as an own goal by Higgins . |
| 8 | Its main targets were imports from Asian countries including China , Taiwan , Hong Kong and South Korea , although it also related to other developing countries . |
| 9 | The study 's starting point was a UN forecast that the world 's population will reach around 11.5 billion by the end of the next century , although it also took account of upper forecasts which suggest figures of 12.5 billion by 2050 and 28 billion by 2150 . |
| 10 | Getting more information on comparative performance also enabled them to ask the right questions , although it also demonstrated the continuing inadequacies of data . |
| 11 | The report rejected integrated studies , although it nowhere defined what they are , and the curriculum it arrived at was again reduced to subjects . |
| 12 | All this went down well enough with the members of the Institute , although it conveniently ignored both the fact that large numbers of those he excoriated had been encouraged into the professions by business parents and that for an entire decade ‘ the Establishment ’ had been elbowed aside by the Thatcher appointments policy . |
| 13 | Although it probably began as a lung , over the course of evolution it has become the swimbladder , an ingenious device with which the fish maintains itself as a hydrostat in permanent equilibrium . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the actual origin of the mechanical clock remains a mystery , although it probably occurred towards the end of the thirteenth century . |
| 15 | This behaviour was unmentionable a few years before , although it probably did take place . |
| 16 | The feel was ‘ Get to Manchester and get signed ’ although it rarely worked that way . |
| 17 | Although it hardly seemed fair racing a man at least 15 years our senior , who could resist going just a little faster every time we saw his face contorted with exertion , glaring up at us like Charles Laughton in Mutiny On The Bounty ? |
| 18 | Although it hardly seemed to notice the Hooligan affair , and its only immediate response was a front-page poem ‘ Hot Weather and Crime ’ which can only have been intended as a slap in the face for The Times leader on ‘ The Weather and the Streets ’ : The message was clear enough : if it took crime and violence to attract the attention of the mighty to the lives of the poor , then so be it . |
| 19 | One morning when the staff were sat down eating sandwiches , the clock at the adjoining Trinity Hospital chimed the hour , although it hardly chimed — it clanked . |
| 20 | During the first decade it seems , on average , to have run below £200,000 , although it sometimes exceeded that figure . |
| 21 | A truly magical moment that ( although it originally appeared on the pair 's ‘ Sometime In New York City ’ epic ) makes this mess necessary . |
| 22 | Iraqi forces were debarred from using military aircraft , although it subsequently emerged that this had only been made explicit with regard to fixed-wing aircraft rather than helicopters . |
| 23 | Mike Nichols stated that one of his ambitions behind the movie was ‘ to stop the Los Angelesisation of America ’ , although it only added to the Los Angelesisation of American movies . |
| 24 | Yakovlev devotes loving attention to the single , insignificant sovkhoz ( state farm ) in the whole area , although it only employed eleven people . |
| 25 | Interestingly , this did n't translate into a great database benchmark in the What Personal Computer Power Tests , although it still returned an overall score of around 14,500 . |
| 26 | Clive practised his exercises diligently and , when I saw him the following week , he had mastered the breathing technique — although it still took a great deal of concentration on his part and was not something he did naturally . |
| 27 | The 79-member Constituent Assembly , the majority of whose members were directly elected in December 1990 to draft a new constitution [ see pp. 37450 ; 37914 ] , voted by 54 votes to nine on June 8 to dissolve the existing Congress on July 2 , although it still had 2@1/2 years to run , and to hold fresh legislative elections on Oct. 27 . |
| 28 | Her initial nerves had all gone now although it still felt strange to be on a catwalk rather than the carpeted floor of the room at the Grand Hotel . |
| 29 | Where the two met , on tracks like ‘ Kennedy ’ and ‘ Brassneck ’ , it was bliss , but overall , it was a difficult record to feel comfortable with , although it still stood up to repeated plays . |
| 30 | Sir Maurice reportedly decided to reduce MI6 's role in Ireland , although it still conducted operations on the continent and against IRA gun runners in North America . |