Example sentences of "though they were [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the grass in the ruins of the historic priory , surrounded by parochial banners , Ramsey told the crowd that though they were outside the modern diocese of Durham , this was their true home . |
| 2 | They were included within the diplomacy of the successor states , even though they were outside the geographical bounds of the one-time Roman Empire . |
| 3 | Though they were as a rule sparing in the use of force , this was for reasons which seem not to have included sympathy with civil disobedience . |
| 4 | Its little green-booted feet made running motions , though they were about a metre off the kitchens slate-tiled floor . |
| 5 | Switched through to the output monitor , the resulting composite picture shows the Dalek city model as the main picture ( Camera A's shot ) with a small , bottom-right inset , replacing the black area , of the Doctor 's group standing as though they were on a cliff ledge . |
| 6 | They snapped apart as though they were on a rubber band . |
| 7 | Then those hands were unzipping and tugging and peeling off clothes as though they were on fire . |
| 8 | It 's as though they were on a family outing ! |
| 9 | Piggy wanted a sign from the adult world as he thought they were civilised even though they were at war . |
| 10 | Fenna might have given her both appetite and menstruation in his parting , but neither of them seemed as though they were worth the effort . |
| 11 | In political matters , he had acquiesced in the practices which he found established in England , notably antagonistic though they were to the libertas ecclesiae in the Gregorian sense of this phrase . |
| 12 | However , these processes — central though they were to the success of PNP were at first given little attention in the LEA 's in-service support programme . |
| 13 | The Universities Council for the Education of Teachers ( UCET ) debated this before agreeing to publication as a matter of course , though they were under some pressure from the DES , HMI , and , interestingly , from the Vice-Chancellors ( individually and collectively through the Committee for Principals and Vice-Chancellors ) . |
| 14 | Counterfeiting fragments of old works was tempting because they were easier to sell , though they were by no means easy to produce . |
| 15 | Tiny though they were by today 's standards , they had a local importance out of all proportion to their size . |
| 16 | though they were after something under us ; |
| 17 | The nicest things — well , I just like it when the programmes are mentioned casually , in passing , almost as though they were like one of the elements . |
| 18 | In the brief pause before the auctioneer announced the next lot , Emily spotted her father near the back of the gathering , and , heads down as though they were in a cinema , she and Mungo scuttled round and crouched next to him . |
| 19 | But prevailing attitudes towards the Jews at this time among all but a small proportion of the population , discriminatory though they were in different degrees , did not remotely match the anti-Jewish paranoia of Hitler and the activist Jew-baiting elements within the Nazi Movement . |
| 20 | Older siblings living in mainland Scotland were not permitted to see or communicate with their younger brothers and sisters , even though they were in no way involved or implicated in the allegations that had been made against the parents . |
| 21 | Just as plainly effective were Danny and Wiston ; different though they were in minor detail and execution , they all shared that plain symmetry and order which the Tudor gentry sought to give to a turbulent society . |
| 22 | But dissimilar though they were in appearances , they were alike — very alike — in the way they thought ; precise , analytical , hard-edged , CI5 was a no-nonsense Operation for no-nonsense men , and when the dirty tricks division of the Secret Service was asked to turn its hand to a ‘ favour ’ , there had to be some tough negotiating by all concerned . |
| 23 | No sooner was he back amongst his own patients than he set about exchanging the dressings applied by Dr McNab , even though they were in most cases identical to his own . |
| 24 | B The Whigs , exclusive and aristocratic though they were in their attitude to government , were ready to accept political innovations . |
| 25 | ‘ My whinge is being charged 10 for being overdrawn with National Giro for the first time ever and by only 3.11 — and even though they were in possession of cheques for 36.53 which they knew would be honoured . ’ |
| 26 | Even though they were against the wind , Colleges made the better start and after Thomson had missed two penalties and John Mackenzie had had a ‘ try ’ disallowed for a foot in touch ( signalled by the Colleges touch judge Bert Barclay ) the home side went 10-0 up . |
| 27 | Not that this Pooh-Bah of a person let his duties worry him , even though they were within his sight at all hours . |