Example sentences of "though [pron] is [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trish had never been able to trace Will 's breeder , though she is certain that he is mostly thoroughbred . |
| 2 | This is not the occasion to discuss the process by which segmentally organized societies developed into vertically structured ones , though it is sure that significant clues will be found in the elaboration of the material symbols of emulation and status embodied in precious substances . |
| 3 | The Swiss , by and large , have grown out of it , though it is 1981 since Thomas Burgler last won the Lauberhorn downhill and the slalom keeps evading them . |
| 4 | These are present in The Prelude though it is arguable that the best parts of the poem avoid them . |
| 5 | The ratio is low , even though it is higher than in other areas of information technology ; for instance , in minicomputers , British firms are heavily outnumbered by foreign companies . |
| 6 | Though it is individual and by no means difficult on the ear , its profusion of material makes following the course of the musical thought something of a challenge , with the reflective second movement ( also in sonata form , but without a development section ) particularly elusive . |
| 7 | Nor do the minutes provide evidence of any formal attempt to compare the cost of improving Village school building with the cost of transporting the children to Green Haven , though it is possible that such studies took place . |
| 8 | He is not required to find out who was at fault , though it is possible that the explanation of why an accident occurred may point to errors or shortcomings on the part of particular individuals . |
| 9 | The Anonimalle Chronicle 's account of de la Mare 's selection does not give the impression that it was usual to choose a speaker , though it is possible that the small groups which had appeared before the lords on behalf of the commons in earlier parliaments had chosen one of their number to speak on their behalf . |
| 10 | The phenomenon of laughter is unknown to animals ; though it is possible that dogs and elephants may have some inkling of it . |
| 11 | For the most part it made use of trackways already established and ancient , though it is possible that new pieces of track were trampled out where the direct line required it . |
| 12 | Though it is possible that the facts of such a case might show merely the legitimate compromise of a claim to damages , on the other hand , the facts might be such as to constitute extortion and blackmail of a serious type . |
| 13 | She could not say it in front of him , nor he in front of her , even though it is probable that he too would prefer to try living the next life differently , without Agnes . |
| 14 | This does not mean that nothing was bought and sold in the independent sector , still less that the agricultural producers in it were self-sufficient , though it is probable that a rather high proportion of peasant agriculture was consumed on the peasant holding , or within the narrow limits of a local system of exchange , if only because the food demands of the small cities in so many areas could be supplied from within a radius of little more than one or two dozen miles . |
| 15 | A piece of oral history may be meant to do without a presiding historian in much the same way in which an analytic session may be meant to do without a presiding analyst ; theoretical presuppositions are subject in each case to a show of suspension , though it is clear that the theories of Freud and others will be present in the consulting-room , and that oral historians may be sympathetic to socialism and to the methods of Marxist historiography . |
| 16 | Though it is clear that some PTAs have become highly organized and participate actively in the life of their schools , there are considerable variations across the country . |
| 17 | Yet this remained Anselm 's claim to the end , though it is clear that Anselm based his case , not on any documentary evidence , but on the consensus of the community of which he was the head . |
| 18 | Though it is clear that the true experiment is of limited use in sociology , it is important to recognize the central role that comparison plays in all social scientific explanation . |
| 19 | It is more difficult to judge how far the commitment has been translated into action , though it is clear that progress has been made in some areas . |
| 20 | But much of it is equally applicable to debentures and many of the statutory provisions expressly apply equally to them , though it is clear that when they do so ‘ debentures ’ is usually used in its narrow sense of debenture stock or a series of identical debentures and not in its wider meaning of a single mortgage , charge or bond . |
| 21 | In 1694 Jean Gailhard wrote a pamphlet urging that the annual commemoration of 30 January and 29 May be stopped , arguing that the sermons delivered on that day helped perpetuate the country 's political divisions , though it is clear that what he objected to was the fact that these days helped promote a Tory vision of government in Church and State , since he himself did not believe anything done during the reigns of Charles I or Charles II was worth commemorating . |
| 22 | It is the dies incertus an , certus quando of the glossators : it is not clear that the day will actually ever come , even though it is clear if it does when it will be . |
| 23 | Though it is likely that the capital cost of a robot will continue to fall quite rapidly relative to wage costs , there are only a limited number of applications for robots of the current generation of capability . |
| 24 | Legend links him romantically with Anne Bonny , though it is likely that his men also claimed their share of her — and Mary Read 's — decidedly uncouth favours . |
| 25 | It is likely that there was also a sense that higher education on a wider basis could be provided more cheaply outside the universities , though it is likely that at the time any such view would have been based on guesswork rather than hard information . |
| 26 | A trainee can obtain an NVQ from any Awarding Body recognised by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications though it is likely that most employers and colleges will choose to offer NVQs from only one body if only to simplify the assessment procedures and reduce costs . |
| 27 | We do not know her name , though it is unlikely that the sculptor did not have a model . |
| 28 | The Dutch courts applied Roman-Dutch criminal law in the Low Country , though it is unlikely that it was adhered to by headmen or officials trying minor offences . |
| 29 | The commendable objectives were ( i ) to present private investors with a document which they might find more helpful to them than the full statutory accounts , ( ii ) to reduce an appalling waste of paper , since undoubtedly a great many such investors consign the glossy brochures containing the accounts ( ii ) to their waste-paper baskets after only the most cursory of glances ( if any ) and , perhaps , ( iii ) to reduce the company 's postage — though it is unlikely that any saving on that could be commensurate with the cost of preparing an additional document and , in effect , having it audited . |
| 30 | There is evidence for some geological activity on Venus , and though it is unlikely that Plate Tectonics ever got going this conclusion is not yet beyond doubt . |