Example sentences of "though it has be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rule in Rylands v. Fletcher was not considered in The Wagon Mound ( No. 1 ) , though it has been argued elsewhere in this book that there is no reason for refusing to apply the principles of foreseeability as developed since The Wagon Mound . |
| 2 | The officers , whether beneficiarii , stratores or regionarii , might have been in charge of , and therefore accommodated in , the mansio , if one existed , though it has been argued that a beneficiarius , usually only a legionary , was too junior in status to have charge of such an important building . |
| 3 | For instance , you can build up a design that looks as though it has been pressed as a single spray ( see pp. 98–9 ) , although in fact each flower and leaf should be positioned with care to give a natural effect . |
| 4 | I used a small spray of birds-foot trefoil , and although in the finished picture it seems as though it has been pressed just as it was picked , in fact the majority of the piece was dismantled for pressing and reassembled for the picture . |
| 5 | Though it has been altered in later periods , it retains some Gothic features . |
| 6 | When they moved to Althorp in 1975 on the death of their grandfather , the 7th Earl , Charles said goodbye to every room and Diana today still revisits her former home , even though it has been turned into a Cheshire Home holiday hotel for the disabled . |
| 7 | Strangely enough Alpha Centauri has no official proper name , though it has been called ‘ Rigel Kent ’ or ‘ Toliman ’ . |
| 8 | Nothing looks worse , and does a poorer job , than a worm which has been stuck on the hook several times and looks as though it has been tied in a knot . |
| 9 | Walthwaite is the best example left and though it has been built in , the woodwork is still there . |
| 10 | ‘ A modest house with a small garden where the grass looks as though it has been cut with nail-scissors and weeded with a forceps ; a dolls ’ house , with nothing out of place , everything polished and dusted . ’ |
| 11 | The interior shows the basic form much as it was built , though it has been stripped of its decoration . |
| 12 | The Golden Lion is said to have had a gallery but nothing now remains , though it has been referred to by word of mouth over many years . |
| 13 | Yet we have already found in Chapter 2 that the UK has , relatively speaking , been suffering from declining international competitiveness as a place in which goods are actually made , though it has been holding its own in providing financial services on a world scale , and is prosperous enough , for example , to have a demand for hypermarkets on the international model . |
| 14 | While badgers can ‘ snuzzle and take all the corn crops ’ and will sometimes take the odd lamb , they are not considered a threat to farming , though it has been suggesting that they might have links with tuberculosis in milking herds . |
| 15 | A rod that is propped at 45° to the water , quivering slightly as the current pushes against the line , will suddenly slam over as though it has been struck with a sandbag . |
| 16 | The interior has been excellently restored after damage caused in the Second World War , though it has been done in a modern , simplified manner . |
| 17 | It has never been seen again , though it has been given an official variable star designation : T Boo¨tis . |
| 18 | A primary reason for this may be the differences in average educational status , which tends to be lower among rural people , though it has been shown that rural residence ( from birth ) can influence child mortality levels over and beyond the effect caused by differences between the two areas in educational standards . |
| 19 | One or two preliminary studies have suggested that these changes are occurring unevenly across the country , but as yet there is little substantive research into this issue , even though it has been stressed as a priority question by the TUC itself . |
| 20 | For obvious reasons , garlic essence is not usually employed in aromatherapy massage ( though it has been known ! ) but instead , is taken as a medicine in the form of garlic capsules . |
| 21 | Composers do not seem to have found much use for this device , though it has been known since Weber 's day . |
| 22 | The procedure saves costs and time and though it has been criticised , no better procedure has been proposed . |
| 23 | Carlo was made a cardinal at 22 and Archbishop of Milan at 26 , though it has been suggested that these appointments were as much due to the boy 's uncle being Pope Pius IV as to any inherent abilities . |
| 24 | It seems that he was content to stay as a house guest of Sir John Popham for quite a while , though it has been suggested he was thrown into a debtor 's prison shortly after the event . |
| 25 | For though it has been suggested that Minton 's attendance at Lehmann 's soirées was in part determined by his hope of work , he would also have been stimulated by the company he met . |
| 26 | Though it has been suggested that Cynddylan may have been among Penda 's British allies at the Winwaed , there is no direct evidence for this , but when Penda attacked Oswiu in the mid-650s he is said to have been supported by British kings ( HB ch. 64 ) , principal among whom was Cadafael ap Cynfedw , king of Gwynedd ( HB ch. 65 ) . |
| 27 | To these pieces she applies flourishes of paint in mad swoops of colour — a chair looks as though it has been wrapped in a Mexican Indian blanket , a small table is covered in a riot of pattern , full of references to Memphis — the Milan school and Tennessee . |
| 28 | The Walls of Troy turf maze near Brandsby , North Yorkshire , is possibly the most ancient in Britain , though it has been re-cut on several occasions , most recently in 1934 , when carts using the grass verge had obliterated it . |
| 29 | ( 8 ) The bidder always runs the risk that at the hearing of the petition the court will exercise its discretion not to sanction the scheme even though it has been approved by the requisite minority of members ( see para 2.4.7 below ) . |
| 30 | It is sometimes argued that certain subjects are better vehicles for a liberal education than others , because they are concerned with the human rather than merely the natural , or are reflexive rather than merely instrumental ; hence the term ‘ liberal ’ has been most often associated with the arts , and in this century social sciences , though it has been used of some science courses as well ( e.g. ‘ Liberal Studies in Science ’ ) . |