Example sentences of "even though they be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You just just sign there and that 's cos they ca n't use the tapes without your permission even though they 're destroyed . |
| 2 | Even though they 're coming out on the inside . |
| 3 | A creature of the planning system even though they are designated by the Countryside Commission . |
| 4 | Thus , intertidal zones and estuaries in particular tend to be extremely rich , even though they are battered by waves or scarified by rapid waters , are sometimes dry and sometimes wet , and pose all kinds of chemical problems as the salinity may swing from fresh to super-saturated . |
| 5 | Learning ‘ on the job ’ is the way that most people acquire their skills with desktop publishing but even though they are producing relevant material they often miss out on a lot of the essential background . |
| 6 | Emotions occur in response to actual happenings ; they occur also in response to imagined happenings ; and the latter emotions are real , happening in the present , even though they are called up by unreal situations . |
| 7 | Eyes closed , the girls move in perfect synchronisation — even though they are said to be untrained in the intricate pattern of the dance . |
| 8 | Many solicitors , in writing a letter for a client , will misrepresent the law , even though they are addressing themselves to a layman , and will lend themselves to various abuses and suppressions ( not involving a breach of law ) in order to obstruct a just claim . |
| 9 | It seems to be established , and rightly so , that the criterion is not geographical — privilege does not attach to letters sent by constituents to a member , even though they are posted to him in the post office in the Lobby of the House of Commons ( Rivlin v Bilainkin [ 1953 ] 1 QB 485 ) . |
| 10 | The ending of the book is not an anti-climax even though they are saved . |
| 11 | Geoffrey Chaucer could not hold a conversation with a modern Englishman , even though they are linked to each other by an unbroken chain of some twenty generations of Englishmen , each of whom could speak to his immediate neighbours in the chain as a son speaks to his father . |
| 12 | If physical beauty and internal beauty are not the same , even though they are linked , then instances may occur when one or the other is almost totally absent . |
| 13 | The craftsmen whom Willis describes are involved with their work even though they are alienated from the given structure of the enterprise . |
| 14 | As we have seen , acts of violence may be considered necessary in situations of moral dilemma even though they are known to be wrong . |
| 15 | Only eight per cent of children from low income families ( in the Registrar General 's social classes four and five ) go to university , even though they are guaranteed a free education through a full grant plus social security . |
| 16 | Only eight per cent of children from low income families ( in the Registrar General 's social classes four and five ) go to university , even though they are guaranteed a free education through a full grant plus social security . |
| 17 | They can still use , and have been using , cull grenades in the cause of science , even though they are banned for commercial purposes . |
| 18 | For example , on the last beat in bar 2 the notes comprise five adjacent semitones from C to F ( even though they are spread out ) . |
| 19 | Many of Russia 's ICBMs are accurate enough to destroy American Minuteman ICBMs even though they are housed in protective silos , says the Pentagon . |
| 20 | The ideas of the phrenologists contained much sound common sense even though they were built on the false premise that bumps on the skull are a key to personality . |
| 21 | So , er , we 're getting people saying it 's impossible to pay this even though they were asked if they could pay it at the the the time it was given sometime last July . |
| 22 | Even though they were retired , they had been leading a very active life . |
| 23 | We can see this clearly in the story of the men at Ephesus ( Acts 19 ) who had not heard of the gift of Pentecost even though they were living many years after that event . |
| 24 | But they were obvious to most people , even though they were magnified by those who did n't know him well . |
| 25 | People who were incredibly enthusiastic at first dropped out because they thought the language barrier would be a major problem , even though they were assured that an English-speaking teacher would accompany the children . |
| 26 | BR staff and preservationists pulled out all the stops to have everything right on the day even though they were hampered by high winds and heavy rain . |
| 27 | Raine refused to speak to Diana 's mother in church even though they were seated together in the same pew . |
| 28 | Systems effects have in many cases knock-on effects , even though they were providing care , providing new services for perhaps just 6 people . |
| 29 | It said that the ambulance control centre at Waterloo was in ‘ chaos and confusion , ’ and maintained that ambulance crews were continuing to answer 999 calls , even though they were suspended . |
| 30 | Erm , and to look at the stories which are of a different time but are still relevant to our time and place , they have a , have a message for us , even though they were set a hundred years ago , they 've still got something to say us , so I think that 's an area we need to explore . |