Example sentences of "though it is [adv] " in BNC.

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31 The presentation makes the pack feel like a self-instructor though it is clearly not .
32 It spans a period of over 600 years , i.e. from about 1900 BC to about 1250 BC , though it is notoriously difficult to be sure of dates at this early stage of Israel 's history .
33 One very useful consequence of Lemma 3 above is that , if we want to prove a new algebraic law , it will usually be sufficient to prove it for finite programs , for example , consider the law unc This ( the conventional binary associative law of SEQ ) is not trivially deducible fro our existing laws , even though it is semantically true .
34 Results of other research on 10 WFS countries of Sub-Sahara Africa also showed that , " It ( the effect of maternal age of infant mortality ) is associated with selectivity in respect to social and economic factors , though it is principally and directly an effect of physiological determinants " .
35 For movement and dance , the Pineapple Studios in the same part of town seems to be one of the best there is , though it is not intended primarily for dancers and actors — people from all sorts of professions come along to keep fit .
36 This is much more effective at muting impacts than any breast shield and though it is not allowed in competition proper , it removes much of the risk from pre-competition training .
37 There is a fascinating folk-tale about a child 's pre-birth experience which adds weight to this , though it is not reserved to the Kohanim .
38 Zapp wants the subject to be organized , systematic , objective , in a word — though it is not a word he uses — scientific .
39 There is , in fact , a good case for resisting the takeover of literature by culture , though it is not as strong as I once thought it was .
40 The influence of all three is perceptible in Nicholas Shakespeare 's first novel , though it is not so much the magical flights of Marquez as Greene 's Catholic mysticism which I found the most intriguing .
41 The manner of the rejection on the floor of the Chamber was unpleasant , with ranting and prejudice flaunted and loud , though it is not certain whether such sickening speeches moved sober MPs .
42 Here , though it is not true that they have no food , for they still have their daily supplies of the ‘ worthless ’ manna , they remain without water , and , manna or no manna , death would seem to stare them in the face .
43 There 's a useful 159lb ft torque at 2100rpm just after the turbo comes on stream , and the lighter three-door has all the power it reasonably needs , even though it is not as smoothly delivered as the Shogun 's .
44 They say the two men should stand trial in Scotland or the United States , though it is not clear how the West would react to Col Gaddafi 's suggestion , now apparently retracted , that it could take place in another Arab League country .
45 But by the time of Charlemagne the majority of warriors were on horseback , though it is not clear if they actually fought from horseback or if they used the horses simply as rapid transport for traditional Frankish foot soldiers .
46 There are three conclusions drawn from these arguments , all to some extent encapsulated in the 1958 Education Reform Bill , though it is not altogether clear how the proposals are related to each other .
47 Despite not strictly working shifts , I recorded abnormal temperatures , probably — though it is not proven — because I had missed so much sleep .
48 If so , and if we can measure it ( though it is not easy to do so ) , that again tells us something about their welfare .
49 First , there is the lunch-break story ( though it is not entirely clear that this relates to the very last meeting : it might relate to 5 November ) .
50 It is important , however , that we keep accurate records , though it is not so important we make rigid rules that can preclude the recording of a well-authenticated fish simply because a rule was not strictly adhered to .
51 These panels are likely to suffer from what has been called ‘ duty ’ listening or viewing in which a person feels he or she ought to , say , watch a television programme because there is a questionnaire for it , even though it is not a programme that person would ordinarily view at all .
52 Several rhynchosaurs have been found in association with fragments of plants ( though it is not possible to say from a juxtaposition of fossils whether those fragments were ever inside the animal ) and the diet probably consisted of leaves , stems , fruit and seeds of seed-ferns , conifers , ginkgos , equisitales ( horsetails ) and ferns ( Figure 2 ) .
53 Otto 's brother-in-law King Athelstan appears to have called himself by a variety of high sounding titles , emperor ( if any of the documents are genuine ) and basileus , the Greek word for king and part of the official title of the Byzantine emperor ( though it is not clear whether the English realized this ) .
54 A private Member can not command the services of the Parliamentary Draftsman , though it is not unknown for him to render advice and assistance .
55 He insists that in the last analysis there is a fundamental difference between believing in ahi sā , even though it is not possible to behave non-violently in all life 's circumstances , and believing in hi sā .
56 Though it is not cool anywhere .
57 Mr Major has never visited the shop , even though it is not far from his home and Mrs Major only visited occasionaly .
58 Such a realization may have been fuelled by my existing knowledge of mythology ( though it is not detailed in this respect ) , but it arose in a form that conveyed more in two seconds than two hours of normal thought could produce .
59 They begin to appear in the first quarter of the eighteenth century , a remnant of the funerary effigy , though it is not recorded that nobles , apart from those of royal blood , ever had them ( Cromwell and General Monck excepted ) .
60 We have little idea of how well other old people cope without the help of the formal sector , though it is not unreasonable to suppose that many struggle in a considerable degree of discomfort and risk .
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