Example sentences of "though it be [not/n't] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | SunSoft has enhanced Solaris 2.0 to 2.2 ( though it 's not officially calling it that ) boosting symmetric multiprocessing performance by 60% over the previous version as measured on an eight-way system . |
2 | SunSoft has enhanced Solaris 2.0 to 2.2 ( though it 's not officially calling it that ) boosting symmetric multiprocessing performance 60% over the previous version as measured on an 8-way . |
3 | though it is n't quite done |
4 | It is rare , indeed , to find today the original zealous approach though it is not altogether lacking . |
5 | The recurring couplet in Amos , though it is not usually followed by an itemization , fits here best : |
6 | 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 ) . |
7 | Sage , rosemary and lavender need no visual description , though it is not always realized that sage has spikes of vividly blue-mauve flowers which last a long time and are highly magnetic to bees . |
8 | To trigger this test the magic effect can be from any source ( item or spell ) , but must have a clear , easily discernable effect ; an Aura of any type does n't count , but a Flight spell would , even though it is not directly threatening . |
9 | The blue-flowered garden species of this genus ( N. x faassenii ) , also called catmint , is highly decorative , with its grey leaves and long-lasting flower spikes , but N. cataria is the true herb , of little known but considerable medical use , for which it has a long history , back to Gerard 's day and earlier , though it is not so used nowadays . |
10 | ‘ It was wet and cold , though it was n't actually raining . ’ |
11 | But with or without the cosmological term , the fact that matter caused space-time to curve in on itself remained a problem , though it was not generally recognized as such . |
12 | But Programme Analysis and Review , which had not flourished since the early Heath era , effectively died under Callaghan , though it was not formally buried until Mrs Thatcher was in No. 10 . |