Example sentences of "and although they " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although I could still hear the screams and although they were real and terrible I slept well and late . |
| 2 | ‘ There are some initiatives going on which interest me , whereby young women who had a child when they were adolescent , and although they love the child , regret very much that they were too young , too immature , and too unsupported to care for it effectively : it 's being suggested that they should go into schools and talk to girls about the glories of motherhood at the right time , but begging them not to embark on it too young . |
| 3 | Overall , although readers were well aware that their papers were relatively biased compared to television and although they rated television as much more useful for providing information about issues , they did not rate television much more useful in helping them decide how to vote . |
| 4 | Maggie would not close her eyes , because that would be cheating , but she shortened her focus so that it rested precisely on the window-panes , and although they were not dirty and the moonbeams seemed to shine straight through them , they were there . |
| 5 | Chirozos are always peppery , flavoured with paprika and although they sound Spanish , are often made in Germany . |
| 6 | They are an intelligent breed , quite sensitive , and although they are sometimes reserved they are particularly fond of children , and can become firm friends with them . |
| 7 | These are the inorganic elements in the diet , and although they are only needed in tiny amounts , they have very important functions . |
| 8 | But that was generally the practice of settled people : Zuwaya were scattered over a vast territory , and although they owned land they were not permanently resident on it . |
| 9 | They relate to a brief two-year crisis period in her forty-four year life ; and although they are by no means irrelevant to her political role , the approach to them has had such a predominantly personal — one might almost say tabloid — quality that the historiographical Mary is immediately marked out from all other historical monarchs , Scottish or otherwise . |
| 10 | They were con-men who work the black market and although they spent the whole of the next day in Irkutsk taking me to lunch , visiting a host of Siberian churches and museums and organising a trip to the opera , their interest was in valutta — hard currency — not culture . |
| 11 | Richard Baxter was twenty four years older than Margaret , and although they had no children , they were very happily married for nineteen years . |
| 12 | Philip Miller had taken Kalm to visit the old man in 1748 and although they were ‘ obliged to shout loud ’ , they discussed the Jamaican venture of sixty years earlier , John Ray 's correspondence and Kalm 's impending visit to America . |
| 13 | Popular protest movements are becoming more common and although they are usually multi-class in membership , they often originate in poor urban neighbourhoods . |
| 14 | At present , however , there are often neither the places nor funds available for very young autistic children to receive the schooling they need , and although they can be placed in general ESN(S) schools , they may be unable to provide the particular forms of training which the autistic child will need . |
| 15 | They themselves had been exploited for the purposes of exploitation and although they made a stab at the psychedelic scene , it had n't really come off . |
| 16 | Both DuVivier and Byrne wrote accounts of the raid fairly soon afterwards , and although they disagree on details , the main story is clear . |
| 17 | CAB advisers are accustomed to finding themselves in the position of mediators , and although they usually sit comfortably in this role , many dislike the role of mediator between client , Department of Social Security and charity foundations that has been thrust upon them . |
| 18 | These processes are often interlinked and although they will be discussed separately here it is often the case that measures to combat one problem may lead directly to another , or that desertification results from soil erosion and/or salinisation . |
| 19 | Associative and cognitive theories present two major examples of different approaches to the study of learning , and although they differ in very many respects it is possible to synthesise them in a way that offers guidance for teachers . |
| 20 | Such measures need cash , and although they can contribute to malaria control , they can never suffice by themselves . |
| 21 | Pair-bonds are comparatively rare in reptiles , and although they are typical of certain mammals , such as beavers , jackals , foxes and gibbons , this is not the typical mammalian grouping . |
| 22 | One by one the Parsons ' former friends and acquaintances found reasons not to accept our invitations , and although they claimed to be anxious that we should ‘ get together some time ’ , that time never came . |
| 23 | The English fought on foot at Hastings , and although they certainly used horses for transport , they may normally have fought on foot ; Henry I 's knights at Tinchebrai in 1106 also dismounted , owing to the nature of the battlefield . |
| 24 | In England the codes of the Anglo-Saxon kings , although they covered only a fraction of the area covered by custom , and although they contained numerous traditional items , involved some new legislation and made little pretence of not doing so . |
| 25 | By keeping it more or less behind them and to their left they could be sure of travelling north-west which was the direction they believed right but the inequalities of the ground often forced them out of their way and although they always returned to their line they had to guess what corrections to make to allow for obstacles . |
| 26 | Although their dress was not equipped to deal with soaking weather and although they may have been expected to turn back at the sight of such greyness , they continued and even displayed some sense of enjoyment at the discomfort each was experiencing . |
| 27 | They are less than enthusiastic about flake or other dried foods , and although they will take these to keep body and soul together , you are unlikely to achieve breeding success on such a diet . |
| 28 | At that time the DPKR had only 7,000 members and although they dissociated themselves from the Russian Communist Party , many were still members of the CPSU . |
| 29 | ‘ Gazza has won the fans ' hearts and even if he had n't scored that late goal — and although they would have turned against the side — I do n't think would have turned against him . |
| 30 | ‘ Quite a few of them were given a chance last season and although they have n't had much of an opportunity this time , I have n't forgotten them because of their importance to the squad . ’ |