Example sentences of "but although they " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although they work well in the older types of glider , they are not practical with the modern machines which have a very docile stall and which will not drop a wing at the stall without gross over-ruddering . |
| 2 | But although they lived as the only intellectual representatives of their own language in so small a place as Rapallo , they were not destined to decrease each other 's mental loneliness . |
| 3 | But although they both tried to smile still , neither of them failed to notice the past tense she had used for the word ‘ love ’ . |
| 4 | But although they live on the edge of Wentworth Golf Course , Lady Haslam prefers gardening when at home . |
| 5 | But although they are only thoughts in our minds , by the very design of our experiments we project these patterns onto the ‘ outside ’ reality and therefore either fail to see anything else , or are confused when observations do not fit our inward mind patterns and expectations . |
| 6 | Twice a year they have a heavy coat moult which is fairly dramatic , but although they are a big , active breed they eat surprisingly little . |
| 7 | But although they might be better mounted , by normal standards , they were not so well horsed for rough riding as were the Borderers on their tough , sure-footed hill ponies ; on this terrain the fleeing men ought to be able to keep ahead . |
| 8 | She thanked them for their efforts but although they waited for a tip it was not forthcoming , so they went off grumbling . |
| 9 | But although they can be fairly clearly defined they are the outcome of complex relationships within the firm such that entrepreneurship is diffused through different levels of management , frequently to a degree that the operative distinction between entrepreneur and manager no longer applies [ Alford , 1976 ] . |
| 10 | Naturally , in view of the political interest of Lord Milton and the Duke of Argyll , John Main was not left to languish in the state of promoted unemployment to which Colonel Haldane 's enmity had consigned him , but although they were able to secure a port appointment for Main which brought him a regular salary , it was at Bo'ness , on the Lothian shore of the river Forth and directly under they eye of Haldane 's ally , Collector Middleton , who sent the unfortunate Main ‘ on every drudgery piece of business to different places to put him to all the expence & trouble the Collector can devise ’ . |
| 11 | The governor had other officials whose posts entitled them to sit in his executive council , but although they might have looked like potential ministers the legislative assemblies could not use them to control the governor and , as the governor had no automatic right to dismiss his councillors , he could not use them as his ministers either . |
| 12 | Traditionally , Archdeacon Oliver explains , archdeacons dealt with legal and property matters , but although they still have to keep an eye on architects and parsonage houses , their work is far more , nowadays , to do with pastoral negotiation . |
| 13 | But although they had been settled for the moment the two great political problems of the next half-century had already been foreshadowed : first , the tensions within the Angevin family ; second , the feudal question of the relationship between lord and vassal , between Capetian and Angevin . |
| 14 | But although they were terrified of the Magistrate , who in more peaceful times had so often savaged their verses , the ladies in the billiard room stoutly refused to volunteer for the banqueting hall , which they wrongly believed to be more dangerous than the Residency except for Lucy , who was generally acknowledged to have nothing to live for anyway . |
| 15 | But although they add information as to who is present , they still do n't tell the computers what everybody is doing . |
| 16 | But although they do not know it , the fight is nearly over . |
| 17 | A tap dance duo followed , but although they performed topless , the Anzacs ignored their swinging titties to concentrate on boozing and playing poker dice . |
| 18 | The whirlwind raged at the window … but although they strained to listen , they could hear nothing from the corridor beyond . |
| 19 | ‘ Dierdriu was on her feet , summoning the Fiana and the Palace guard , but although they came running , it was already too late . |
| 20 | The Appropriation Accounts are concerned with monies voted by Parliament ; but although they cover a vast area they do not contain all public monies . |
| 21 | But although they had vanished by the late 1950s , together with beggars from most European stations , the importunate begging hand thrust through the window of the railway carriage remains common throughout much of the Third World . |
| 22 | But although they 'd pursued the same career , that career had taken them in different directions , their meetings infrequent . |
| 23 | Dmitrii Zamiatnin , the deputy Minister of Justice , and Sergei Zarudnyi , Bludov 's assistant at the Second Department , were juridical radicals , but although they registered a few successes in their quest for change ( notably the foundation of the enlightened Journal of the Ministry of Justice in 1859 ) , they needed more than idealism to convert their superiors . |
| 24 | Not many children are likely to have been to a circus ; but although they 're not as glamorous or as attractive as they once were , they still hold a fascination for children . |
| 25 | But although they are largely self sufficient , needless to say livelihoods in these sort of conditions and communities are on a knife edge . |