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

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1 There 's like this sort of disease , but no one mentions it ; everyone behaves as though it 's normal , y' know inevitable that there 's vandalism an , violence an , houses burnt out an' wrecked by the people they were built for .
2 You look as though it 's done you good already . ’
3 ‘ I think there 's a market , even though it 's a narrow field , ’ said Susan .
4 Raskolnikov is one of the others , though it 's only through the long crime-and-punishment process that he comes to understand this : he had ‘ wanted something more ’ — more than our mere-existence rain .
5 ‘ I want to want ’ , the underground man 's lonely cry , is also his though he does n't utter it , and biting the governor 's car , like sticking the tongue out , is a one-against-all drumming of the heels of consciousness — but again with a difference which is that the biting extends beyond the notional ; it happens and it hurts , though it 's a minor foray compared with Raskolnikov 's spectacular eruption into actuality with the murder .
6 Nor , unfading in our mind 's eye , will this hanger-on and fantasist and self-dramatizer ever do anything , though it 's difficult to say so without a chilling , denaturing hint of analytics .
7 ‘ WE WANT to make it look as though it 's a wine merchant , ’ says Tim Waters in Clapham 's Wine Rack , south London , one of Thresher 's five prototype high-street wine shops .
8 Bus and train are much the same price at the moment though it 's quicker to take the bus .
9 Mission accomplished , we head for home , though it 's not just a case of turntail and run as fast as we can .
10 She is pleased at the rewarding relationship she has with him , though it 's something she has had to fight to keep .
11 ‘ But I am very competitive , and I love winning too , though it 's very important how you win . ’
12 Brook sees the great Hindu myth as full of Shakespearean themes , though it 's short on Mr W S 's gutsy comedy .
13 ‘ But it is the sack , Sir , even though it 's dressed up in fine words . ’
14 And though it 's one of the most abundant elements on earth , not much hydrogen is chemically free .
15 ‘ Mrs Henry Cox ’ is one of the best known , though it 's not always easy to grow well .
16 Yes , he says , that 's a good buy , too , though it 's displayed round the back with the Amstrads .
17 Tables are better spaced and the efficient French service more welcoming , though it 's time it grew out of the 75p cover charge .
18 Local transport : Local buses link the various resorts on the lake ; though it 's much nicer to travel by ferry or hydrofoil .
19 Situated in a complex of separate building son a hillside over Lake Garda , the lakeside promenade and the beach are all within easy walking distance , even though it 's an uphill return .
20 Yeah , really it 's a frustrating end of it , but working for Time gives me the opportunity to be in these countries and to do a good photoreportage on the country , even though it 's very rarely published .
21 Most of all , having chosen to live with a man , as a feminist , is the biggest challenge ; but being ‘ open ’ and ‘ communicative ’ I have tried to show him it is possible , though it 's not a ‘ doddle ’ as you can imagine .
22 I 've managed to arrange to meet her and talk to her and this should take place tomorrow ( though it 's being organised by a very unreliable man , one of the expatriate drunks that live here ) .
23 There have also been one or two apparently motiveless murders in Vienna these last few weeks which could be his work , though it 's less certain . ’
24 And wee Kate and Joshua are just plain gorgeous even though it 's their Granny talking .
25 He 's much more in his element in prometheus , which heaves and sighs as though it 's actually giving birth to fire .
26 I know it 's a cave , even though it 's so dark I ca n't see a thing , 'cos there are voices calling all round me and they echo .
27 The shaky-hand aiming is a fair simulation of real throwing , though it 's much easier to get high scores here ( I even hit the odd 180 ! ) .
28 Then , surely you know , it 's all taken care of — though it 's very sweet of you to ask . ’
29 Though it 's often debated , undergravels may not be a good choice for those who wish to grow plants .
30 ‘ It 's been lovely to see you all , even though it 's a sad errand that 's brought me ! ’
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