Example sentences of "though their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government orders forbade anyone to show the natives how to use such weapons , yet inevitably they did on occasion obtain them and use them to deadly effect , though their culture might be basically Stone Age . |
| 2 | It is well known that Homoeopathic remedies are very dilute in their preparation though their effects can not be explained so simply . |
| 3 | These may be entirely contained within the borders of a single country even though their effects are transnational . |
| 4 | though their style is rather unattractive , and the index is extraordinarily unhelpful . |
| 5 | Palatine consider themselves to be good employers , though their attitudes and practices might be thought to be slightly old-fashioned and paternalistic in that there is no measure of staff performance or formal mechanisms or procedures for staff management . |
| 6 | Analogies between these are themselves important , though their dangers have been pointed out . |
| 7 | Other groups of reptiles were not exterminated at this time , even though their fossils may be found in rocks as old as those that yield dinosaurs and the other spectacular , extinct groups . |
| 8 | It is likely that some at least of nature s experiments as it sought to produce Homo sapiens were as intelligent as us , even though their type of intelligence may have been very different . |
| 9 | Even without their two biggest forwards , Alan Watt and Shade Munro , GH-K competed well in the forward exchanges where brothers Fergus and Murray Wallace excelled , though their efforts were matched by the whole-hearted David McIvor . |
| 10 | ‘ Tasso keeps them apart , though their fingers meet on the pillows of his pastoral . |
| 11 | The eyes held a strange expression , and he guessed that even though their gaze was directed towards you their owner 's mind was on something entirely different . |
| 12 | The most dramatic finding would be the discovery of characteristics common to the actions of all great fast bowlers , even though their actions appear to be totally individual . |
| 13 | Though their functions were only 200 yards apart , the thorny issue of who will attend the royal wedding has caused a huge gulf between them . |
| 14 | He was still supplemented by special ambassadors sent for short periods for particular purposes , though their functions became more and more purely formal . |
| 15 | With the collapse of the dictatorships such rights were restored , though their existence in some countries is still insecure , as are many of the social rights established by the previous regimes . |
| 16 | Civil servants in an advanced industrial state are meritocratically selected ( Therborn , 1978 ) even though their tasks are to plan in the long-run interests of capitalism . |
| 17 | Several more drugs have been discovered , though their activity is limited by their toxicity . |
| 18 | Though their controller of programmes in Scotland indicated , in an interview he gave The Scotsman earlier this year , that many of the aims and aspirations of the Scottish task force had been incorporated , in his view , in the final version of ‘ Extending Choice ’ , John Birt 's mission statement for the future of the BBC . |
| 19 | In other words , two homologous structures were formed in the same way in two closely-related groups , though their development diverged , in the course of evolution , to adapt the structure for two different lifestyles . |
| 20 | Their work was mainly that of missions and teaching ordinands and conducting retreats , though their work in Africa was both tense and world-famous . |
| 21 | Though their work on evolutionary theory was complementary , Wallace has tended to become overshadowed by the religious and scientific furore that accompanied the publication of Darwin 's The Origin of Species . |
| 22 | Contemporary artists favour a droit de suite with near unanimity , even though their work rarely finds a secondary market . |
| 23 | Such doctors are able to work in Britain with full registration even though their English may be poor . |
| 24 | Neither Willaert nor Rore composed for the keyboard though their works were often published in lute or keyboard transcription . |
| 25 | I pause a moment beside an ancient grove of beech trees , tended no longer now , though their presence and calm remain . |
| 26 | Worm holes are another blemish which should be noted by cataloguers , even though their presence will not normally be taken as a good reason for returning a book . |
| 27 | In England , as elsewhere , ‘ even though their help could not be counted upon ’ , children and kin were providing the greatest share of support for the older generation of their families . |
| 28 | Writers of an egalitarian liberal persuasion often join libertarian liberals in applauding the same sentiments , different though their interpretation of them usually is . |
| 29 | Hilduin and Gerald had both been appointed to their posts by Louis ; though their loyalty had wavered in 833 , both had soon recovered imperial favour . |
| 30 | Some writing by artists takes the form of instruction ; in every period manuals on how to do it , whether drawing , making sculpture or other technical tasks are found , though their incidence is irregular , and such treatises are often the work of minor artists , rather than the great ; Leonardo is an exception . |