Example sentences of "though it [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 His Lordship could not accept that a sensible construction of paragraph 19 involved that , provided only the commercial deputising service was large and efficient enough , the FPC was in practice obliged to give its consent even though it knew that the doctor in question intended to delegate his entire practice to such an organisation .
2 If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested .
3 Even though it meant that going to fetch the letters gave you scratches and nettle-stings .
4 Meanwhile the United States said it was studying the possibility of parachuting relief supplies to civilians in Bosnia , though it emphasised that such an operation might not be successful in the rugged country .
5 From the flats he passed , the sound of lives : Christmas pops on the radio , argument , a baby laughing , which became tears , as though it sensed that there was danger near .
6 Subsequently , Apricot did sell its manufacturing side to Mitsubishi , though it denied that the decision owed anything to Troubleshooter .
7 The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations .
8 The group is still looking for possible partners for its optronics operations , though it insists that so far there have only been talks , not negotiations .
9 If the bird 's head disappears behind some small obstruction , the cat can be seen to rush forward and pounce , as though it knows that at that moment the bird can not see its rapid advance .
10 The question of whether or not ‘ In the beginning … ’ is superstition is forced on us by the poem but left unanswered though it appears that to go back beyond Origen would be immensely difficult .
11 It was he , writing in the issue of 15 September 1941 , who called the thirties the ‘ Pink Decade ’ , which has n't really stuck , though it seems that he coined the term ‘ Greeneland ’ to define the peculiar territory of Graham Greene 's fiction .
12 If he does so , the auctioneer can make the purchaser pay the full price again , even though it means that the purchaser pays twice over . ’
13 Confession is the strategy which minimises the maximum jail sentence the prisoner can receive , and this minimax strategy is the best one , even though it ensures that the prisoner can not receive the lowest sentence allowed by the ‘ game ’ , the one year for a lesser offence .
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