Example sentences of "even though [pron] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that rabble are seen by you heart-aching British as more truly democratic than the authoritarian rule of the Military , even though we respected the people 's rights in accordance with every convention . |
| 2 | Even though we want the judgements of young doctors to be securely based on the evidence , we want to feel that they have not just assiduously acquired the necessary knowledge , but also have immediate first-hand understanding of it in practice , having conducted patient examinations , observed relevant operations , and so forth . |
| 3 | To feed them on food which does them no good at all even though they like the taste would be irresponsible on waters where carp baits are the major part of the fish 's diet . |
| 4 | Of course not all policemen are in absolute positions of command even though they represent the maintenance of structure in more than a symbolic way ; and few can move into communitas to experience the temptations described above . |
| 5 | The most effective way of doing this is to actively trade on the information acquired even though they run the risk of being prosecuted . |
| 6 | They were ‘ entertainment ’ and ‘ chat ’ , not serious like sermons , even though they provided the staple religious diet for many people . |
| 7 | In Phillips v Grampian Health Board ( 1989 ) The Times , 9 March a widow was held entitled to recover damages even though she married the deceased when he was already suffering from a fatal disease and she knew that his death was inevitable within a few years . |
| 8 | Leith could imagine that would be the case , and , even though she knew the answer to a question that just then came to her , for clarification 's sake , she asked it just the same . |
| 9 | Melanie , a working mother , is contracted to work four hours a day , but , said Bob , ‘ even though she has the time consuming task of caring for her baby , when the situation has arisen , she has worked full days in order to ensure the smooth running of her team . ’ |
| 10 | It was found that the decision of the GMC to prevent advertising in the press was a lawful exercise of the statutory powers conferred on it by s35 of The Medical Act 1983 , and that if a statutory power was exercised intra vires , reasonably and in accordance with the purpose of the Act conferring the power , ( even though it restricted the plaintiff 's freedom to trade or practice his profession ) the court could not review the exercise of the power on the basis that it caused a restraint of trade , since the exercise of the power in accordance with the policy and the purpose of the Act could not be contrary to public policy and any review by the court would be unconstitutional . |
| 11 | In the US during the 1970s , the cultural climate in economic thinking was soft on inflation , and the Fed did not tackle it as a result , even though it had the power to do so . |
| 12 | Similarly , an increase in the number of brands on offer may be a consumer gain , even though it reduces the probability of new suppliers entering the market in the long run . |
| 13 | It is part of their religion , a religion I do not scoff at as it holds many elements which match our own even though it lacks the truth of ours . |
| 14 | Sometimes their anxiety and an uneasy feeling compel them to move like Arsenicum and , even though it makes the pains worse ( < ) , they can not keep still ; or the pains can be so violent that they also have to move but it still makes the pains worse ( < ) . |
| 15 | AY has admitted negligence in relation to the stock over-statement , provided that WG can prove the fraud took place , but the firm is claiming that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar as its auditor , and not to Walker Greenbank , even though it audited the group accounts . |
| 16 | Indeed in the case of Bijlmermeer , there is concern over the residents ' increased fear of assault by assailants concealed in shrubbery close to walkways between the flat blocks , so that in future some vehicular access to some of the blocks is to be permitted , even though it undermines the integrity of the segregation principle . |
| 17 | There was no comfort in that result , a vote against industrial action , even though it confirmed the suspicion that gone are the old ways of fighting the class war that we 've all been raised on and still have the power to excite me . |
| 18 | It meant that philosophy was listening to what theologians were saying — even though it reserved the right to reject the theologian 's arguments . |
| 19 | Berowne almost seems to revel in his own discomfiture here , in his desperate last stand for freedom -he clearly enjoys the sensation of falling in love , even though he presents the experience as a disaster ! |
| 20 | He refused to put in central heating , even though he felt the cold badly . |
| 21 | Wasps captain Mark Rigby gave way , even though he felt the pitch was perfectly playable , a view shared by all the journalists at the ground . |
| 22 | There are enough of them to gang up on him and dominate him , even though he remains the group ‘ administrator ’ . |
| 23 | He could have given in to his sympathetic side at any point but he was adamant that Charman had to go , even though he knew the hurt it would cause to someone with whom he had previously been close . |
| 24 | The moonlight glinted on the razor edged blade , boosting his morale , even though he knew the weapon gave him only the slightest of chances against the lethal human killing machine facing him . |
| 25 | As a last resort , Richard Baxter decided to try the Bishop of Worcester to seek his permission to return to Kidderminster , even though he knew the Bishop was no friend of the Gospel , and even though many of his friends entreated him not to go fearing his arrest . |
| 26 | Yet even though he got the chance to fight Mr Bush , he would not now be heading for the White House if it had not been for the disaster which hit the President a few days after that TV interview . |
| 27 | In this sense Cuvier anticipated the modern , Darwinian view of Nature even though he rejected the idea of transmutation . |
| 28 | Even though he sees the parents of these dead children as traitors to his cause ? |
| 29 | If the defendant produces a false driving licence to hire a car , he is still liable for this offence even though he pays the hire charge . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , Athelstan felt a growing rage at his condition ; a sense of jealous hurt that Benedicta could find someone else so attractive and entertaining , even though he dismissed the emotion itself as both childish and dangerous . |