Example sentences of "although it would be [adj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The defence argument put paid to yet another proposal in 1924 but in 1929 the Labour Government set up a Committee of Inquiry which concluded that a ‘ double barrelled ’ rail tunnel could probably be built although it would be necessary to drive a pilot tunnel to demonstrate its feasibility beyond doubt .
2 It would be surprising to find a great deal of this type of activity in any organization , although it would be sad to see none .
3 Artefacts found on both sides of the North Sea provide an important reference point , although it would be easy to question the basis of the chronology of such objects in Scandinavia and North Germany .
4 Although it would be nice to see someone apart from Strach get annoyed on the pitch every now and then .
5 Although it would be nice to go over to Bradford .
6 Lastly , although it would be nice to feel that everybody charts the forward direction absolutely correctly , the reality of life is that this is an almost impossible ambition .
7 It 's too hot and humid during the summer , and all the labs close down after May , although it would be nice to have two apartments , one here and one there in the winter .
8 Standard periods would be prescribed for different types of business , although it would be possible to apply for a special timetable at an early stage and for detailed variations of the timetable .
9 Although it would be possible to pursue the question of history in terms of such analyses of the forms of historicity , such an enquiry would take us on a very different path from that prompted by our original question , namely if poststructuralism can apparently be faulted by reference to a history which it neglects , where in Marxism can this history be found ?
10 Although it would be glib to presume that the removal of a pupil from his or her usual classes is necessarily the wrong strategy , there are obvious contradictions in operating a system based on negative sanctions and the off-loading of responsibility for one group whilst attempting to accept and cater for the diversity of the rest .
11 So , although it would be wrong to derive the family form directly from developments in capitalism , the new domestic ideal was not a completely autonomous development .
12 Although it would be wrong to see the injustices suffered by a Viscountess as equivalent to those of the poor , Irwin 's willingness to examine questions of gender and class together make ‘ An Epistle to Mr. Pope ’ a striking and significant composition .
13 Although it would be wrong to presume that teachers who are excellent in their off-site unit work with small groups of pupils could necessarily become the vanguard of a new service they can provide the focus for some initial developments .
14 Although it would be wrong to try to read too much into such a light-hearted production , Udo 's reliance on Goethe as his travel guide ( ‘ 200 years old and still topical ’ ) is surely a statement that , while political systems may come and go , German literature remains .
15 The Tories in general were more isolationist than the Whigs , although it would be wrong to suggest that they were not sympathetic to the desire to contain France after 1689 .
16 This is a tremendously creative and self-expressive period of the year , although it would be foolish to expect an easy ride .
17 The public library needs both in an uncertain financial climate , and although it would be unfair to question the motivation of public librarians mounting courses for adults , the end product often produces an ultimately useful adult library user .
18 This is additional to the report the guardian ad litem is obliged to prepare although it would be unusual to request a report from a court welfare officer where a guardian is already involved .
19 Although it would be difficult to document the generalisation , it seems to me that there has been a significant decline , over the past ten or fifteen years , in the degree of confidence in the scope and security of foundations in both psychology and linguistics .
20 This could be done by heating it ( although it would be difficult to avoid heating the other layers as well ) , but the layer reacts more quickly if an applied voltage between s1 and s2 rapidly increases the power density inside the material .
21 A flower or tree might well be said to show signs of distress much as an athlete might unwittingly show symptoms of it , although it would be inappropriate to describe a watch in that way .
22 Unless this provision is satisfied , any yearly interest paid by a company must be paid subject to deduction of basic rate income tax , and Target will need to comply with paras 2 to 4 of Sch 16 to the Taxes Act 1988 and account to the Revenue for the tax it is liable to withhold ; the lender will suffer the cash-flow disadvantage of receiving interest payments with tax withheld at source ( although it would be entitled to offset the withholding tax suffered against its corporation tax liability for the same accounting period under s7(2) TA 1988 ) .
23 Mr Ian Lang has gained his reward for presiding over a modest Tory revival in Scotland , although it would be unwise to suppose that the difficulties of governing Scotland will go away .
24 Although it would be mad to claim that I felt happy , my first feeling was one of cheer that I had escaped from prison .
25 The Payroll operation is particularly sensitive , and although it would be desirable to have only one X-25 link for the organization , the demands of security , and reduction in cabling costs , suggest that an additional X-25 link be established in 1993/94 through one of the file-servers , so that any networked PC can use it for external communications .
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