Example sentences of "though it has " in BNC.

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1 Though it has to be said , he wrote , and Goldberg , his eye racing down the page covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , paused to sip from the glass of fresh orange-juice at his side , wiped his forehead and went on typing , it has to be said that I have occasionally had the illusion that I knew what step to take first and even , occasionally , what step to take second , I will not talk about a third .
2 There has been a political revolution in Paddock Wood in Kent , though it has got marginally less press coverage than the fall of the Berlin Wall or the failed Russian coup .
3 Even PhD students can be approached before they have finished their theses , though the publication of unrevised theses seems to me undesirable , common though it has become : a thesis is written , as a rule , for two examiners , whereas a book , however specialized , should have a rather wider readership in mind .
4 We can look at the relationship between perceptions of paper bias and the electors ' own partisanship amongst ‘ readers of right-wing papers ’ , though it has to be remembered that different Voters are Evaluating different individual papers .
5 The tent is warm , and I have taken everything off , even though it has been the norm to sleep in our thermals and a pile fibre hood .
6 Ilmor 's Mario Ilien responded to the apparent inconsistency of these threats by pointing out that Fiat did not appear to be included in the ban — even though it has an official Alfa Romeo CART team , operated by Patrick Racing , competing in the Surfers event .
7 It was very much the custom of most churches in central Oxford , even though it has never been obligatory in the Anglican Communion .
8 This was made the payoff in the Sunday Correspondent 's interview with the PM , though it has since emerged that the sequence of the conversation was altered .
9 It is a revolution more obviously compared with the French than with any other revolution because of its stages of progression , even though it has so far been peaceful despite the anger .
10 The organiser of The Other Story , Rasheed Araeen , has made much study of the art criticism of the early Seventies and the post-modernist theories of the Eighties , and his work looks as though it has no knowledge of the world not gleaned from art magazines .
11 Peaceful , mellow and noble , in the shade of a great sycamore , it is the sort of house that feels as though it has been there from time immemorial .
12 The joint Harrier venture with the US Marine Corps has proved an outstanding exception , though it has not been without its problems .
13 Though it has long existed , it has spread wider as the Japanese economy has matured and become more open to competition , especially from overseas .
14 And ‘ duty ’ , heavily antique or even moth-eaten word though it has become , thanks to the mockery of charlatans , is the one proud constant which informs and dignifies both my work and my life .
15 Matthew Spender 's writing is at its best remembering the past as though it has just happened .
16 Only the RIBA is standing somewhat aloof , even though it has no chance of funding a new ‘ architecture centre ’ , intended to house the splendid Drawings Collection at its Portland Place headquarters .
17 Candles and Dark Night describes a poetic , mythical countryside , recognisably British yet ravaged by civil war and impossible to date , though it has the atmosphere of the 1950s .
18 This last feature of the Nottinghamshire story , at least , is not entirely to be recommended — though it has , in fact , been widely repeated around the country .
19 Carlo was made a cardinal at 22 and Archbishop of Milan at 26 , though it has been suggested that these appointments were as much due to the boy 's uncle being Pope Pius IV as to any inherent abilities .
20 It seems that he was content to stay as a house guest of Sir John Popham for quite a while , though it has been suggested he was thrown into a debtor 's prison shortly after the event .
21 Walthwaite is the best example left and though it has been built in , the woodwork is still there .
22 The Golden Lion is said to have had a gallery but nothing now remains , though it has been referred to by word of mouth over many years .
23 ‘ The recent change from Madam to Madame , ’ she said , ‘ though it has doubtless raised the tone and general tenor of proceedings in this low and benighted place , has not quite succeeded in erasing the traces of squalor and indeed sleaze which cling to that title in the popular or gutter imagination whenever it is applied to a hard-working woman .
24 This theory is testable , though it has n't been tested yet .
25 This is not a radical change , though it has sometimes been represented as such .
26 Although Mexico was not an OPEC member in November 1984 it cut exports in line with OPEC reductions to help maintain prices and has generally taken care not to step out of line , though it has stated that it would act unilaterally to defend its market position .
27 Iran has consistently produced more than its quota , securing exports by discounting below the OPEC release price and though it has benefited in terms of revenues in the short term , has certainly been partly instrumental in weakening the cartel .
28 For obvious reasons , garlic essence is not usually employed in aromatherapy massage ( though it has been known ! ) but instead , is taken as a medicine in the form of garlic capsules .
29 It is a two-storey mill ( now open to the public ) which he built in 1752 , though it has been much altered since that time .
30 It is curious that in modern times the Cabinet , though it has always insisted on considering particular proposals for developments of policy and their cost , has never thought it necessary to review the development of expenditure under the Civil Estimates as a whole .
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