Example sentences of "even though [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1990 ; Strong and Robinson 1990 ) For many districts , Griffiths 's concern with consumer research , improving quality , and evaluating effectivness were driven to the sidelines even though Peters and Waterman 's In Search of Excellence increasingly appeared on the bookshelves of general managers ' offices . |
| 2 | Without its even being necessary to resolve the question of the hierarchy of legislation which is implicit in this argument , I consider that it must be rejected , since even though according to the Preamble to the Geneva Convention of 1958 its provisions are ‘ generally declaratory of established principles of international law , ’ I do not consider the United Kingdom 's statement to be well founded . |
| 3 | Thus even though know has the operative sense in this use , the operation of obtaining knowledge is seen merely as the condition for predicating the infinitive 's event of the direct object . |
| 4 | Thus the abuse of a horse will generate more adverse reaction than similar abuse of a rat or mouse , even though whipping a tired horse is scarcely comparable in ‘ cruelty ’ with using chemically treated bait on rodents to induce lethal internal haemorrhaging . |
| 5 | During Frankfurt , which ATP like to call the World Championships , even though to call the winner there the world champion would instantly devalue the status of the top player in their world rankings , ( irrespective of whether the ITF 's official World Champion Panel makes the same choice or not ) signs were bombarding us from all directions . |
| 6 | Even though producing the tapes was primarily the responsibility of the computer staff , the machine operators insisted on correcting faults in the programming with the editing equipment . |
| 7 | Her answer was as cool as she could make it , with her head held high , even though holding it so steadily erect made her feel dizzy . |
| 8 | As a result , even though recognizing the need for restraint , a group is tempted to raise its own claims . |
| 9 | Images of urbanism and modernism aggressively projected by the mass media act as a powerful pressure on rural young people to move to the towns even though living conditions there may be vastly inferior to those which they leave . |
| 10 | Since the 1986 Act allows a receiver , even though appointed out of court , to obtain the court 's directions , it is difficult to envisage circumstances in which an application to the court can be justified if the cheaper alternative is available , and the professional adviser who recommended it would be laying himself open to grave risk of criticism . |
| 11 | Life , he insists , is better here , even though scarred by violence and injustice . |
| 12 | When there are homophones ( two words or forms with identical pronunciation ) , always use the infinitive , eg. sauter , not sautez , saute , sautee , etc even though pronounced the same . |
| 13 | Feeding and nutrition of horses is one of the few areas where independent specialist advice is quite difficult to find even though feeding is one of the most important aspects of horse management . |
| 14 | Captain Ferzenaar 's observations on the state of Krakatoa in early August , even though made only from a boat keeping to the upwind side , are particularly useful because they provide the last reliable account of the situation before the culminating events which ensued fifteen days later . |
| 15 | even though seeing them is not that different |
| 16 | It is false economy not to get the right expert , even though getting the right expert may be more expensive . |
| 17 | In two areas where unemployment was particularly high the farm , even though providing little or no financial return , was seen as an important factor in keeping the male school leavers occupied thereby fulfilling an important social function . |
| 18 | In this case the structures of the two programs were similar , the programs had a similar look and feel even though written in different computer programming languages and this , coupled with the fact that the same person had been involved in the two programs , raised a strong presumption that there had been copying and , hence , an infringement of copyright . |
| 19 | The skills required to carry out these tasks are in short supply , even though assessing health care needs and evaluating service effectiveness have long been the responsiblity of directors of public health and their predecessors . |
| 20 | A horse will pull all the more against a bit which causes him pain or if his mouth is split in the corner even though pulling makes it worse . |
| 21 | Well did n't we , no we have n't told him what the fault is even though have we so |
| 22 | Nevertheless , even though having angles equal to two right angles is not part of a triangle 's essence , it is because it is a three-sided plane figure that it has them . |
| 23 | The treatment accorded to the FIATA combined transport bill of lading ( ’ FBL ’ ) in the UCP has generated controversy because unlike BIMCO and NVOCC bills of lading , the FBL , even though issued by freight forwarders , was singled out as acceptable by the 1983 UCP . |
| 24 | DEW intends to oppose the cross town route even though planning approval has already been granted for part of it . |
| 25 | I think that even I might manage the latter , even though going through door X had never previously been rewarded . |
| 26 | To ‘ mother ’ a husband , ‘ parent ’ a parent , or offer ‘ professional ’ nursing care to a spouse may each at times seem abnormal , even though offering the best solution to the circumstances . |
| 27 | In 1662 the royal grant of control of the tapestry manufactory at Mortlake founded by Charles I brought disaster , even though coupled with an annual subsidy of £1,000 . |
| 28 | The reflex component will continue to operate provided the spinal cord is not damaged at the sacral level and manual or other stimulation of the penis and surrounding area will result in erection even though feeling below the level of the lesion is lost . |
| 29 | Quite a few had chosen to be self-employed even though working for someone . |
| 30 | er it 's something even , even though got , because it 's about half an hour di is , is it , is it half an hour difference between here and London ? |