Example sentences of "even though it [was/were] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made a point of ensuring that others did not disturb him when he was at his books , even though it was not always a rule that she was able to keep herself . |
| 2 | He enjoyed the work at University College , even though it was not Oxford . |
| 3 | It was too shocking , I suppose , even though it was not obscene or pornographic , or even erotic . |
| 4 | Sometimes a resident of one of those towns was thought by one of his fellow citizens to be particularly obnoxious or dangerous , even though it was not possible to prove anything against him in law . |
| 5 | Under the Hotel Proprietors Act 1956 , a hotel proprietor may in certain circumstances be liable to make good any loss of or damage to a guest 's property even though it was not due to any fault of the proprietor or staff of the hotel . |
| 6 | So , for example , the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board ( CICB ) is amenable to judicial review even though it was not set up by statute and even though the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme ( CICS ) , which it administers , is non-statutory . |
| 7 | Under a similar provision in the Bankruptcy Act 1914 it had been held that a defect in a bankruptcy notice of a kind such as could reasonably mislead the debtor was not a mere formal defect or irregularity within the meaning of that provision , and therefore rendered the notice a nullity even though it was not calculated to cause substantial injustice . |
| 8 | The counsellor said , weighing her words , ‘ Perhaps you are saying that you were right in your feeling , your sense that there was something going on , even though it was not an affair but a friendship . ’ |
| 9 | After various numbers of trials the dog had its salivation measured after it had heard the sound , even though it was not fed on that occasion . |
| 10 | It was held that the defendants were guilty of wilfully promoting racial hatred if they foresaw that hatred was a certain or morally certain consequence of what they were doing , even though it was not their purpose to promote hatred . |
| 11 | As late as 1863 he could still assure his mother that he might turn his attention to almost any subject , but it must have been around this time that a first decision in favour of classics was taken , even though it was not until 1865 at Leipzig that his academic specialization became complete . |
| 12 | She was determined the wedding would be one for the young blind girl to remember , even though it was not likely to be attended by any of the Wychwood gipsies who had been at Boz 's marriage to Nahum 's sister . |
| 13 | The court in that case was quite happy to imply an air of confidence even though it was not possible to say how the confidential information ( that is , the prints taken from the engravings ) came into the defendant 's hands . |