Example sentences of "although [adv] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cases of the latter type , where the adjective is used only to aid identification and does not actually apply to the entity of the phrase , closely resemble the great bulk of noun + noun phrases in their structural value , examples such as : ( 11 ) army manoeuvres the piano factory a sea monster an angle bracket However , even among noun + noun phrases , certain specimens occur which are clearly analogous to the former type ; as in : ( 12 ) a doctor journalist ( or doctor-journalist ) Chancellor Kohl a bed-settee These would permit an affirmative answer to our diagnostic test , although normally it is necessary to allow a little leeway in the shape of an added determiner to allow for this requirement of English : ( 13 ) Maurice is a journalist and he is also a doctor 2.3 It would be useful to have names for the two types of adjectival use , and there are fortunately two terms available which fall in the right semantic area and which have not been pre-empted for any other widely accepted technical linguistic purpose . |
| 2 | Further , there are sometimes delays in repairing the machine when it breaks down , although generally it is quite reliable . |
| 3 | Because the centre can boast its very own igloo — although admittedly it 's made out of bricks and not ice ! |
| 4 | If this is so , then southern , one-party States with large black populations should be even lower welfare spenders than others where the electoral need to spend is weak , although statistically it is hard to separate out this effect because all of the extremely safe Democratic States are relatively poor , have large black populations and are in the South ( Johnston , 1983b ) . |
| 5 | It is the lobby , in Congress and outside of Congress , it 's still strong , the pro-Israel lobby , although now it 's more divided than in the past , not unconditionally supporting everything that Tel Aviv does . |
| 6 | Although today it is a longer hole and equipment has improved , it is not common to see the bushes carried from the tee but it is done . |
| 7 | Up he went to the ledge overlooking the Dress Circle , on which he was able to take a stance — although today it is usually ignored in the thrust of a runout towards the top . |
| 8 | The most common disguise is that of the jongleur or menestrel ( within the fabliau tales there is barely any discernible difference in status or respectability between these two although conventionally it is supposed that the former is lower than the latter ) : a disreputable itinerant entertainer living , creditably , off his wits and his talents , but only too vulnerable , and given to wasting what he gains on the temporary pleasures of drinking and gambling in the taverns ; a social outcast but at the same time one called upon by the members of normal society , as Jouglet is , both to instruct the ignorant young man and to play for the villagers . |
| 9 | In the schema aesthetic there is a parallel search for similarities although here it is between the incoming data and existing information already stored in memory . |
| 10 | Once again Day-Lewis manages almost chameleon-like to become subsumed by the part he is acting and although here it is basically one dimensional he persuades easily that this is his actual persona . |
| 11 | Some SSDs recognised the need for transition to independent living services , although unfortunately it is more common to expect the disabled person to find all the motivation within themselves . |
| 12 | The difficulty is that although sometimes it is possible to point to an intention to compel action on the part of the target , as when the aim is to prevent employees from working , or to force a local councillor to vote differently , or to stop another organisation from marching that intention is not invariably present . |
| 13 | Having said that , my playing never sinks below a certain standard , although sometimes it 's hard to tell if you 're actually improving , because you 're so close to it . |
| 14 | By Elizabethan times it was familiar in every garden , and frequently referred to in records of the 13th and 14th centuries , although officially it is not supposed to have been introduced until 1573 . |
| 15 | ( Although theoretically it is easy to distinguish between a merger and a takeover , in practice it is less so and the words are generally used interchangeably . ) |
| 16 | Although again it is important to consider this question on an industry-by-industry basis . |