Example sentences of "although [pers pn] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Colin Stephens did not quite convince that he was the Messiah in waiting at flyhalf although his coolly taken first-half drop goal showed that he can perform under pressure .
2 Although it later transpired that the RSSPCC were contracted by the Social Work Department to remove and question the South Ronaldsay children , at the time it was generally understood that Orkney 's own social workers were mainly involved .
3 Although it hardly featured in the Report , the nature of lending in Sri Lanka , and its consequences in the first part of the twentieth century had burnt itself into the collective consciousness of many and clearly influenced the Commission .
4 Although he later followed almost every step of his father 's career , he was under constant pressure to succeed but did not have the advantage of his father 's majestic presence , intellect , or self-confidence .
5 Although he later affected contempt for the poor , Walters had grown up the son of a working-class Leicestershire Communist .
6 The only trouble was that although he never missed a trick , he was dreadfully slow .
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