Example sentences of "though [pron] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , Francis ( c. 1583–1658 ) , goldsmith , MP , and regicide , was probably born in London , though nothing is known of his early life . |
| 2 | Otherwise there is little of the ritual of the courts , though everyone is expected to stand when the tribunal members enter or leave . |
| 3 | There is no pronounced tug of any kind , just a tremor coming up the line that feels as though someone is drawing a hacksaw blade across it . |
| 4 | He is drinking slowly , because it will be a long night , and rough cider usually comes out at about eight per cent alcohol , though nobody is measuring . |
| 5 | The ‘ dark'-moon state may often be recognized when you are in conversation with a woman , by a lack of signalled response even though she is listening to you . |
| 6 | She makes love with her eyes closed as though she is trying not to look at him . |
| 7 | Once again though she is enjoying pre-eminence in the taste or pre-adolescent spring — as evinced by the success of the song ‘ Stay ’ . |
| 8 | even though she is crippled . |
| 9 | Her Marks and Spencer coat has been recovered from the accident and it is draped across the foot of her bed , as though she is fixing to leave . |
| 10 | A meeting of minds that produced the deliriously demented ‘ Scumbag ’ , where Yoko sounds as though she is having a demonic possession as Lennon bellows out ‘ SCUMBAG ! |
| 11 | But even though she is dying to leave , she has to stick with it because there is no alternative . ’ |
| 12 | Several other Scottish education authorities — including Dumfries and Galloway , Highland , Tayside and Strathclyde — have already developed strong anti-smoking policies , though none is thought to have rejected the case for smokers ' areas . |
| 13 | The spatial units can be related to census areas in a number of ways , though none is judged to be very satisfactory . |
| 14 | This has been observed in a large number of deep sea cores from both high and low latitudes , though one is tempted to ask how many other species did not become extinct during this period . |
| 15 | Though one is lost and another damaged , the survivor is sent off into space with the forest when the scientist destroys himself with his ship to conceal the fact that the forest still exists . |
| 16 | Even though one is registered , the second may be accepted for registration , especially if there is little danger of confusion between the two . |
| 17 | No material is given about their activities as Mufti , and no anecdotes are related about them in their capacity as Mufti , though something is related about each in his capacity as kadi . |
| 18 | If running strenuously , I wear a neoprene support , without which I feel as though something is hitting the muscle , with accompanying stiffness . |
| 19 | No , does n't look as though there is does it ? |
| 20 | Though it is mistaken to suppose that the British made no effort to leave the Masai better than they found them , it is clear that their potential emergence from the colonial period much as they had entered it was something their administrators could in the end accept with equanimity . |
| 21 | SunDragon , the Sun Microsystems Inc multi-processor due out on November 10 , will be initially limited to maximum configurations of eight CPUs , we 're told , even though it is bound to talk about a ceiling of twenty-processors which is further down the road . |
| 22 | Such a policy is clearly unlawful discrimination under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 because it differentiates between men and women , even though it is based on the unequal state pension age . |
| 23 | It denies the existence of a general obligation to obey the law even in a reasonably just society , though it is argued that just governments may exist , and that in certain circumstances their existence is preferable to any alternative method of social organization . |
| 24 | Plus , of course , there 's Emma 's violin which will always draw folk-rock comparisons , even though it is employed more as a second guitar or lead keyboard . |
| 25 | Information technology sales doubled to £92million as a result of the CASE takeover , though it is taking time to bring profitability up to the levels elsewhere in the group . |
| 26 | They include ‘ speed restraint points ’ ( which appear similar to speed tables or raised crossings ) ; speed control bends of more than 90 degrees deflection and with tight radii and mountable shoulders ; speed control islands to interrupt unavoidably long and straight stretches of road where speeds would otherwise be excessive ; and speed control humps , though it is warned that these ‘ ought not to be used in new housing schemes when other speed reducing features would be effective . ’ |
| 27 | The exact cost , and hence the viability , of the energy source remains to be determined , though it is projected to be about 10 pence a unit , five times the existing price of coal but only twice the cost of nuclear power . |
| 28 | But they still have n't kept pace with the population even though it is slowing down now . |
| 29 | ‘ There are still some excellent blocks to be had , though it is getting harder . |
| 30 | She added : ‘ From now on though it is staying firmly on my finger . |