Example sentences of "though [pers pn] is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She makes love with her eyes closed as though she is trying not to look at him . |
| 3 | Once again though she is enjoying pre-eminence in the taste or pre-adolescent spring — as evinced by the success of the song ‘ Stay ’ . |
| 4 | even though she is crippled . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | But even though she is dying to leave , she has to stick with it because there is no alternative . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But they still have n't kept pace with the population even though it is slowing down now . |
| 17 | ‘ There are still some excellent blocks to be had , though it is getting harder . |
| 18 | She added : ‘ From now on though it is staying firmly on my finger . |
| 19 | In this case it was designed for use by slalom paddlers in the Canadian classes , though it is proving popular with kayak users as well . |
| 20 | I wanted the garment to seem feminine even though it is made out of a yarn as heavy and warm as pure wool . |
| 21 | Difficult though it is to evaluate , the evidence of the receptivity to the portrayal of Hitler 's image which we have examined has pointed to seven significant bases of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ . |
| 22 | Since opposite charges attract , the reason why the electron does not gravitate towards the nucleus but stays in orbit around it ( even though it is radiating and losing its energy in doing so ) is because it retains a certain energy called ‘ ground-state energy ’ . |
| 23 | As a result , there is a continued shortage of residential care facilities for the full-time residence of mentally handicapped people which is perpetuating the need for mental handicap hospitals to house them , even though it is recognised by all parties that this is to be avoided at all costs . |
| 24 | The differing viewpoints are here polarised into the two major value positions set out below , though it is recognised that these positions represent relatively extreme points on a dimension of views , rather than two all-embracing categories . |
| 25 | The origin of the duty is to be found at common law though it is reinforced by certain provisions in the Partnership Act . |
| 26 | The company also reports continuing strong sales of its Mips RISC-based systems in Europe and Asia , even though it is moving its product lines over to the Alpha AXP RISC . |
| 27 | A County Court has decided that a paying bank is under no obligation to pay a forged cheque even though it is supported by the bank 's guarantee card ( p 95 ) . |
| 28 | A County Court has decided that a paying bank is under no obligation to pay a forged cheque even though it is supported by the bank 's guarantee card ( see First Sport v Barclays Bank , Current Law , September 1992 , para 20 ) . |
| 29 | contribution , even though it is costing up to two and a half times more to collect than the revenue raised . |
| 30 | It is clear that the individual is not acting rationally in this example : the expectation error is increasing every year and the individual is failing to predict inflation even though it is rising by a constant amount every year and is caused by the same factor ( monetary growth ) every year . |