Example sentences of "though not [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These perceptions were influenced in varying degrees , though not completely determined , by partisan loyalties . |
| 2 | Though not normally noted for their philanthropy , lawyers say they are standing up for the common man and woman by condemning the Scottish Office plans to change civil legal aid and to a lesser extent legal advice and assistance . |
| 3 | Professor Kelling used the term first for Carboniferous deposits on the Moroccan Meseta , but I have seen the same sort of thing in Jurassic carbonates on the Polish foreland and they have been described from many other horizons and areas , though not previously interpreted in this way . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal is bound to refuse to follow a previous decision of its own which , even though not expressly overruled , can not in its opinion stand with a subsequent decision of the House of Lords . |
| 5 | Covenants , though not expressly stated in the lease , may be implied from the fact of a lease being entered into . |
| 6 | HIS is a story of arts ( albeit ancient ) , books ( though not yet written ) , and sports ( of sorts ) . |
| 7 | With Bosnia and Macedonia too heading for independence , though not yet recognised , Yugoslavia shrank , for practical purposes , to just two republics , Serbia and Montenegro . |
| 8 | One of today 's most distinguished ( though not yet knighted ) evolutionary theorists so seldom cleans his glasses that his vision is probably a misty blur anyway , but he seems to get along pretty well and , by his own account , he used to play a mean game of monocular squash . |
| 9 | This done , though not yet admitted to his brother or , presumably , to anyone else , he found all the justification he wanted in the words of ‘ Father ’ Millet — another of his father-replacements . |
| 10 | In many inner-city areas , typically though not exclusively run by Labour councils , the policies followed mean that many properties are left empty unnecessarily when many people could safely live in them . |
| 11 | A main course of fried roast duck with chillis and various other things was agreeable too , though not exactly piled high for £8 . |
| 12 | The second factor was the appearance on the scene of a common enemy — though not immediately recognized as such . |
| 13 | Here he says that of all cases of hypertrophy of the external genitalia in women , physicians are most frequently consulted regarding the nymphae ( the inner labia ) and the clitoris , and that the causes of this condition , though not well understood , might be due to ‘ masturbation , excessive venery , or even the rubbing incident to a pruritis ’ . |
| 14 | The National Curriculum is certainly not a complete curriculum , it stated : the whole curriculum must include for all pupils ( and in some cases at all stages ) areas of learning which , though not separately identified , are nonetheless ‘ clearly required ’ . |
| 15 | The drop in salary for part time work is perfectly logical and acceptable , though not widely appreciated by colleagues . |
| 16 | Lime juice was recognized ( though not widely established ) as preventive for scurvy , and cod liver oil for rickets long before specific nutritional deficiencies began to be understood or vitamins were discovered . |
| 17 | Referring to words , usually conjunctions , which often occur together , though not usually used next to each other : neither and nor in He neither smoke nor drank . |
| 18 | The material of the two lectures , though not originally envisaged in this connection , provided the starting point — but only in the light of Wagner 's flattering advice to " concentrate on a larger and more comprehensive work on this subject " . |
| 19 | Dreaming about you — though not quite embraced |
| 20 | Though not always stated openly , the different permutations of this view underpin much of contemporary antiracism . |
| 21 | Anyone who throws a hat into a public arena must be prepared to have it mercilessly though not maliciously trampled upon . |
| 22 | Such detail is often produced in special ways and by special means , with constantly developing equipment , though not necessarily developed by SFX departments or companies , or by the kinds of specialists who win Oscars and Oscar nominations in this field . |
| 23 | This can only be done on specified cliffs and a cagoule must be carried , though not necessarily worn . |
| 24 | Plenty of questions are obviously relevant , though not necessarily answered without pain : do other people make you nervous ? |
| 25 | The local authorities would be in a majority in such a body , a substantial minority group would represent principals and other teaching staff of the institutions , and other interests , such as industry and commerce , would be associated appropriately with the body , though not necessarily given actual membership of it . |
| 26 | Feminism and a greater acknowledged ( though not necessarily practised ) awareness of the equality and independence of sexual rights have becalmed the Don as a fool of time . |
| 27 | In the war , the Party had , in fact , to take on a number of new tasks , some of them important in the context of social welfare and organization , though not necessarily guaranteed to increase the popularity of the local functionaries . |
| 28 | The result will be that those terms will be implicitly incorporated into their contracts , even though not specifically incorporated . |
| 29 | Two relatively new grant schemes ( introduced in 1980 ) funded by the EEC are being used in LFAs , though not specifically designed for the benefit of hill farming . |
| 30 | Other Directives , 72/159 on the modernisation of farms ; 72/160 concerning measures to encourage farmer retirement and reallocation of agricultural land for structural improvement ; and 72/161 concerning the provision of socio-economic guidance , are all relevant ( though not specifically aimed at mountain and upland areas ) to the structural sector of the CAP . |