Example sentences of "though it be [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's a groove in it even though it 's not built around it . |
| 2 | This is particularly true for older men and for those with less education , though it 's not related to income level . |
| 3 | Though it 's now based in Montreal , the ensemble is dedicated to keeping alive the traditional dancing of its native country . |
| 4 | He 's much more in his element in prometheus , which heaves and sighs as though it 's actually giving birth to fire . |
| 5 | Though it 's often debated , undergravels may not be a good choice for those who wish to grow plants . |
| 6 | I say rightly so because Herbert Spencer 's theory of evolution was fundamentally different from Darwin 's , even though it 's often confused with it . |
| 7 | It 's just standing there , and you take one [ garment ] from the pile and stick it on the ironing board and iron it , fold it , and put it down , take the next one — and it 's as though it 's never going to end . |
| 8 | In addition it was decided only to examine information that is external to the company and available from formal sources even though it is well known ( and was confirmed in discussions with the companies themselves ) that a considerable use is made of internal and informal information . |
| 9 | For example , I wonder why there are no English-speaking contributors to the Panofsky centenary conference , even though it is well known that this approach was most fully developed in the English-speaking world . |
| 10 | However , much of this work is heavily weighted towards the study of individual words , even though it is widely recognized that most vocabulary growth comes from encountering words in the course of reading . |
| 11 | Britain points out that the Bush Administration is still using its political weight in the IMF to block financial relief for Vietnam , even though it is widely recognised that the exodus from Vietnam will only stop when living standards improve . |
| 12 | Even though it is generally recognised that , at best , the principles of operant conditioning described in Verbal Behaviour contribute but a small part to our understanding of the processes of language development , this does not immediately rule out the possibility of employing techniques based upon operant conditioning to help those children who are not developing language in the normal way . |
| 13 | The Act does not define what actually constitutes an artistic work , though it is generally accepted that it would cover any product made by an artist or craftsperson , which is normally unique , hand-made and makes a personal expressive statement . |
| 14 | In the first place it is to be accepted that it is made in wide terms though it is not said that they are so imprecise that there is a doubt as to what is covered by the order . |
| 15 | It is heartening to see the Precautionary Principle being applied to potential risk situations , even though it is not applied more widely throughout the PPG Note . |
| 16 | This is a sort of notional rent payment , though it is not called that because social security does not want to be seen as having returned to paying rents . |
| 17 | There is a fascinating folk-tale about a child 's pre-birth experience which adds weight to this , though it is not reserved to the Kohanim . |
| 18 | For movement and dance , the Pineapple Studios in the same part of town seems to be one of the best there is , though it is not intended primarily for dancers and actors — people from all sorts of professions come along to keep fit . |
| 19 | Despite not strictly working shifts , I recorded abnormal temperatures , probably — though it is not proven — because I had missed so much sleep . |
| 20 | They begin to appear in the first quarter of the eighteenth century , a remnant of the funerary effigy , though it is not recorded that nobles , apart from those of royal blood , ever had them ( Cromwell and General Monck excepted ) . |
| 21 | Later , ladies were forbidden to attend his lectures because of his shocking views and he resigned ( though it is not recorded if he missed the ladies or just their fees ) . |
| 22 | The change in the formula for grossing-up net interest caused some uncertainty , though it is not expected to have any significant impact on the level of net dividends companies pay . |
| 23 | Though it is not known how the two friends met , they were corresponding with each other by 1945 , Vaughan sharing with Minton , in the immediate aftermath of war , his mood of cynical disaffection . |
| 24 | Clérisseau 's knowledge of the Roman baths , which he had studied with Adam , would have been an asset to Cameron , though it is not known what share Clérisseau had in the preparation of Cameron 's book , The Baths of the Romans , which , after various delays , was published in London in 1772 . |
| 25 | This is much more effective at muting impacts than any breast shield and though it is not allowed in competition proper , it removes much of the risk from pre-competition training . |
| 26 | Such a realization may have been fuelled by my existing knowledge of mythology ( though it is not detailed in this respect ) , but it arose in a form that conveyed more in two seconds than two hours of normal thought could produce . |
| 27 | It is , in fact , remarkably simple for managers to do this , though it is rarely done . |
| 28 | This is the principle , though it is rarely done as nakedly as this . |
| 29 | In short , patchiness , in space and time , is as much a feature of the oceans as it is of land ; indeed , ‘ patchiness ’ is a great principle in ecology — though it is rarely singled out as such . |
| 30 | Such knowledge is always centred in a self even though it is outward looking , searching for power and control of what is other to it . |