Example sentences of "even though it was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the approved sequence , Constantinople ( AD381 ) comes next , even though it was attended by fewer bishops ( about 150 ) than the non-approved Rimini of 359 ( about 400 ) . |
| 2 | Of the less well known Indian appointments , a place in the Indian Marine also attracted a number of Scots even though it was based at unpopular Bombay , for it was a service which promoted by seniority , and death from wounds or disease could allow the rapid elevation of a healthy midshipman to a position of command . |
| 3 | One recently refused to fly at all without two pilots aboard , even though it was pointed out to him that there was only one set of controls . |
| 4 | Even though it was beginning to recede in her memory , Folly still could n't quite see what she had gone through as a joke . |
| 5 | In interviews , she had claimed there were no diabetic residents at Lancaster House and that she had no access to insulin even though it was kept in an unlocked refrigerator , he said . |
| 6 | I was sweating now even though it was getting cooler . |
| 7 | The National Front says it is ‘ very pleased ’ with its ‘ softly softly approach ’ to the election , even though it was trounced by the British National Party . |
| 8 | Grimethorpe lost £1.8 million in the six months to last September , said British Coal , even though it was sharing the cost of the coal preparation plant with neighbouring Houghton Main . |
| 9 | Huckleberry Finn has been proscribed by some American libraries because of its repeated use of the word nigger , even though it was written more than 100 years ago , it was set in the Deep South , and a central purpose of the novel was to challenge prejudices about the black man . |
| 10 | Even though it 's hundreds of miles from anywhere and I did n't get home till 3am , even though it was pissing down and freezing cold , and even though we lost , I still enjoyed meself . |
| 11 | Brazil 's Free Zone of Manaus ( ZFM ) provides a good illustration of the difficulties of adjustment , even though it was set up for quite different purposes . |
| 12 | To cut a long story short , I was given an additional three days behind the door , with a £1 fine for being in receipt of an illegal letter , even though it was put into my hand . |
| 13 | I was told on more than one occasion , that I should not really let outsiders see this sort of thing , even though it was agreed that what I had written was an accurate analysis of events . |
| 14 | Even though it was billed as a friendly , Tottenham did n't treat it that way . ’ |
| 15 | After all , Western countries had earlier supported Iraq in the war with Iran , even though it was started by an illegal Iraqi act of aggression . |
| 16 | Sceptics will no doubt dismiss Tito 's order ( even though it was issued down through the full chain of command ) and the assurances given pursuant to it by the Yugoslav negotiators at Bleiburg as mere window-dressing , and they may be right . |
| 17 | In comparison the trade union movement did little until the subsidy ended on 30 April 1926 , even though it was expected that the Samuel Commission would be unable to offer a compromise which might be agreeable to both coal owners and unions . |
| 18 | Some schemes were , moreover , undertaken , even though it was known that they would make a loss , because of the statutory duty to supply . |
| 19 | Even though it was suggested that such crises may at some point lead to a collapse of the system , this is not inevitable nor even highly probable . |