Example sentences of "though [pers pn] is [adj] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not the occasion to discuss the process by which segmentally organized societies developed into vertically structured ones , though it is sure that significant clues will be found in the elaboration of the material symbols of emulation and status embodied in precious substances . |
| 2 | For the most part it made use of trackways already established and ancient , though it is possible that new pieces of track were trampled out where the direct line required it . |
| 3 | Nor do the minutes provide evidence of any formal attempt to compare the cost of improving Village school building with the cost of transporting the children to Green Haven , though it is possible that such studies took place . |
| 4 | Though it is clear that some PTAs have become highly organized and participate actively in the life of their schools , there are considerable variations across the country . |
| 5 | A trainee can obtain an NVQ from any Awarding Body recognised by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications though it is likely that most employers and colleges will choose to offer NVQs from only one body if only to simplify the assessment procedures and reduce costs . |
| 6 | The commendable objectives were ( i ) to present private investors with a document which they might find more helpful to them than the full statutory accounts , ( ii ) to reduce an appalling waste of paper , since undoubtedly a great many such investors consign the glossy brochures containing the accounts ( ii ) to their waste-paper baskets after only the most cursory of glances ( if any ) and , perhaps , ( iii ) to reduce the company 's postage — though it is unlikely that any saving on that could be commensurate with the cost of preparing an additional document and , in effect , having it audited . |
| 7 | Perhaps the most striking case of this is J. A. Thugut , Austrian representative at Constantinople in 1769–75 , who was throughout these years an agent in French pay regularly transmitting confidential information to his French colleague , the Comte de Saint-Priest ( though it is true that French and Austria were at that time allies , at least in name ) . |
| 8 | Secondly , though it is true that most farmers we interviewed reserved special contempt for the MAFF scientists from Whitehall because they understood little about marginal hill farming , and worse did not appear to think they needed to know , local MAFF officials ( not scientists ) in the Carlisle Divisional Office were a completely different case . |