Example sentences of "though it [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mine had its tunnel driven into the side of a steep bank , making the hill look as though it had a toothless mouth . |
| 2 | Many years ago I used to write for a magazine called ‘ Electronics and Computing Monthly ’ which was killed , even though it had a good circulation . |
| 3 | However , this is the party that goes on about unemployment as though it had a good record on unemployment . |
| 4 | Of all the uniformed organizations , the Boys ' Life Brigade founded in Nottingham by the Revd John Brown Paton , was the most distinctive in so far as it appeared to be non-military , committed as it was to the principles of life-saving , even though it had a BB-style uniform and a military command structure . |
| 5 | There was nothing valuable in it , though it seemed a great deal in the eyes of these people . ’ |
| 6 | It was very good — even though it left a nasty taste in my mouth , the same sort of shudder I felt when I first read The Turn of the Screw . |
| 7 | Such spiral waves could be induced by injecting the non-metabolizable analogue InsPS 3 ( ref. 70 ) , whereas the injection of calcium had no effect even though it caused a localized elevation of calcium . |
| 8 | Out from behind a petrol pump appeared a figure that was female , though it took a few seconds to realise it . |
| 9 | While London did not consult the Dominions much on financial matters ( though it made a public ploy of doing so ) it lacked the political will or administrative means to make the rigorous control of dollar imports practised in the UK effective in those countries . |
| 10 | However , the UK failed in its attempt to head off the EC Commission , even though it made a last-minute offer to bring forward compliance of five water supplies contaminated with nitrate , from 1995 to 1991–4 , ‘ a shift , ’ according to ENDS , ‘ which , until then , the UK had insisted would be impractical . ’ |
| 11 | He was also partly , though not wholly , responsible for the ‘ non-intervention ’ policy which Britain and France pursued with regard to the Spanish Civil War , even though it was being blatantly ignored by Germany , Italy and Russia , and though it denied a legitimate Republican government the right of access to the world market for arms with which to defend itself . |
| 12 | Although the soya protein content was listed in the ingredients it was not included in the name of the products , even though it formed a substantial proportion . |
| 13 | Strangely , the sun also shone , though it turned a dusty red , blotted out by the dark wings of vultures . |
| 14 | Though it gave a good account of itself , Dave gently persuaded the fish close enough to be lifted aboard the boat . |
| 15 | Though it packed a stronger punch in the north-eastern states , it wreaked greater havoc in the south . |
| 16 | The commercial and business orientation which the public corporation ( as distinct from Ministry ) form of management was designed to preserve , was inevitably diluted by this process , though it remained an important part of the self-image of those working in the industry . |