Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] although " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they are the old-style notes without silver strips although legal tender could arouse suspicion . |
| 2 | The difficulty is that the assumptions on which it is based are to say the least shaky : the assumptions , namely , that only one vote suffices although more than one candidate is to be elected ; that preferential voting is reliable , even when used in ignorance of all the relevant information and inhibited by the arbitrary exclusion of candidates who might otherwise be successful ; that it is reasonable to grant to some votes the privilege of being transferred , and to lower-preference votes the possibility of exercising greater influence than is warranted by their very definition ; that it is reasonable also to give to all transferred votes the same weighting as to original votes ; and that election by quota is sensible even if the quotas are manifestly make-believe . |
| 3 | Debbie Dent from Oxfordshire 's Trading Standard 's Department says although the product 's been withdrawn from sale in most shops , some of the sets marked ‘ Salter 's Science Fun with Crystals ’ may have already been bought and put aside for Christmas . |
| 4 | they resumed this morning on 408 for 5 … the damage done although Gloucestershire took the last five wickets at a cost of just 113 runs … |
| 5 | I was warmly welcomed in all cases and an enthusiastic and positive attitude prevailed although mixed with understandable anxiety concerning the radical changes proposed . |
| 6 | Bulk modulus is not an easy quantity to measure although , for isotropic materials , it is of more fundamental importance than Young 's modulus to the material scientist . |
| 7 | The main disadvantage of marginal costing that overheads are not included into product costs although it apparent that if activities classified as overheads were not employed then it is unlikely a firm would be able to satisfactorily produce the products . |
| 8 | Rain rallied although she would have been happy to stay where she was , lying on the bed . |
| 9 | The hall and the gallery and the enormous stained glass windows which faced the door as you came in , and the three reception rooms were ours , and as I suffer from terrible claustrophobia , I thought it was a wonderful place to live although David , who I am sure does n't suffer from claustrophobia as badly as I do , being British and like most British people , would be content to live in smaller environments . |
| 10 | Most local authorities do not recruit until the months immediately before the vacancy arises although some authorities are increasingly seeing the advantage of recruiting one to two years in advance . |
| 11 | Organic manure might be animal or vegetable derived although both are difficult to obtain in quantity in a modern society . |
| 12 | This is not to say that everyone could name the book ( one chief adviser described it as ‘ the shiny red book which the drama adviser insisted I read ’ ) , nor in some instances was its actual existence known although its influence could be recognized . |
| 13 | While there is no longer any premium relief on new life policies , higher rate taxpayers or people expecting to become so in the future , qualifying policies allow them to obtain a ‘ tax-free ’ lump sum when the policy matures although tax is paid at the basic rate on the fund by the life assurer . |
| 14 | It could be asked to view the site where a particular incident occurred although the expense of leaving the courtroom is unlikely to be justified where a photograph or a detailed description would suffice . |
| 15 | Then the flow ceases although the tyre still contains air . |
| 16 | If the original statement requires correction it is presumably necessary to seek leave to amend although the rules are silent on this . |
| 17 | The BR spokesman said although the end of the direct service from Darlington to Hartlepool was bad news the good was that a new two-hourly service in each direction from Middlesbrough to York and then on to Leeds , Manchester and Liverpool will be introduced . |
| 18 | A police spokesman said although the cartridges had been tampered with they were harmless and would not have detonated or caused injury . |
| 19 | At the outset of the degree most students are not sure of where their future path lies although most go on to enter the legal profession . |
| 20 | The broker reckons although it is hard to fault Sainsbury 's performance in tough economic conditions , the rating discrepancy between it and its peers in the food sector is so great that Sainsbury 's obvious merits are discounted . |
| 21 | Southend 1 Ipswich 2 IPSWICH 'S inexorable progress towards the Premier League continues although they were not assured of their third successive victory until a minute before full-time . |
| 22 | Buyer said although space considerations make this difficult , it is being looked at . |
| 23 | Unlike offices , the level of income fluctuates although sometimes over a longer period it fluctuates at a higher level than commercial . |
| 24 | ‘ The principle that a defendant must take the plaintiff as he finds him involves that if a wrongdoer ought reasonably to foresee that as a result of his wrongful act the victim might require medical treatment he is , subject to the principle of novus actus interveniens , liable for the consequences of the treatment applied although he could not reasonably foresee those consequences or that they could be serious . ’ |
| 25 | One who smoked too much , that was evident by the time the car turned on to the autostrada going south towards Siena , its light and siren going although the roads were fairly quiet . |
| 26 | In only four patients was deficient iron intake the sole cause for the anaemia found although 27 ( 57% ) had dietary intakes less than the reference nutrient intake . |
| 27 | The rehearsals for The Elder Statesman proceeded although , because of Eliot 's marriage , they were " haunted by gossip writers " . |
| 28 | After 1893 expenditure fell although enrolment remained virtually at the 1890 level . |
| 29 | More boys than girls are in the lowest mathematics sets although quite a number obtained fairly high test scores on the GT4 test . |
| 30 | Experiments with linearized pBR322 fragments indicate that the complexes form DNA interstrand crosslinks although no more effectively than the monomers PtenCl 2 , 1 , or PtpropCl 2 , 4 , ( 4 ) . |