Example sentences of "though [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now and then he would smile , as though enjoying some dark secret thought . |
| 2 | This again , though enjoying some success , could not be rated foolproof . |
| 3 | His long neck was tinged a bright pink as though reflecting some internal glow . |
| 4 | With a careful movement , as though handling some instrument of rare delicacy , the woman drew a slim black dagger from her belt and stabbed downward . |
| 5 | After 1945 democratic socialist parties in a number of West European countries were able , for the first time , to form governments or to become major partners in coalition governments , and thus impart a new direction to economic and social policy making ( and this also happened to some extent in other regions of the world , though encountering greater difficulties ) . |
| 6 | Thirteen persons ( 21 per cent ) showed some signs of ethical and moral sense , though accepting much of the Nazi claim that the Jews had caused Germany harm . |
| 7 | As though to counteract any criticism I have been shown a colour photograph of the prototype from which this livery was created . |
| 8 | It is not possible though to find similar priorities for long-term survival where small firms are concerned . |
| 9 | Though wounded seventeen times , he was one of the very few aces to survive the war . |
| 10 | Yet Lupus , awaiting a royal summons , was torn between hope and fear : attendance ( and to ignore an invitation was dangerous ) threatened new burdens , yet being with the king ( though to appear uninvited was unthinkable ) offered the prospect of benefits . |
| 11 | The Impressionist style paintings of 1896–7 are rare but of great interest ; works of the proto-Fauve period from 1899–1901 , anticipating the great outburst of 1905 , though considered important are less valuable ; the hard , sombre images of the ‘ dark ’ 1901–4 period , reflecting Matisse 's own depressed state , are not easy to sell . |
| 12 | It is a structure essentially tribal in Pakistan , caste-based in India , which , though distorted several times over by a changing economy , still retains some of its concepts ( including that of the position of women ) in their original form . |
| 13 | Of the three action sample carers , two had moved towards a preference for home care : Mrs Cummings ' daughter-in-law , though appearing ambivalent , said she was happy for Mrs Cummings to remain at home now that the project , and the services it had generated , had made caring for her mother-in-law so much easier ; and Mrs Cowan 's son-in-law said : ‘ she likes her own home so she 's entitled to stay there ’ . |
| 14 | The shop certainly had not received a coat of paint in a long time and , though looking decrepit , in earlier years the well proportioned double-fronted premises must have been quite smart . |
| 15 | And , though pushed all the way by Noel O'Carroll , it soon became apparent that sinking putts from anything within a range of 20 yards , gave Fagan this much sought-after event , and also qualification for the Golfer of the Year to be held in Killarney . |
| 16 | The usual hard core of some 22 per cent insisted that Britain and the United States should " always stick together " , while another 52 per cent ( though favouring selective co-operation ) were anxious to protect British independence and freedom of choice . |
| 17 | As Valence obeyed , the paraplegic 's fingers clawed at the air , as though inscribing some complex , arcane pattern . |
| 18 | Don Warters was hedging his bets this time , though noting high spirits in the team . |
| 19 | From mid-October to mid-November Baldwin behaved as though lie still hoped that the King might retreat and the affair blow over . |
| 20 | The TUC , though deploring such activities , urged a return to the system operating in 1930 . |
| 21 | However , the prevailing tone of the work of the 1880s was different , critical of slum conditions , whereas previous writing had been descriptive , detached , rather anthropological in tone , as though describing alien barbaric tribes whose life was remote from that of the readership . |
| 22 | Two points made before are thereby worth reiterating : first , that the meaning of perversion is crucially context dependent ; second that one objective of this book is to restore to the concept dimensions which were obscured within the sexological/psychoanalytic traditions , though remaining inscribed within them , especially in Freud 's texts . |
| 23 | These ways of seeing , though possessing many positive characteristics , when robustly held can provide a fertile seedbed for the growth and development of conflict reactions and responses . |
| 24 | It 's exhausting me , ’ Finch said , though sounding splendid . |
| 25 | Researchers there say that they achieved similarly fascinating results , though handicapped first by a small budget and also by several death threats from potential subjects . |
| 26 | Though sharing many ( often unstated ) political aims , these two ‘ tendencies ’ soon developed separate journals , methods , references and devotees . |
| 27 | Though sharing many of the concerns aired in the Population issue ( NI 176 ) , I 'm still disturbed by the complacency about the rising population . |
| 28 | It materially extended the powers of local authorities by authorizing the making of schemes for any land , whether urban or rural , though requiring ministerial approval . |
| 29 | In two areas where unemployment was particularly high the farm , even though providing little or no financial return , was seen as an important factor in keeping the male school leavers occupied thereby fulfilling an important social function . |
| 30 | The option of letting children stay indoors during breaks could be considered though providing adequate supervision sometimes provides problems . |