Example sentences of "though it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was found that the decision of the GMC to prevent advertising in the press was a lawful exercise of the statutory powers conferred on it by s35 of The Medical Act 1983 , and that if a statutory power was exercised intra vires , reasonably and in accordance with the purpose of the Act conferring the power , ( even though it restricted the plaintiff 's freedom to trade or practice his profession ) the court could not review the exercise of the power on the basis that it caused a restraint of trade , since the exercise of the power in accordance with the policy and the purpose of the Act could not be contrary to public policy and any review by the court would be unconstitutional . |
| 2 | But Lachlan still refused , though it hurt him to miss a fight . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , ’ he repeated , more loudly , though it hurt his throat to do so . |
| 4 | I did n't really imagine he 'd chosen the paint for the front door on that basis , but I liked the door being that colour , though it hurt stupidly by making me remember a lot of things . |
| 5 | The gun went Blam ! with a little less sonic enthusiasm than before , though it hurt his shoulder a little more . |
| 6 | The words were low and clipped , as though it hurt him to speak . |
| 7 | The disappointment , though , was soprano Gillian Fisher , who sounded ill-at-ease and out of pitch as though it hurt her to breath . |
| 8 | The attempt to legislate on what was essentially moral behaviour proved a disaster , though it lasted until reversed by the 21st Amendment in 1933 . |
| 9 | Its time of usefulness was relatively short , though it lasted as a fortress until 1621 , when some local Protestants used it as their strong point in an attempted uprising against the new , official Catholicism of the region . |
| 10 | That is my first and most powerful memory of separation from my mother , and even though it lasted only a year , those feelings of rejection and insecurity have coloured my life . |
| 11 | Almost as though it had all happened in another life . |
| 12 | When it is done , he wrote , it should look as though it had always been there . |
| 13 | Jones 's book remained untouched on the shelves of Northumbria 's modest library in its first two years , even though it had good reviews ; and the influence of his research has been all but negligible . |
| 14 | Even though it had detailed knowledge of the flight 's route so soon after the event , the US government dismissed its claim out of hand hours later , and never explained why . |
| 15 | Reading a rightwing rather than a left-wing paper improved images of Thatcher and the Conservative Party , and damaged images of Kinnock and the Labour Party , though it had little or no influence on images of the Alliance and its leaders . |
| 16 | When Chamberlain returned from his post-war African tour to a hero 's welcome in March 1903 , he found to his hand a request from the Dominions themselves which , though it had nothing to do with Imperial unity , and indeed was rather symptomatic of growing independence , he seized upon and elevated into the first step towards ‘ consolidation of the Empire ’ . |
| 17 | The company argued that it was given a stay of execution by other bankers even though it had defaulted on loans connected with its American Heileman brewing operations . |
| 18 | Her singing at fall of night , especially if we were alone together , soothed and fascinated me , as though it had been divine , at once the mightiest and the softest sound in the world . |
| 19 | Jane valued their presence , and their sounds , even the discordant ones , like the donkey 's mournful honking — as though it had an amplifier — and the desperate strangled cry of the vixen . |
| 20 | It was Doyle who answered , thoughtfully , as though it had been any ordinary question . |
| 21 | When you touched it with the edge of your hand , your skin felt as though it had become attached so that you were in danger of becoming a part of Mrs Parvis 's table for ever . |
| 22 | The Corporation of the City of London had long maintained a non-denominational burial ground , though it had predominantly been used by Dissenters . |
| 23 | This muscle-bound conversion worked well , except that the tractor got too hot during protracted work , even though it had been fitted with three radiators . |
| 24 | Among these well-tended plots , with their laden fruit trees , it was out of place and ill at ease ; as though it had been transplanted from another age or a backward planet . |
| 25 | It seemed a part of nature 's force , as though it had erupted from the earth rather than being bolted to it . |
| 26 | Her grey hair had a dusty look , as though it had been powdered like a flunkey 's wig . |
| 27 | The mine had its tunnel driven into the side of a steep bank , making the hill look as though it had a toothless mouth . |
| 28 | In the US during the 1970s , the cultural climate in economic thinking was soft on inflation , and the Fed did not tackle it as a result , even though it had the power to do so . |
| 29 | It was in any case no easy task to remove the hard stubble which covered Marcus 's face and neck , though it had been cut as short as possible by Irina 's nail-scissors . |
| 30 | It was written out of deep respect for the victims and their kin , and The Smiths felt it was an important enough song to put on their last single even though it had already been released on L.P. In a word it is a memorial to the children and all like them who have sufferered such a fate . |