Example sentences of "though for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference is subtle , but the difference is fundamental , even though for a hundred years the British managed not to realise it , because they desperately wanted not to . |
| 2 | Bells rang as though for a funeral and the first rumour was that both Napoleon and Victor Emmanuel had been killed . |
| 3 | Reactor operation could be manipulated , though for a PWR this would involve shutting down the reactor more frequently than usual . |
| 4 | Cutting off the flow of refugees did not solve the financial problem , though for a time the government acted on the assumption that the refugee organisations could now look after themselves . |
| 5 | As far back as can be traced it has been a village of yeomen , small independent farmers , and never since medieval times an estate village ruled by one big landowner , though for a period in the 18th and 19th centuries the Grimston family of Kilnwick and later the Hothams of South Dalton acquired some farms . |
| 6 | It was given enough credence in the 1960s , though for a monument to be erected by the Roman ford in Bredcroft meadow recording her chase . |
| 7 | By the 1840s there was some knowledge of the rhythm method of birth control from discussions by French physicians Pouchet and Raciborski on women 's ovulation cycle , though for a while it was believed that the safe period was immediately after menstruation . |
| 8 | A sinister looking cluster of motor-bikes huddled in front of the other one , the Goat and Compasses ; as the Glovers passed two more arrived with a deafening roar and two androgynous figures , clad in skin-tight leather as though for a bout of deep-sea diving , went into the pub , stripping off immense gauntlets . |
| 9 | Dexter had been stationed in Brixton several years before and he inhaled the familiar atmosphere as he wound along Coldharbour Lane towards Peckham : the dilapidated shops selling second-hand furniture and televisions , the handsome couple posing against a car as though for a fashion magazine , the parked cars tumbling over the pavement . |
| 10 | They still exchanged gifts and trade with the Emperor ; they still had the interest and friendship of Pope Leo , even though for a year the Pope had been not in Rome but in Germany , caught by the cry for a mediator between attacking Germany and defending Hungary ; pressed by the fighting in Italy to beg help against the triumphant Normans . |
| 11 | Full marks though for the clarity of all the instruments , the relationship of the controls , pedals and wheel — although this is a little too offset for some — and the rattle-free interior . |
| 12 | Whatever made you think that the idea — of course quite impossible , though for the sake of argument we will not imagine it so — myself and Edward going away together was simply unconventional . |
| 13 | To quieten her , to get away from the dark , lurking forest of the past , she said , ‘ I 'll get you a drink , though for the life of me I ca n't imagine why you are cold . |
| 14 | Hogarth was doing much the same thing , though for the less fashion-conscious end of the market . |
| 15 | Some people say certain responses in others make them see red and they are guaranteed to be upset , even though for the sake of peace they may repress their anger or hurt . |
| 16 | On the other hand , the massive changes in the court structure and procedures introduced by the Act receive minimal , though for the intended readers , adequate , attention . |
| 17 | She 'd accused him of always looking at other women : looking , looking , as though for the next conquest . |
| 18 | It is interesting that these were exactly the issues that Mezey was concerned with at the same time , though for the whole of the region rather than one area . |
| 19 | The first 16-bit generation was won hands-down by MS-DOS with Macintosh System in second place — and winning a moral victory by setting the agenda for what should have been the 32-bit generation but in effect became the second 16-bit generation , which seems to have been won by Microsoft Windows , even though for the majority , MS-DOS is all most people want or use . |
| 20 | Thus there is no evidence over the period from 1963 onwards that the excess found in Seascale extends to a wider area around Sellafield , though for the most recent period there was a slight increase in the incidence of lymphoid leukaemia and non-Hodgkin lymphomas in the rest of Cumbria , particularly among children aged 0–4 years . |
| 21 | Alas , it was for a less creditable reason … it was because he wanted , though for the loftiest scientific purposes , to take advantage of her . |
| 22 | Nor do I think it necessary to consider for the purposes of the present case to what extent the common law may provide the public authority with a defence to a claim for the repayment of money so paid ; though for the reasons I have already given , I do not consider that the principle of recovery should be inapplicable simply because the citizen has paid the money under a mistake of law . |
| 23 | I often wish I could live them over again , even though for the first four years I had to supplement my poor earnings by doing evening jobs . ’ |
| 24 | On several occasions Charlotte detected a frisson of mutual resentment between the two , though for the most part they functioned adequately as a partnership . |
| 25 | A North-South cold war formula is unlikely to command the same kind of broad domestic support , even though for the time being , the parties of the Left are supporting the war , at least in the United States and Western Europe . |
| 26 | Over her shoulder , lying on the black leather upholstery of the back seat , he could see a black velour trilby which was vaguely familiar , though for the moment he did not have time to sort out exactly why or how . |
| 27 | The crucial question though for the comparative sociology of urban modernity — that is , the question that identifies , not the constants , but the variables — is the following : What social content , and especially what social class content , consecrates the new reorganization of public space ? |
| 28 | Such an historical perspective must be our long-term goal , even though for the present we can at best only hypothesize about the nature of the development processes at work . |
| 29 | For some countries , like Greece , Portugal and Ireland , no doubt there will continue to be largesse to be gained from her , though for the time being even this is likely to be hard to come by , as Germany piles money into her eastern territory and focuses much of the rest of her financial attentions on her former Communist neighbours . |
| 30 | The biggest advantage though for the conservative administrations in Washington , Ottawa , Bonn and London is the fragmentation of labour and the divorcing of workers from traditionally powerful unions . |