Example sentences of "although [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Network Southeast carries passengers three hundred and ninety million passengers a year , more than half the total for the whole of B R. So although off peak increases have been pegged at four percent , today 's announcement affects huge numbers of commuters . |
| 2 | It is not much directly concerned with land improvements although as part of a complex system of supports , staff of the Volcans d'Auvergne Regional Park understood that support payments ( of 1,000FF/year for each cow to an unknown maximum ) were made to farmers in the Massif Central through FIDAR and SOMIVAL ( a regional development company ) . |
| 3 | The M forty not running too badly at the moment , although between junction two and junction seven there are a fair few roadworks which could hold you up throughout your journey . |
| 4 | Although for simplicity , these network ‘ knots ’ are regarded as a set of fixed obstacles round which the isolated chain under consideration must wriggle during translation , in practice the network ‘ knots ’ would also be in motion . |
| 5 | Mean latent periods for malignant tumour detection after radiation exposure are estimated at about 25 years , although for leukaemia it is between 8 and 14 years . |
| 6 | With any luck they would not run across her during the day , although for press purposes both Major and Hurd would have to say how pleased they were to hear of her arrival . |
| 7 | Whilst geological studies were employed during the last War , in surveys of landing beaches , roadway planning , water supply , bridges etc. , the number of geologists involved was very small , and the situation today is unlikely to be greatly different , although for security reasons the numbers are not published . |
| 8 | Whilst geological studies were employed during the last War , in surveys of landing beaches , roadway planning , water supply , bridges etc. , the number of geologists involved was very small , and the situation today is unlikely to be greatly different , although for security reasons the numbers are not published . |
| 9 | Although for safety the main unit must be situated indoors , the hosepipe and solenoid valve will probably be outside but so sited that catastrophic failure of the circuit or a sticking solenoid valve would not cause problems with flooding . |
| 10 | There is a limit of £750,000 on the amount an eligible company can raise under the BES in any tax year , although for ship operating or chartering companies or assured tenancies the limit is £5m . |
| 11 | However , in older people , such improvement is not possible although after cessation further deterioration will run parallel to that of nonsmokers . |
| 12 | Ezra would have liked to see more of Max Beerbohm , whom he at least partially admired for his wit , although of course he could not have tolerated his philosophy of life . |
| 13 | In doing so I am rather like the doctor by the patient 's bedside , who knows ; although of course he does not tell the patient — that the outcome of the disease will depend upon something in the constitution of that patient which he can not control nor further influence and which he can not even ascertain , except by the event . |
| 14 | Ah ha , no ; it was n't quite as simple as all that , do n't you know , although of course it was an incentive day , and the Irish loved incentives . |
| 15 | Sex in Judaism is not only for procreation , although of course that is very important . |
| 16 | Although of course I would rather have a Pissarro . |
| 17 | Within the marine environment itself some palaeontologists believe that the overall richness of the marine fauna was established early on , say by the Silurian period , and that there has not been a great increase in the total number of species living in the sea at any one time since then , although of course the kinds of organisms inhabiting the sea have changed many times . |
| 18 | In her column , La Rotonde is the café that Beatrice always mentions , although of course Modi and the other artists often visited the Café du Dôme opposite , favoured by Germans and Americans , Au Closerie des Lilas or Le Petit Napolitain . |
| 19 | These causes of failure are attributed to ‘ problems at the top ’ , although of course these must be linked to problems further down , particularly of lack of participation of local people , inappropriate conservation measures , local enforcement and so on . |
| 20 | Take the numbers from one to ten ( although of course you can continue as far as you like ) . |
| 21 | He was just an ordinary , home-loving man , although of course in his profession he was far from ordinary . ’ |
| 22 | The differences between the samples ( although of course the numbers are far too small for any quantitative analysis ) can be summarised as follows : |
| 23 | Before I ever had healing I was told that I might feel tingling or warmth , but alas , I can not truthfully say that I ever felt either , although of course , with hands laid on you , or just above you , there must be the sensation of touch . |
| 24 | In the light of later events , it is possible to doubt Scott 's altruism in taking the initiative in this case ; clearly after the change of government with Manners ' well-known enthusiasm for the Middle Ages , the chances were that a Gothic design would be acceptable , and Scott was the best placed of the Gothic competitors , although of course he was completely unaware of the ultimately crucial placings awarded to him by the assessors . |
| 25 | That does n't just mean using a cash register , giving the correct change and adding up prices , although of course these are important . |
| 26 | Now this does not merely pose the cyclical nature of development under capitalism , although of course this is implied , but rather it suggests that even in those periods of upturn or growth there will be oscillations and deviations , so that the cycle itself is contradictory . |
| 27 | They scrambled , this time , as if secrecy did n't matter , although of course it did . |
| 28 | I tend to work by this rule : for a big painting I paint very thinly and a small one I use thick impasto , although of course the rule can be broken . |
| 29 | I found that I gained a lot of strength from all this regular correspondence with people and , four years on , I now feel much more myself again , although of course I still miss my husband tremendously . |
| 30 | You need to remind yourself that a visit paid to an elderly relative living alone is a very important occasion , although of course the atmosphere should be relaxed and happy . |