Example sentences of "though it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though it offers compensation to people who have already bought shops or flats , Albania 's court system , now being rebuilt from scratch after almost 30 years without a justice ministry , will have a hard time sorting out property disputes . |
| 2 | The company says Genera 's compilers and device drivers will have to be re-engineered , in the effort , though it promises compatibility will be maintained across the different versions . |
| 3 | Though it takes time and a great deal of adult help at first , young children can take an active role in caring for equipment and tidying it away . |
| 4 | Early in April , the European Commission persuaded the Japanese government to cut 1993 car imports by 9.4% from last year , even though it thinks EC demand will fall by only 6.5% . |
| 5 | THE GOVERNMENT told British firms to go on exporting to Iraq , even though it knew parts were being used to build up Saddam 's war machine . |
| 6 | The latter is subscribed by institutions and is , in commercial terms , more in the nature of a loan carrying a fixed rate of interest than equity , though it constitutes share capital for company law and tax purposes . |
| 7 | But , even though it discouraged optimism and ruled out the possibility of progress , it did not weigh too heavily on medieval historians , particularly because the year 1000 which had been awaited by many with a mixture of hope and trepidation , had passed without any sign of the world coming to an end . |
| 8 | Though it sent invitations to 250 MPs , and though the venue is precisely three walking minutes across Parliament Square , only two of us turned up — Albert Costain of Folkestone , whose firm is famous in the world of civil engineering , and myself . |
| 9 | The society remains committed to its 700-strong chain , though it said plans to create some new offices had been mothballed . |
| 10 | He showed a particular liking for Richard who took full advantage of the situation , though it caused Edward some uneasiness . |
| 11 | It is aimed at minds rather than bodies ( though it uses bodies ) and its intent is not to torment ( though it may do so ) . |
| 12 | His affections do not that way tend , Or what he spake , though it lacked form a little , Was not like madness . |
| 13 | Though it mixes fact with fantasy , the play contains some fascinating meditations on the nature of genius , and has awakened an extraordinary surge of interest in the life and work of the man who still , 200 years after his death , stands supreme on a pinnacle of his art . |
| 14 | Though it produced data that permits analysis of the impact of child-spacing upon neonatal mortality , unfortunately the WFS did not provide information on fetal mortality . |
| 15 | But the fact is that a Hunt victory was not on the Ferrari books if they had ceded — after a re-start which looked as though it favoured Hunt — they would have been lynched in Italy , where only a Ferrari is allowed to win . |
| 16 | Plysu , the plastics containers and housewares group , was stable at 248p even though it pushed profits ahead last year . |
| 17 | This , though it aroused enthusiasm , could not set the agenda of the Council . |
| 18 | In network management software , it positions NCR 's StarSentry as a ‘ clear leader ’ over HP OpenView , though it praises OpenView for its superior security features , and SunNet Manager for its ‘ excellent foundation which third parties have built on . ’ |
| 19 | The reader is requested to bear in mind that the Handbook is not a grammar , or a book on linguistic science , literature or psychology ( though it contains items on all these subjects ) — it is rather a practical book directed towards the study of teaching English as a Foreign Language . |
| 20 | Though it created problems in times of political crisis , it was the price one had to pay for pursuing high ideals . |
| 21 | Though it needs Unix software to scale the enterprise , Microsoft is not necessarily partial to a solution such as NuTcracker . |
| 22 | Even in Queen 's County , in the Great Heath of Maryborough , still technically in Leinster , they saw appalling signs of starvation — though it moved John far more than it seemed to move MacMinimum . |
| 23 | The light was good , the window twice as large as an ordinary window , though it faced south . |
| 24 | Modestly he described the attack was ‘ second-string ’ , even though it included Ossie Dawson and Tufty Mann . |
| 25 | All that , though it eschews propaganda , still sounds programmatic , and the new novel of the 1950s was plainly a committed literature . |