Example sentences of "though in [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip Miller used the east coast sea route to send seeds , shrubs and trees to Patrick Blair in Boston , Lincolnshire , loading them at Cotton 's Wharf , and also to Alston in Edinburgh , though in 1757 he queried the safety of this method during the war with the French . |
| 2 | Indeed , I have blundered straight away by placing them in a context of the 1960s and 1970s , as though in 1970 they stopped ! |
| 3 | But , even though in 1983 we have our own depression and the shadow of the bomb hangs over us , we seem to want to believe in astral goodies , cuddly ETs who , when we have close encounters with them , make us deeper , more meaningful beings through imbibing their goodness and wisdom . |
| 4 | Thus Mary of Guise and cardinal Beaton fought for the support of lord Gray and lord Ruthven ; Beaton won the first , though in 1548 he came over to Mary ; two years after the cardinal 's death , Mary won the second . |
| 5 | unc It is apparent from the first that the vector elements are changing sign ; so we do not reduce a homologous element to unity ( though in general we might periodically remove a power of 10 ) . |
| 6 | The Ministry , though in general it had a weak set of personnel by Whitehall standards , was imbued with the common cultural attitudes of the mandarinate . |
| 7 | He was ruthless , impatient , and , though in public he seemed self-effacing , he was only too aware of his power and the impact he had on people . |
| 8 | The principle had been adopted in most , if not all , Commonwealth countries ; though in some it has now been modified or abandoned , either by statute or by judicial action . |
| 9 | The growth of the industrial proletariat convinced him that state education for all was essential , though in 1809 he asked : ‘ What can you expect of national education conducted by a government which for twenty years resisted the abolition of the Slave Trade ? ’ |