Example sentences of "though they [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out there in peaceful Vancouver , going about our ordinary daily tasks , even though they did make sizeable contributions to the war effort , there were some of us who felt we were not doing enough , and some of us who wanted to get into ‘ the action ’ . |
| 2 | Serum urea , electrolyte , and liver function tests infrequently pointed to the cause of anaemia though they did identify coexisting disease . |
| 3 | In 1701 the theatre company , wanting to revive the show , offered a reward for its return , but without success ; as a result they were never able to mount a complete performance again , though they did manage to assemble the whole of one act for a revival in 1703 . |
| 4 | They therefore recommended no structural or behavioural changes , though they did feel that continued monitoring of the industry by the OFT was necessary . |
| 5 | Whilst Robert Legg Snr and his cronies were enjoying a short-lived grandeur within the ill-fated United Company of Undertakers , the Upholders ’ Company continued to support those members who furnished funerals as part of their everyday trade , though their list of admissions does not identify persons trading as coffin-makers or undertakers though they did admit upholders and mercers , who included funeral furnishing as a sideline to their main trade . |
| 6 | Whatever ensued , the United Company of Undertakers did not receive livery status , though they did excite sufficient interest to merit a sarcastic caricature from William Hogarth entitled ‘ The Company of Undertakers ’ , and with the motto ‘ Et Plurima Mortis Imago ’ — ‘ The Very Picture of Death ’ . |
| 7 | Peter Snyman at Random Century says that a third South African lawyer telephoned him offering the autobiography ( he also says that his company never signed a contract with Ayob , though they did try to work out a deal ) . |
| 8 | They occur in many other lakes and rivers in Africa , but have never lived in the present Victoria ( though they did live in a prehistoric lake on the same site ) . |
| 9 | These perceptions are thus conceived as contingent , as open to non-occurrence , since they are not being treated as normal , as being taken for granted , even though they did take place in actual fact . |
| 10 | The grouping formalised the situation by creating four essentially geographically based companies , even though they did stray into one another 's territories . |
| 11 | Attempts to survey political opinions came rather later , though they did have not dissimilar aspirations to those of the market surveyors ; however , they were rather less well conducted . |
| 12 | The solution , therefore , was to make it look as though they did have a choice , but to ensure that they chose Franco . |
| 13 | They do n't rate themselves as very romantic , though they do fancy themselves as athletes . |
| 14 | The bedrooms are furnished in older style and have a private bathroom , though they do vary in size . |
| 15 | Even though they do take alot of looking after . |
| 16 | For a start , they do n't get paid , though they do receive a petrol allowance ; for another thing , it 's a bit like being in charge of a group of unruly children for a week , which , as anyone who has been a parent knows , means that there 's a lot of hard work involved and very little time for oneself . |
| 17 | There was an increase of 20 per cent in the number of cycles completed per unit time after reorganisation from the conventional to the composite longwall system ( a cycle being the three processes of preparation , getting , and advancing ) , though they do note that , at the same time , better conveyors were introduced and on one face there was a change from hewing the coal to cutting it ( Trist et al. 1963 , 256 ) . |
| 18 | The Americans do it much better having Thanksgiving to space it out so they only have a month of Christmas though they do seem to let their elections creep back just as we do with football … ’ |
| 19 | Skilful individuals such as Gazza are very much also-rans , though they do have their uses . |
| 20 | In brief , the actual Westminster model is that of authoritarian single-party governments in a House of Commons dominated by the Prime Minister and composed largely of disciplined parties with most votes in the House of Commons being highly predictable ; every three or four years there is a general election held under a crude simple majority electoral system with minimal participation by the electorate in the choice of who shall be their candidate , though they do have the choice between the candidates who are selected by the party activists ; between 20% , and 30% of the electorate do not vote at all . |
| 21 | There are only 2 now , though they do have the advantage of mechanisation . |
| 22 | Now , you ca n't say that kind of thing using ‘ If ’ in most computer languages , even though they do have an ‘ If ’ . |
| 23 | Compared to overtly authoritarian regimes , British governments make relatively little use of suppression and censorship , though they do suppress some information and they do sometimes censor the media , especially on defence and security matters . |
| 24 | As in The Netherlands , the insurers have also resisted subsidizing treatment which is primarily non-medical , though they do fund 30 per cent of the dispensaires prevention programmes administered primarily within the local government system . |