Example sentences of "although [pers pn] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Although she describes a stereotypical beau , Leapor emphasizes that Strephon 's artificial appearance is part of his strategy to deceive Celia .
2 However , although she has a pear-shaped figure , her height makes it easy for her to disguise the fact that her shoulders are narrower than her hips .
3 In the case of the APT , the approach is diametrically opposite in that although it derives a causal relationship , it does not identify the determinant factors .
4 She also talked of naked greed , although it takes a curious kind of logic to see the deprived as greedy while company directors were awarding themselves large pay increases and the ‘ yuppies ’ in the city were making a great deal of money and spending it as conspicuously as possible .
5 Although it remains a popular option , for many organisations it is not without problems .
6 The conception of the international economy held by world-system theories is , in my view , less effective , although it gives a forceful account of contemporary changes in comparison with earlier periods .
7 Although it contains a considerable depth of sediment shed from the adjacent mountain ranges its floor still has a maximum elevation of just 74 m below sea level .
8 It sounds rather weird , and so in a way it is , although it finds a natural expression in terms of the quantum mechanical formalism .
9 Although it seems a good opportunity , it is no long term basis for a good relationship with our paymasters .
10 If such a strategy were to be an effective one — and the jury is still out , although it seems a promising idea — then reintegrative shaming would be a valuable method of reforming offenders , which ( as we have said ) is a valid reductivist aim to be pursued within a morally defensible penal system .
11 Although it carries a slight risk of giving false positive results , if followed by a rectal examination it gives a good indication of the presence of prostate malignancy , which can be further confirmed by ultrasound and biopsy .
12 It 's not just a little bit of science for the sake of science although it has a strong content there .
13 Although it has a long history , the paradox of the Prisoners ' Dilemma has recently been much studied for the light it may shed on the evolution of altruistic or cooperative behaviour .
14 Although it has a malevolent appearance , the primary chancre is usually completely painless and , unless secondary bacterial infection occurs , there may be no symptoms .
15 Chained to the chair is a Daemonette of unusually human and attractive appearance ( although it has a normal profile ) , captured as a concubine by Drachenfels long ago .
16 Arthur W. Adamson 's Physical Chemistry ( Academic , 2nd ed 1980 ) has less spectroscopy ( 80 pages ) although it has a useful table of 65 spectroscopy abbreviations .
17 Although it has a high price , this is a top quality tent .
18 Although it eschews a commercial position , optimised database packages and a transaction processing monitor are promised for the new servers in future and new relationships with Silicon Graphics ' existing suppliers are under negotiation .
19 Although he leads a different lifestyle from others he is basically a normal person !
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