Example sentences of "although it [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Though the six counties initially refused an offer of separation from the rest of Ireland , that was the compromise eventually agreed on , although it led to civil war in the new Irish Free State , and remains the root cause of later violence . |
2 | The supposed inferiority of women to men , although it existed in developing countries before colonialism , was reinforced by Victorian colonists and through Christianity . |
3 | Figure 5.3 shows support for the Equal Rights Amendment ( ERA ) to the United States Constitution , proposed in 1972 but never ratified because although it passed through both houses of Congress it did not receive the positive vote of three-quarters of the State Legislatures within seven years , as required by the Constitution . |
4 | Although it began in southern Spain , his movement quickly spread west and north , eventually establishing its most tenacious roots in Galicia , which was to become its heartland . |
5 | Moreover , under 1020 the death of Archbishop Lyfing is given first , although it occurred on 12 June , after Cnut 's return to England and the Easter meeting at Cirencester . |
6 | The agreement endorsed the principle of " self-sufficiency " , which stipulated that waste should be treated or disposed of as close as possible to the point of production , although it provided for some flexibility in the case of smaller countries . |