Example sentences of "although [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have not forgotten this offer , although for various reasons we have not been able to develop an idea until now . |
| 2 | SIR — Although like most MPs I accept the principle that a majority of one is enough , I find it difficult to explain to my Southend Conservative supporters who have phoned me why your paper takes the view that there was a 4.43 per cent swing from Conservative to Labour in our constituency . |
| 3 | Professor Stewart and his colleagues at the University of Birmingham identified a number of difficulties with these proposed changes , although with academic care they added the proviso : ‘ to identify problems is not to draw a conclusion ’ ( Stewart et al . |
| 4 | This practice ended when it was declared unlawful by judicial review in 1985 ( R v Hallstrom ex parte W ) , although under Scots law it continues with monitoring by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland . |
| 5 | It is a Yorkshire dale in a classic sense with sweeping contours and a fierce beauty on the grand scale , although in recent years it has been placed in County Durham ( not that locals pay any attention to such cultural vandalism ) . |
| 6 | Little explicit literary evidence confirms this view of the Council ; there is for instance nothing in the pamphlet we call the Old Oligarch , written in c.425 , although in other contexts it does comment on the influence at Athens enjoyed by the wealthy and well-born . |
| 7 | And yet , although he was a scientific naturalist and although in frequent essays he reminds us of the insignificance and unimportance of man in the whole scheme of things , it 's plain that , from the beginning , and as I hope I shall be able to show you , right down to the end , he found something emotionally hard to bear , I was going to say , in fact , intolerable , in this situation . |
| 8 | He had carried the day , of course , for although in fourteen years he had made himself supreme King in Alba , he was born to the north , and from Moray to the northernmost island of Orkney he was the leader men trusted and knew . |
| 9 | Although in most senses he enjoyed being there , to the denuded hills and the blackened crofts of neglected Dalriada , it also gave him cause for concern . |
| 10 | This is the main highway from Istanbul , which lies about 100 miles to the east , to the Greek border , some 100 miles to the west , and although in most parts it has a good tarmac surface it is in the main single carriageway . |
| 11 | By then La Rotonde , which had opened in 1911 , had become the place for artists to meet , and every morning Nina met Modi selling his drawings for five francs ( although in bad times he reduced the price to three francs ) . |
| 12 | C. oncophora and C. curticei are generally considered to be mild pathogens in calves and lambs respectively although in some studies they have been associated with inappetence and poor weight gains . |
| 13 | Although in some trials we noted post-randomisation exclusion of ineligible patients , early deaths , and protocol violations , we did not exclude them . |
| 14 | There is no need to be too rigid in your choice of material for each season , unless you feel it is important , but nevertheless you should still maintain the overall feeling of each season , although in some cases I chose a few out-of-season flowers to give a better colour or shape . |
| 15 | Contemporary miniatures show that Dara bore a striking resemblance to his father ; he had the same deep-set almond eyes , the same straight , narrow nose and long , full beard , although in some pictures he appears to have been slightly darker and more petite than Shah Jehan . |
| 16 | So in fact the crinoline , although in some ways it had its disadvantages , I think it was a good deal more comfortable than , than wearing a lot of petticoats and being very restricted like that . |
| 17 | Although in some ways it seems hardly necessary to have to justify this , the concerns of management merit our interest for a number of reasons . |
| 18 | If this process is done with a proper crimping tool there is very little chance of serious damage , although in this case it seemed by the damage done to the line that a normal pair of pliers had been used . |
| 19 | The diamond design shown in the opposite photograph is really an adaptation of the solid design ( see pp. 80–1 ) , although in this case you have to make a very definite outline with the leaves and then ensure that it is echoed in the shape that the flowers make in the centre of the design . |
| 20 | This does not have to be the value paired with the summary value for X , although in this instance it happens also to be the value for the other South East . |
| 21 | Harvest usually takes place in mid-October , although in extreme cases it has commenced as early as August and as late as November . |
| 22 | As for the actual designs , both he and his brother normally provided these themselves , but sometimes he continued the practice of contracting to build to those of other architects : the principal examples of this are Heythrop House , Oxfordshire ( 1705–8 ) , designed by Thomas Archer [ q.v. ] , and a number of buildings by James Gibbs [ q.v. ] , notably Ditchley House , Oxfordshire ( 1720–1 ) and All Saints church , Derby ( 1723–5 , later the cathedral ) — although in both cases he appears to have had some influence on the design as well . |
| 23 | Although before this year he 'd been to fewer golf tournaments than we had cold drinks on that hot September afternoon , he still has fond memories of watching Arnold Palmer win the Colonial NIT close to his hometown of Dallas in 1962 . |
| 24 | On the great northern coalfield they did not work underground after 1780 , although to some extent they continued to do so at some pits in Yorkshire , Lancashire and Cumberland . |
| 25 | I have always had reasonable live-in accommodation ( having inspected it before accepting a position ) and , although on certain days I have worked non-stop , on others I have been very quiet and still received the same salary . |
| 26 | Now in the old we had er quite a reasonable scheme on this actual erm but you see , about ten years ago I think it was , there was another estate built on to , it 's called and although at that time we made the strongest possible representation for improvements and traffic calming in which is the only road that goes in and nothing was done . |
| 27 | While in hospital I had mentioned to my surgeon that I intended to go to the Bristol Cancer Help Centre , although at that time I had not actually made up my mind . |
| 28 | De Candolle realized that to explain the existence of these provinces would require naturalists to tackle the question of the actual origin of species , although at this point he thought the matter was beyond the scope of scientific investigation . |
| 29 | He played no part in the newly founded Royal Society or the College of Physicians , although at this time he began to describe himself as an ‘ MD ’ . |
| 30 | One of the contradictions is that although at some levels we have an immense range of choices , at other levels we are very much constrained by economic and social facts and pressures . |