Example sentences of "although [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also distributed library books to those who asked for them — although I saw few books in the cells or barracks and it was stated that few prisoners were interested in reading . |
| 2 | Then the strategy ‘ cooperate with your neighbour if he cooperates ; otherwise defect ’ would be an ESS , although I have some difficulty in seeing how it would evolve in the first place . |
| 3 | Although she showed little interest in my academic life — her energies were spent in the pursuit of foxes and Guards officers — she was always brimful of common sense on every subject under the sun , not to mention having constant contact with a string of eligible young men who seemed to arrive in a never-ending convoy at the front door of 97 Chelsea Terrace . |
| 4 | The subject of Ireland was banned in her house ; she employed no Irish servants , imported no Irish goods — although she used Irish girls in her brothels — allowed no Irish books or papers into her house . |
| 5 | Although you pay less interest in the first years of a deferred interest mortgage , you are being charged the prevailing rate during the deferred term . |
| 6 | It apologised for his distress , adding : ‘ We have recently re-staffed the Middlesbrough office and although we take great care in choosing recruits , unfortunately occasionally people do let you down . |
| 7 | Although we found some firewood in the woods behind the hut , it was bitterly cold . |
| 8 | Although one lists other interests in his life like Bolton Wanderers Football Club — frankly he devoted 99% of his time to his work . |
| 9 | Fortunately , I love to drive , although there seems little point in having the capacity to reach high speeds when you are bumper to bumper , even less point in having a CD player with quadraphonic sound when you are permanently tuned in to the traffic reports ! |
| 10 | Even the boys at Fourth do n't like people shooting off the heavy stuff , although they take most things in their stride . |
| 11 | Despite the fear that they would prove sentimental and spendthrift , women were inclined to favour the strict administration of outdoor relief , although they sought substantial improvements in matters such as diet and the provision of clean sheets and underclothing inside the workhouse . |
| 12 | In other words , different legal arenas are not entirely severed from each other , and political movements such as the peace movement will have to bear in mind the impact of its legal activities on legal arenas other than those with which it is immediately engaged : for example , does the encouragement of judicial activism by the peace movement , or an invitation to adjudication based on natural law , open floodgates which — although they produce desirable results in the short term — one would in the long term prefer to remain shut ? |
| 13 | Although it retains some features in common with the ‘ orthodox account ’ it also departs from it significantly , especially in its emphasis on the importance of ‘ justice ’ within prisons . |
| 14 | My one great experience with the medical world had been a wartime wound , a shattered knee and leg , that although it incurred many months in hospital , to a young man of twenty-two , seemed to be totally external . |
| 15 | The computer made slightly fewer incorrect diagnoses than its human rivals , although it did less well in making firm diagnoses . |
| 16 | It is in this sector that women 's inferior economic position is of particular relevance , although it has specific repercussions in relation to council housing , too , as we discuss below . |
| 17 | The extent to which deliberate Acts of Parliament are able to contradict Community law is a more vexed question , although it found some answer in the case of the Spanish-owned fishing companies in 1991 . |
| 18 | Like Althusser , Foucault was once called a structuralist , but although he shows great interest in structures ( including the structures of thought and of ‘ discourse ’ in different ages ) he differs significantly from both Althusser and other struc-turalists , often being described consequently as ‘ post-structuralist ’ — and ‘ post-Marxist ’ and ‘ post-modernist ’ as well . |
| 19 | Although he sees some decline in the numbers of the petty bourgeoisie ( the small property owners ) due to competition from large companies , he argues that they enter white-collar or skilled manual trades rather than being depressed into the ranks of unskilled manual workers . |
| 20 | On Chancery matters he was not well known , nor indeed on matrimonial matters , although he appeared several times in leading divorce cases . |