Example sentences of "although [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can imagine my annoyance , then , that a ) there are no fiscal financial incentives whatsoever to encourage more people to cycle , and b ) that my health has to suffer from car-induced pollution although I do not contribute to it myself . |
| 2 | And although I do not agree with them that either suicide or anorexia are attempts to ‘ get attention ’ , but rather attempts to get identity and wholeness , the following passages may serve to illustrate the paradoxical type of thinking which dominates both states of mind . |
| 3 | I respect his views , although I do not agree with them . |
| 4 | I have allowed several interruptions and , although I do not wish to be discourteous , I should get on . |
| 5 | I was so bruised and exhausted that I did not feel strong enough to walk home , and although I did not want to , I had to spend the night at Wuthering Heights . |
| 6 | Although I did not care for her looks , the yacht-like appearance had great potential for undercover work and after about two months working her around the Solent and Poole area I was quite impressed . |
| 7 | Although she did not seem to be listening , Dexter knew from experience that she would remember everything important he had told her . |
| 8 | She knew , although she did not know for quite how long , she had been running aimlessly . |
| 9 | Although she did not look at Jake , she could feel he was watching her and that he knew what had stopped her dead in her tracks . |
| 10 | In a prison-camp the world you wanted to get to was visible all the time and , although you did not live in it , you knew that it was only a matter of some barbed wire and a few yards away . |
| 11 | It may reflect the thought that although we do not aim at the ‘ truth ’ — i.e. our immediate aims are for simple solutions to empirical problems — nevertheless , the truth is what we end up with . |
| 12 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 13 | More than usually generous credit terms may have to be offered , and although we did not allow for introductory discounts in our example , these may have to be offered to induce custom , with the degree of generosity perhaps varying by assessment of likelihood of payment and repeat orders . |
| 14 | They met in 1968 and began to cohabit in 1969 , although they did not marry until 1978 . |
| 15 | The man and woman met by arrangement at Waterloo Station , although they did not appear to . |
| 16 | Equally valuable was his encouragement and emotional support , although they did not meet until 1921 . |
| 17 | Although they did not succeed in holding much territory , they proved their ability to penetrate deep into SOC-held territory . |
| 18 | Although they did not allow for transactions costs directly , Cakici , Harpaz and Yagil concluded that some of the deviations were sufficiently large to represent profitable arbitrage opportunities . |
| 19 | The mill was operated by Alfred Greening between 1889 and 1900 , and although it does not appear in references after this , it was certainly operated in conjunction with the farm . |
| 20 | Although it does not add to our profitability it appears to be what consumers want . |
| 21 | Bear in mind that bread from a bakery can contain additives although it does not have to be labelled — buy bread from a healthfood shop or make your own . |
| 22 | If the child is allergic to certain foods , and if the reaction is not too severe , then the drug sodium cromoglycate ( see p 315 ) maybe useful , although it does not work in all cases . |
| 23 | From the very beginning , there was a reasonably healthy dissension between them , although it did not evolve into anything serious until about 18 months into the band 's career . |
| 24 | Marx 's social theory , although it did not advance in any detail beyond the analysis of capitalism as a mode of production to a study of the state and politics , did none the less sketch a conception of political development which was assimilated into the doctrines and practices of a large part of the European labour movement . |
| 25 | According to Islamabad radio , Sayaf said that " all Afghans belonging to any school of thought will be eligible to take part freely " although it did not allow for participation of Afghanistan 's ruling communists ( as demanded by Moscow ) . |
| 26 | Dustin played a timid bank clerk who dreams of being a ladies ' man , although he does not seem to be short of girlfriends . |
| 27 | Although he did not succeed in imposing his strict standards of reliability on later Greek historians , he effectively discouraged the idea that one could do genuine historical research about the Past . |
| 28 | Although he did not refer to sentencing practices as such , the traditional English approach to sentencing certainly provides an excellent example of Weber 's khadi justice which ‘ knows no rational ‘ rules of decision ’ and eschews the giving of reasons for decisions . |
| 29 | In 1920 he was made nuncio to the German Republic , although he did not move to Berlin until 1925 . |
| 30 | He continued to serve on commissions and committees , notably helping to draft the New Model Army ordinance ( 1645 ) , chairing the committee on church government ( 1645–6 ) , and agreeing to try the king , although he did not sit on the trial commission ( 1648 ) . |