Example sentences of "although [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Although I do not begin to claim the sort of historical breadth of either Brown or Bynum , I do believe that their approach is not only helpful but necessary if we are going , as we must , to use the lives of women before us to encourage us forward .
2 Although I do not wish to dwell on it at this stage I feel I should say something regarding my understanding of Christianity .
3 Although I do not propose to go into the details of the church here , suffice to say , it struck me as a very curious place with many things strangely out of kilter .
4 But there were other things , things she remembered hearing had happened , although she did not want to alarm her daughter by warning her against them .
5 Her house was always freezing cold in winter , although she did not seem to notice it .
6 Although you do not appear to feel the ardour which might be desirable so early in a marriage , you will find it has many rewards , I am sure .
7 Their courses are based on the BHS and National Vocational Qualifications ( NVQ ) standards , which will certainly complement your practical training for these exams , although you do not have to work towards taking any exams to follow any of the courses .
8 The ability of soil to support plant life is an extraordinarily involved and technically complicated science , and although you do not have to become a scientist in order to grow roses well , you do need to use a lot of judgement in all sorts of situations .
9 May we therefore put the Government 's tax policy into context : although we do not wish to raise VAT above its present level , what we have done reflects further taxation on those who can afford to spend more ?
10 Although we do not need to reconsider all the issues relating to the corporatisation of local government during the 1970s , it is important to remind ourselves of the widespread adoption of policy and resources committees , consisting of the senior elected members ( with sub-committees specialising in land , finance , personnel and performance review ) .
11 The property of a circumstance that ( 5 ) it necessitates its effect , although we did not pause to consider the matter , is in a way essential to a final element in a definition of a causal circumstance , more particularly a specification of what is included in such a circumstance .
12 Although we did not appear to have a direct hit in any vital part ( and the engines were spared ) as soon as we dropped our bombs , and the photo-flash meant we had a picture of where we had left our load , we turned for home .
13 Drudy and Drudy also found that 22 per cent of their survey group wished to leave the area , although they did not seek to establish the motives , while Dench found a willingness to leave mid-Devon if career prospects were frustrated .
14 Moreover , the decorative features of the temple ( carvings of palmtrees , capitals like lilies , capitals festooned with network , pomegranates , and open flowers ) are all prominent in the repertory of St Polyeuktos , although they do not seem to have been current in contemporary Byzantine sculpture .
15 Although they do not seem to have been familiar with the work of Saussure , Wimsatt and Brooks here might appear to be approaching his principle that the meaning of words is purely conventional and arbitrary .
16 The proposed broadening of the granting of investment aids for the purpose of protecting and improving the environment ( part of Article 3 ) is to be welcomed although it does not appear to square with the basic investment aid objectives of such plans because it appears to mean that environmental investment per se will qualify for support , even if not part of an agricultural improvement .
17 The board of the vendor company also has a duty to deal fairly between all shareholders of the same class , although it does not need to treat them exactly the same if there are particular reasons for different treatment , as in the case of regulatory or exchange control requirements applying to overseas shareholders .
18 But investigations into the leaking of sensitive material from Washington had narrowed down to Maclean as chief suspect , and it seems that Burgess was detailed , probably by Philby , who was still in Washington , to warn him and organize his escape , although it does not seem to have been intended that Burgess should go too .
19 Beto describes diagnostic units as the Ford Edsells of American corrections , although he does not claim to have invented the metaphor .
20 The Druze leader , Walid Jumblatt , said in Amman yesterday that the Taif deal would not bring peace to Lebanon and that , although he did not intend to block it , he would not accept it either .
21 Brindley died in Staffordshire in 1772 , and although he did not live to see the realization of his dream , his was the unlettered genius that set the great age of canal-building in motion .
22 A bad sign for Salter , although he did not seem to know it .
23 Now , though , she was even powerless to move , although he did not attempt to draw her against him .
24 Although he did not wish to have his name mentioned fearing his surgery would be swamped by expectant mothers , he has helped us write an eight point guide to having your baby at home .
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