Example sentences of "[is] [conj] although [art] " in BNC.

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1 The snag to this is that although a pan-head can rotate through a full circle , your hips are limited to about a quarter of this movement .
2 It refers not to power but to authority , and what I think he means is that although a woman can make good and wise judgements , she can not be the arbiter of that goodness or wisdom .
3 The second factor of importance with respect to the nature of a floating charge is that although a floating charge relates to future assets it is a present charge and not a future one .
4 A better version of reality is that although the quality of ‘ capture ’ has tremendous semantic significance for both uniform policeman and detective , it rarely leads to large numbers of detections for the monthly , quarterly , or annual reports .
5 The sad fact is that although the ostensible reason for the dolphin kills was that dolphins were stealing and eating the commercial fish species , examination of their stomach contents showed that only the false killer whales were actually feeding on yellowtail .
6 As regards the patient already dead , the reasoning is that although the patient displays outward manifestations of life , in that , by virtue of the ventilator , breathing and heartbeat are maintained , these manifestations are mechanically induced and are not sustained nor will ever again be sustainable by the patient .
7 One problem is that although the phenomenon of acid rain is not in doubt the actual cause has not been firmly established .
8 The most striking thing about these changes , however , is that although the problems which confronted the inquiries were broadly similar , the solutions which came to be offered differed in marked respects .
9 ‘ Our concept is that although the building may need to be upgraded and restored , the inside is the most important factor .
10 My contention is that although the colonial legal system was influenced by culture conflict at the beginning of British rule , it was soon adapted and accepted as an integral social institution by the mass of the people .
11 What is not realized … is that although the movement from the cities has many other long-term causes , delinquency has now ceased to be merely a symptom of urban breakdown ( if it ever was ) … and has become a major contributor to it . ’
12 But the really crucial point is that although the strong international position of UK services reflected comparative advantage , it was comparative advantage in a low productivity growth sector .
13 One consequence of this is that although the observations suggest that the cloud was centred on the Equator , the model simulates a cloud at about 10°N , because it does not allow for rapid transport of the cloud into the tropics and Southern Hemisphere .
14 Meanwhile the problem for the health service is that although the health authority sits on the policy group and is a coauthor of the community care plan , the work gets done — and the problems arise — in provider units .
15 The problem is that although the typeface may have the same name — indeed it may even come from the same original — it may not have been coded up in the same way .
16 The other major point is that although the audit of a nationalized industry is set up , and therefore presumably carried out as if it were an audit of a PLC , this does not mean that it will always be so .
17 The problem is that although the beliefs and feelings are " always concerned with matters at the heart and root of existence " — which does suggest or give opportunity for something which is not just subjective in interpretation — it tends to subsume the religious view of life under what we might call a humanist umbrella .
18 The reason is that although the algae need carbon to create their skeletons , they extract this from bicarbonate in sea water , not from carbon dioxide .
19 The basic difficulty is that although the vendor is usually the employer and owns the assets used in the business being sold , the right to conduct the business is not his to transfer .
20 However , the problem is that although the difference may be marked , it is difficult to say exactly what it is .
21 The currently fashionable and oft repeated litany is that although the world air transport industry is presently going through a fundamental and painful period of change , this will ultimately lead to a new and improved deployment of resources , through the creation of far fewer but infinitely larger air carriers .
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