Example sentences of "even though [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if progressive income tax rates ( or thresholds ) are not adjusted , more and more people will be pushed into higher tax bands because of rises in their money incomes even though their real incomes remain unchanged . |
| 2 | In Vietnam , they were probably pre-eminent and could certainly lay the largest claim to ‘ control ’ of operational areas on the other side of the Chinese frontier in Tonkin even though their simultaneous claim to the status of ‘ resistance ’ forces needs to be looked at more closely . |
| 3 | Many pagan images accepted into the church gradually became a part of its symbolic language , even though their new meanings are not always clear . |
| 4 | With two votes West Germans are in a different position , even though their first vote may not be of any use . |
| 5 | Even though their main aim has been consolidation in the league , a win today could even make them title outsiders . |
| 6 | There is still plenty of interest in the performing of mystery plays , even though their original purpose in the Middle Ages of reinforcing the religious beliefs of audiences is now largely irrelevant . |
| 7 | The pressure to find work for the 2260 staff at ISPRA is intense because of a commitment by research ministers to keep on all of ISPRA 's nuclear scientists — even though their biggest project , Super-SARA , has been abandoned . |
| 8 | After all , since there are postnominal attributives , and since attributive adjectives have the function of helping to identify some entity , and since associatives certainly do this even though their referential locus is different from that of the noun qualified , the reason for the gap is not obvious . |
| 9 | Like mother , like grandmother : research shows that big babies have big grandmas , even though their own mothers may be small . |
| 10 | It has never been able to reach the Godavari , Tapti or Nerbudda systems , even though their northern tributaries are very close to the source streams of the Ganges . |
| 11 | Connections with her own practice as a painter were evident , even though her abstract compositions were very different in subject from the works of her chosen artists , who included Veronese and Poussin . |
| 12 | As the bank noted , ‘ in 1990 Thailand 's incidence [ of poverty ] was as high as Indonesia 's , even though its average GNP per capita was 2.5 times higher . ’ |
| 13 | This suggests that its pronunciation has been " anglicised " even though its Creole function has been retained . |
| 14 | Therefore , as soon as the phoneme /p/ is heard , the cohort will have only one member left , and the word can be identified as trespass , even though its final phonemes have not yet been heard . |
| 15 | There is this idea that if you send the works of art abroad , either you put them in danger , or you 're selling your art cheaply , even though its only lending . |
| 16 | People often say that a certain noise gets louder at night , even though its measured level does not alter ; this is because , at night , the level of the background noise is generally lower than it is during the day , During the recession , people near once noisy factories started to appreciate the quiet . |
| 17 | Even though its evolutionary course was eventually destined to lead it into the complicated and probably costly distortions involved in having two eyes on one side , even though the skate way of being a flat fish might ultimately have been the best design for bony fish too , the would-be intermediates that set out along this evolutionary pathway apparently did less well in the short term than their rivals lying on their side . |
| 18 | Its reported net earnings are therefore lower than the reported nil earnings of firm A even though its taxable earnings are the same . |
| 19 | Even if we disregard the sporadic use of violence against the movement , and its infiltration by spies and agents provocateurs , it is clear that it was generally considered by the controlling bodies of universities and by party politicians as an illegitimate form of political action , even though its principal aim was to extend democratic participation in one of the most important institutions ( both economically and culturally ) of modern society , and in many cases it succeeded in enlivening academic studies , as well as improving methods of teaching and assessment . |
| 20 | The fact that American long-term government bond yields remain higher than those in Germany , even though its short-term rates are less than half Germany 's , reflects the financial markets ' fears that inflation is about to flare , along with concerns about the fate of the administration 's budget-reducing package . |
| 21 | Fylingdales parish returned only ten taxpayers even though its biggest settlement was the lively village of Robin Hood 's Bay , where Leland observed twenty fishing boats , each of which may be reckoned the livelihood of one family at the very least . |
| 22 | It is essential for the continued academic development of the University , even though its projected expansion in student numbers terms is relatively modest , that the University should achieve that objective . |
| 23 | Both the second and , more strongly , the third reason show that the doctrine of excessive defence may include a substantial element of excuse in its rationale , even though its theoretical foundation lies unmistakably in the concept of legal justification . |
| 24 | What the James Committee placed on the agenda of public discussion — even though its own recommendations were in general not widely popular among teacher educators — was the reshaping of the education of teachers . |
| 25 | And even though its last eye was gone , Cardiff knew instinctively that it could still see him . |
| 26 | We can imagine the horror that would ripple through Christendom if the Turin Shroud were stolen , even though its direct connection with Jesus has been disproved by the scientists . |
| 27 | Professor Williams , however , not only believes that rape should have a limited ambit because of the severity of the penalty , but that procuring a woman by threat should also be subject to limitations even though its maximum penalty is merely two years ' imprisonment . |
| 28 | Conservative budget for example even though its main press is always on keeping the tax level down er will often include capital projects . |
| 29 | But standing in the blast of the storm and looking at him even though its ravaged eye sockets contained no eyes . |
| 30 | As Boyce has pointed out , the credibility of the press ‘ lay in its apparent independence from the political party machine ’ even though its natural position ‘ was that of being part of the political machine ’ . |