Example sentences of "although [adv] [art] [noun sg] was " in BNC.

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1 Although ostensibly the election was called because of the refusal of the ALP-dominated upper house of the state legislature to approve industrial relations legislation ending compulsory trade unionism , many observers suspected that Greiner had sought an election in order to capitalize on a recent string of problems associated with the ALP at federal and state level .
2 There was a strong diagonal wind in favour of the Borderers in the first half and they turned round 12-3 ahead , although territorially the game was more even .
3 The whole is tied together by the notion of control although later a distinction was to be made between the authority of office and the authority of expertise .
4 After the break , Abingdon continued to force Horsham back , although now the pitch was beginning to make an impression on some tired legs ; there were mistakes from both sides and also some heavy tackles which resulted in long delays whilst players received attention .
5 Although originally the doctrine was thought to be restricted to cases of iniquity or wrong-doing on the part of the party seeking to enforce the obligation of confidence , it is now clear that this is not so .
6 Although originally the aim was to promote Chartered Manager status , this aim is now being pursued independently by the British Institute of Management , with the approval of CMEAD .
7 Manufacturing and mining made just as heavy demands on child labour , although here the problem was not seasonal but one of whether parents could afford to buy a brief period of schooling before the child entered full-time employment .
8 The revival of interest in a Channel fixed link in Britain and France was matched by growing interest at European Community level although here the emphasis was on the role of Europe in providing financial support for improvements in transport infrastructure .
9 Because the whole neighbourhood-thanks to Gittel 's big-mouthed elder sister-knew exactly who had been behind the curse , although even the sister was too much of a prude to tell anyone the reason why . ’
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