Example sentences of "although [det] [noun pl] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Although some dogs do adapt if they have a very placid nature , the majority carry real scars — and I 'm afraid leaving her for eight-hour stretches certainly is n't helping .
2 The proclamation of George as King in August 1714 provoked little discontent , although some observers did notice that the celebrating was not that extensive either .
3 Although some patients do attend with a letter from their GP , many prefer to come directly to the clinic , as this saves time and possible embarrassment if they would rather that their family doctor did n't know about the particular problem .
4 It does , however , show clearly that when assessing suffering it is important to have a framework that goes beyond the narrow concerns of selective or functional assessment approaches , although such approaches do have some value in distinguishing between ‘ appropriate ’ and ‘ inappropriate ’ suffering .
5 Where possible , some overlap of working between the staff employed in the old and new locations can help to ease this difficulty although such arrangements do present their own problems in terms of transporting staff to and from the old or new buildings .
6 But although these figures do tell us how few families had a grandparent in their own home , they can be misleading .
7 Although many firms do continue to diversify , there has been a growing mood against conglomerates and away from the notion that diversification was an automatic virtue and an inescapable trend , views which were accepted by most people in the 1960s and 1970s .
8 The inevitability of the process can be hard to accept and it 's normal to have these feelings , although many women do like the sense that they have relinquished control .
9 What I do mean is that although most women do hope for a happy and loving relationship with their husbands , the attainment of this is not the purpose of marriage .
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