Example sentences of "though [adv] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He himself is extremely likeable and full of ideas , though rarely a force in debate . |
| 2 | Though only a mile from the centre of Bath , it has retained a cohesive feeling , clustered deep into the hills between the wooded slopes of Claverton Down and Combe Down . |
| 3 | Classical Eleusis , then , though only a deme of Attica , behaves something like a hellenistic polis , with amour propre but curtailed freedom . |
| 4 | Though scarcely a couple of years the lieutenant 's senior , he somehow felt much older . |
| 5 | Samuel Richardson , though not a subscriber to the first volume , had taken an interest in Leapor , who was in his eyes perhaps a more tragic Pamela . |
| 6 | The latest available figures for Holland , Belgium and Austria ( which , though not a member of the EMS , pegs its currency to the D-mark ) show that output remains fairly buoyant . |
| 7 | One other type of statue is integral to the idea of a Doric temple , though not a part of it : the cult-statue within . |
| 8 | The facial features are those of an elderly woman and , though not a portrait of the deceased , they are in line with standard representational portraiture of the period ; viewed from above one can almost visualize the parted winding-sheet . |
| 9 | The cultural frontier that here lies between canton Bern and the original Four Forest Cantons has been described thus : " though not a boundary between language groups , it does form a more significant division in everyday affairs , separating one set of customs and traditions from others . " |
| 10 | Though not a follower of that particular sport herself , even Sarella had a vague recollection of what had happened once Peter had jogged her memory . |
| 11 | His faith comprised curiously disparate elements — the rough , frightened , humility of the countryman ; the thoughtful worshipper ; the vigorous enquirer ; and even though not a micro-molecule of disrespect ever enters his attitude towards his Deity , his natural radical-ness stood so near at hand one can almost feel its heat . |
| 12 | Charlemagne himself was a singer though not a soloist like David ; he sang only when the rest of the congregation was singing , and in a low voice . |
| 13 | Towards the end of 1951 he undertook a Sketch-Club criticism at St Martin 's School of Art where his liveliness and way of talking impressed the young David Tindle , who , though not a student at St Martin 's , was sitting in among the audience . |
| 14 | One of our prolific actors , Michael Caine is also an avid foodie and successful restaurateur — though not a lot of people know that |
| 15 | As late as 1719 there was a plot to hand over the island of Ibiza in the Balearics to the British ; but by then Catalan resentment of rule from Madrid , though still a factor of importance , was ceasing to be an immediate danger to national unity . |
| 16 | It may not always mean a great deal ( though sometimes a title of this sort can be read as a genuine sign of worth ) , but it plays an essential part in reassuring people in a notoriously insecure and uncertain business . |
| 17 | Though primarily a commentary on Henry II 's government in England , the Policraticus used the terms of Roman law , princeps for ruler and provincia , province , for the area of his rule ; these suggest that John also intended his book to be relevant to France , the land in which he had been educated and to which he was to return as bishop of Chartres . |
| 18 | They are inconspicuous during the day ( though occasionally a couple of slender arms will be seen waving from the base of a rock ) but are very useful as scavengers . |
| 19 | Though never a left-winger in current terms , he wanted the socialist viewpoint expressed in every facet of learning . |
| 20 | Though never a left-winger in current terms , he wanted the socialist viewpoint expressed in every facet of learning . |