Example sentences of "though not [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In relation to the almost antithetical Marxist positions of Sartre and Althusser , Foucault does not , however , simply follow the latter rather than the former : he articulates through a historical perspective the problems that their work encountered and attempts to produce a new method of historical enquiry — though not a general theory of history as such — that is both theoretically coherent and politically effective with respect to the particular problems under examination . |
| 2 | Though not a high-level suspect , Younis was wanted in connection with the hijacking of a Jordanian airliner with three Americans aboard in 1985 . |
| 3 | Though not a major consideration , format does affect shelf-life and use . |
| 4 | I preferred to cross the ferry to the hotel on the other side , and found there was a spare bed though not a spare room . |
| 5 | Dealing with wireless every day , Joe rarely listened when off duty to accounts of small successes put over in the announcer 's authoritative tone and the defeats intoned as if reporting a death : which it was , though not a single death , such as when Tobruk had fallen in June and Mussolini went into Libya . |
| 6 | Though not a commanding presence in the House , Norton was a devoted committee man . |
| 7 | The shape of a picture may have been altered , and the museum , though not a stray visitor , will know the fact . |
| 8 | During the 1987 Iran/Contra hearings in Washington the most frightening witness was Colonel Oliver North , who , though not a direct employee of the CIA , had been inextricably associated with it in this sordid affair . |
| 9 | Though not a natural speaker his pithy style , backed by his fame and renunciation , strengthened the Student Volunteer Missionary movement . |
| 10 | Also to be recommended is Valentine , at Roger Billcliffe Fine Art in Blythswood Street , Glasgow , though not every contributing artist celebrates the romantic significance of 14 February . |
| 11 | However , it is suggested that market share is normally the most important indicator of dominance though not the only factor . |
| 12 | Here is one suggestion , though not the only possibility . |
| 13 | First , because identification with one 's community is morally worthwhile , and acceptance of the authority of the state an appropriate way ( though not the only way ) to express it , one may jump to the conclusion that one has an obligation to accept the authority of the state , or even that it has authority independently of such acceptance . |
| 14 | We were alone on deck , though not the only ones awake for I could hear Rickie and Ellen 's voices coming from the open skylight of the main saloon . |
| 15 | Together they form the main , though not the only area within the Library where the selection and purchase of material tends to be governed by considerations of the ‘ National Heritage ’ . |
| 16 | But on the whole the ex-slaves did acquire some land ( though not the '40 acres and a mule' of which they dreamed ) and the ex-serfs , though losing some of the land to the lords , especially in the regions of expanding commercial agriculture , remained peasants . |
| 17 | The National Consumer Credit Federation representing check traders ( though not the largest firm , Provident ) told us that the basic work of small to medium-sized firms is lending small amounts to long-standing customers . |
| 18 | In Fig. 8.1. the algorithm is misled into taking the leftmost path because its actual cost , 3 , is less than the estimate , 4 , ( though not the actual cost , 2 ) of the correct , rightmost path . |
| 19 | As Fay Chung remarked , Matabeleland , though not the poorest region of the country , is ten years behind in development terms . |
| 20 | The ethnic term " Ukrainian " , though not the geographical expression " the Ukraine " ( or " Ukraine " ) , is a late-nineteenth-century invention which was adopted by most of the people to whom it applies only after 1917 . |
| 21 | A sample : We 're coming in to land at Speke My legs are feeling very weak We 've just returned from Barcelona And now I 'm going for a sauna Toshack is of Scottish descent , and there is certainly a bit of McGonagall in there , though not the best bit . |
| 22 | Mirth and humour , though not the highest peaks of the mystic world , are vital to it and they play a large part in it . |
| 23 | On the ground floor of the annexe there was a large room where the boarders , and those day boys who took it , ate school lunch ( it was called dinner at the Cullbridge Comprehensive , but lunch at Burleigh — which somewhat excused the meagreness of it , though not the high price charged for it ) . |
| 24 | Though not an easy plant to grow , it is a curiosity . |
| 25 | This can also be seen with evening primrose oil ; though not an essential oil , it appears to work better when applied externally for the treatment of hyperactivity in children . |
| 26 | Though not an out-and-out cheapskate , he was thought the kind of man who would try to squeeze a shilling into a pound by whatever means . |