Example sentences of "though it [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic purpose of this filter is to smooth out the chopped waveform appearing from the switch and so provide a steady output voltage across a load resistance R L , though it does this job in an unconventional way . |
| 2 | The present situation , therefore , even though it allows some fudging of extraordinary items , must be far from perfect from Mr Damant 's point of view . |
| 3 | This is the only fault which I can find in his character though it bears little importance as it takes nothing away from the readers ' love of him and may even increase it due to his helplessness . |
| 4 | In fact , to refuse a parent 's request would not be a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights , even though it requires such convictions to be upheld . |
| 5 | Her imperial era was over , though it took another decade and two major anti-terrorist campaigns in Borneo and Aden to complete the transition . |
| 6 | It was concerned mainly with England , though it took some evidence from other English-speaking countries ( including Scotland ) . |
| 7 | Fernando would n't like that and she wanted to please him , not anger him , though it took some doing getting his anger up . |
| 8 | Well , I know now , though it took some time before my stupid head would accept what my infinitely more sensible heart had been trying to tell it all along . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , of course , ’ said Holly , as though it made any sense to her . |
| 10 | Go on I tell you what why do n't you flip it over and start on the other side , even though it says this side done , this is an old tape from a seismograph and er we were afraid to use it in our work but I think the sound 's alright on it , you flip it over and where it says this side down , put that side up and use the other half of the tape and let me hear your comments back . |
| 11 | He had seemed to sniff at the opened envelope as though it carried some scent , but the letter inside only peeped from the teat and was not taken out . |
| 12 | This is not a work of criticism though it contains much criticism along the way , and of the first order — for instance , Pound 's respectful demurrer from the high valuation that Eliot had put on Johnson 's Vanity of Human Wishes . |
| 13 | a street in Pentonville , north London , though it appears that no. 87 , where Mr Guppy lodges , never actually existed . |
| 14 | His reasons for adopting Indirect Rule were never , in fact , made very explicit , though it appears that scarcity of administrative manpower , usually considered the determining factor , was not of major importance . |
| 15 | In the three month experiment , unlikely rural topics like cot death , abortion , murder and villagers ' fight against toxic waste dumping are shown , though it seems some episodes will be cut as only four episodes a week are planned . |
| 16 | Though it claimed some influence upon the councils of action in the North East and in London , its impact was minimal . |
| 17 | What follows is not an exhaustive survey , though it includes those references which indicate Leapor 's literary standing . |
| 18 | I therefore reject the argument on behalf of the appellants in this case , that the Home Secretary is obliged to follow the judges ' views as to the requirements of retribution and deterrence in mandatory life sentence cases , even though it allowed some exceptions . |
| 19 | There are miles of computer imagery in 2010 to fill the video screens on the Leonov , then taken for granted , though it involved much work and Sony technology . |