Example sentences of "and although a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The harvest of young harp seals , for example , will probably soon cease completely ; and although a total moratorium on whaling has not yet been achieved , it at least now seems in sight . |
| 2 | And now " The Meeting having given due consideration to the want of a regular and resident Surgeon in the Island , and conceive that such a person is much wanted , and they know that in general the practice and payments to a medical person is inadequate to support him in decency , and although a liberal subscription was opened and entered into by individuals still the supply would be scanty and unequal to the support of an educated person and a gentleman . |
| 3 | And although a certain number of eager thirty-something listeners will scan the radio dial in search of Mr Branson 's yuppie rock , more will discover the channel gradually , perhaps by accident . |
| 4 | Once it disappeared altogether , and although a fair degree of brightness remained in the sky , the land became very dark and in this pathless place it was not easy for Stephen to find his way . |
| 5 | Although Toryism might have survived as a distinctive ideology , and although a Tory party with its own organisation might have continued to exist , the fact of the matter is that single-party government was established under George I and George II , and there was no swinging back and forth between Tory- and Whig-dominated administrations such as had happened under William and Anne . |
| 6 | And although a green glow that is weaker than it ought to be might mean that some of the cells in the area are turning malignant , it might also mean that the operator has the end of the bronchoscope too far from the target , or pointing at an awkward angle . |