Example sentences of "[coord] though [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite these reverses , however , a revival of seventh-century northern imperial ambition had evidently occurred among the Northumbrians at the court of Eadberht , and though the dominance of Óengus , son of Forgus , in Pictland probably impeded its fulfilment , the indications are that Eadberht was bringing new prosperity to his kingdom . |
| 2 | Human Touch is the album he has been working on for several years and Lucky Town a set of songs he quickly wrote and recorded at home recently , and though the tone of the two records does n't differ that much , the second set of songs are far better . |
| 3 | And though the notion of the ‘ common good ’ went through several transformations at the hands of the New Liberals , it continued , in Hobhouse 's words , to require ‘ a readiness to forgo personal advantage for the general gain , a recognition of mutual dependence ’ . |
| 4 | But the timber of woodlands always has a claim to be treated as a commercial crop , and though the making of a tree preservation order does not necessarily involve the owner in any financial loss ( isolated trees or groups of trees are usually planted expressly as an amenity ) , there are occasions when it does . |
| 5 | In June 1682 Louis XIV , now at the height of his power , explicitly asserted his right to correspond with all foreign sovereigns in French and not to use Latin ; and though the treaty of Ryswick between France and the Holy Roman Empire in 1697 was still in Latin most of the discussion which produced it was in French , as was the Franco-Dutch agreement of the same year . |
| 6 | And though the yield of about 5 p.c. is historically high , British companies ' earnings cover is unusually thin and the growth prospects commensurately modest . |
| 7 | Lay members voted by 47 to 29 for women priests , and though the Bishop of Chester is not declaring openly which way he will vote , he has declared which way he favours . |
| 8 | Inside , the Sana is extremely spacious , and though the quality of its cabin materials can not match that of west European cars , it is better than some eastern rivals . |
| 9 | Actually , the reports concerned various research grants won by Professor Bamforth and though the reason for the grants was there in black and white , it did n't make much sense to me . |
| 10 | But though the patchwork of random entities slowly yielded in places to more solid blocks , nevertheless between them many separate customs survived . |
| 11 | But though the excitement in France has been echoed in the London market , there remains heavy scepticism about the financial merits of the Eurodisney share offer . |
| 12 | But though the 39-year-old from Garston rules his home with the necessary military-style order , his children seven girls and five boys think he 's the greatest ! |
| 13 | But though the 39-year-old from Garston rules his home with the necessary military-style order , his children seven girls and five boys think he 's the greatest ! |
| 14 | But though the machinery of government is developing in this direction , there is insufficient willingness to face the facts , to give up some of the pretences left over from the old period of vigorous , participatory democracy in order to remove the anomalies and rationalize the system . |
| 15 | After the war he rejoined Robertson Hare for two more Ben Travers farces , Outrageous Fortune ( 1947 ) and Wild Horses ( 1952 ) , but though the heyday of the Aldwych farces was long gone , Lynn refused to give in to the changes of theatrical fashion . |
| 16 | But though the extent of what was thus known was very great it was not felt to be unbounded . |
| 17 | But later his father had said , ‘ But though the site of Cape Wrath is one of the greatest sites , yet there is one other which is revered among golden eagles above them all . |
| 18 | This was certainly not necessary for the decision of the case ; but though the resolution of the Court of Common Pleas was only a dictum , it seems to me clear that Lord Coke deliberately adopted the dictum , and the great weight of his authority makes it necessary to be cautious before saying that what he deliberately adopted as law was a mistake , and though I can not find that in any subsequent case this dictum has been made the ground of the decision , except in Fitch v. Sutton ( 1804 ) 5 East 230 , as to which I shall make some remarks later , and in Down v. Hatcher ( 1839 ) 10 Ad. & El . |