Example sentences of "although it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When used with the bare infinitive , it denotes a direct experiencing of , and so contemporaneity in time with , an occurrence and can often be replaced by see — although it denotes perception in a more abstract way than the latter — or by have in its experiential sense : ( 93 ) Rather surprised to find them break fence at this season . |
| 2 | It 's sort of grid iron pattern streets on the south side of the High Street ; on the north side that 's all disrupted by the castle and , as far as one can tell , when the town and the area around it , the Rape of Lewes , was ceded to William De Warren , most of the local powers of the Town Council such as it was were taken away and subverted and the town became a minorial borough and although it sent Members of Parliament to Westminster from the end of the thirteenth century , it only had a very sort of ramshackle corporation , because the lords of the manor of Lewes kept control fairly tightly on what the town was actually allowed to do and on its internal freedoms . |
| 3 | Although it took years rather than months , new general managers were appointed throughout the NHS and steadily reorganised their Health Authorities along general management lines . |
| 4 | Although it caused mutations — frequently devastating and biocidic ( causing the death of life , as in biocide ) — on very rare occasions it spurred evolution . |
| 5 | Although it stores drawings in its own . |
| 6 | The vector graphics are well-executed , although it takes time for your eyes to adjust to what 's going on . |
| 7 | That 's one of the reasons why I 'm , why I 'm also interested in er in Freud because I think Freud provides that , I happen to think that Freud 's studies of , of crowd group psychology actually explain that , although it takes time to you know , certainly not at five minutes to four , it takes time to explain , but I think there is an explanation there and I think you c y y you can claim that there are certain emotions to do with identification and idealization , th that our genes have a programmer which things like erm nationalistic erm , erm er kind of jingoism can exploit in a modern culture which in primal cultures would have primal cultures people identify with their , with their local kin and their local culture and that 's that might ultimately promote their reproductive success , but that in modern cultures , this identification occurs with erm on a completely different level and with lots of people will not merely because you need so many more people modern cultures you have much more erm much bigger groups and you just meet many more people that , than you were ever th there is some interesting research , research recently published for instance which shows erm organizations seem to have a critical size and that people are not really able to track more than about two hundred and fifty other people , in other words you can have face-to-face relationships with up to about two hundred and fifty others , but once it gets beyond two hundred and fifty it 's too much and you start forgetting somebody as if the brain was primed to an optimum group size and once you get above that you just ca n't keep . |
| 8 | Although it contained elements of Baal and Astarte worship , it was essentially monotheistic . |
| 9 | Although it achieved sales of £65 million in the last financial year , it has shed a hundred and twenty of its six hundred staff . |
| 10 | " Conspiracy to injure " is another civil wrong which can be invoked against media falsehoods although it requires proof of an agreement where the sole or dominant purpose is to injure the plaintiff . |
| 11 | One of the production 's virtues was that , although it had TV stars , it was n't just a succession of tacky TV turns . |
| 12 | Crec ( say it ‘ see-wreck ’ for ‘ computer recycling ’ ) is a private concern that intends to remain private , although it gets government assistance with its factory rent and worker salaries during its start-up phase . |
| 13 | The software recognises various dialects of SQL and is positioned as a data access tool rather than proprietary language or executive information system , although it combines elements of each . |
| 14 | The software recognises various dialects of SQL and is positioned as a data access tool rather than 4GL or executive information system ( EIS ) , although it combines elements of each . |
| 15 | In this setting the qualitative was constantly under evaluation at the expense of the quantitative measure , for the ‘ wise ’ amongst us who were present knew that the statistical return often gives a skewed version of complex social events , although it speaks volumes about the way our systems of control are generated and maintained . |
| 16 | But although it brought victory to the Black Prince , the battle of Nájera was to be the cause of the renewal of the war which had been halted in 1360 . |
| 17 | Lewes instituted a pretty strict regime which at times tended to be resented , although it brought results . |
| 18 | In this regard reference may ‘ within the programmes of study teachers will be free to determine the detail of what should be taught ’ , although it urged teachers to prepare schemes of work to ensure consistency within a school . |
| 19 | In network management software , it positions NCR 's StarSentry as a ‘ clear leader ’ over HP OpenView , although it praises OpenView for its superior security features , and SunNet Manager for its ‘ excellent foundation which third parties have built on . ’ |
| 20 | Guy's/St Thomas 's Hospital could become the second major centre , although it faces competition from the Royal Brompton/Chelsea and Westminster for the provision of paediatric cardiac services , and from St George 's linked to the Royal Marsden ( Sutton ) for cancer services . |
| 21 | The sub-discipline , if such it is , can be regarded as an aspect of stratigraphy , although it makes use of geochemical and geophysical techniques . |
| 22 | Long-term insurance is also sometimes referred to as life insurance , although it includes activity which is not strictly life-related , and the firms that specialise in long-term insurance are often called ‘ life offices ’ . |
| 23 | This directory , although it includes clearinghouses established outside the USA , highlights the problem of the large number of state and specialist clearinghouses in the USA and the possible need for some co-ordination and co-operation between them . |
| 24 | Although it stood cheek by jowl with the factory , it was a place apart , a business apart , and an interest apart . |
| 25 | Philips says that although it holds patents on the system , and must license any firm that wants to sell players , the company put no clause in the licence to control undercutting . |
| 26 | We had a good nylon business which we judged , wrongly , was incapable of radical change although it needed re-equipment . |
| 27 | This was one of the largest silk mills in the vicinity , although it started life as a corn mill . |
| 28 | In the north , at Corbridge , a large building with a veranda and an ornamental fountain has been claimed as a mansio , although it started life as a winged-corridor house probably during the third century . |
| 29 | The remaining 66 are toothed whales and are also termed small cetaceans ( except the sperm whale , which although it has teeth is classified as a great whale ) . |
| 30 | Although it has disadvantages , it is a great deal better than the kind of society in which there is no free press , or in which the press is gagged by more and more complex and frequently unworkable rules . |