Example sentences of "although it [verb] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it had been a rest home for British Telecom , alterations were necessary to provide the ten individual bed sitting rooms and the Housekeepers flat , whilst at the same time some safety improvements were needed to meet the Fire Officer 's regulations . |
| 2 | Credit Suisse said that although it had been decided that none of the managers could represent the bondholders , it would be advising them and providing them with information . |
| 3 | This system was formalised in the year 802 , although it had been operational in early forms during the preceding years of his reign . |
| 4 | Although it had been obscured by the emphasis put on the military and diplomatic struggles within the Arab world and in the international arena ever since 1967 , the centrality of the people under occupation in the national struggle could no longer be disregarded . |
| 5 | The school was connected with the Church in some way , although it had been built by Dalesfolk with dales money . |
| 6 | Although it had been intended to convert right through in one operation , the Crystal Palace section was not ready . |
| 7 | Hence CI5 's involvement , although it had been an assignment with an only partially successful outcome . |
| 8 | I sent the cheque back , saying that although it had been immensely good of them to bring me up , I must have been a great burden and was now a disappointment , so I would prefer them to keep this money as some repayment for all they had done . |
| 9 | Although it had been converted into an hotel , it had n't lost its atmosphere , was n't at all touristy . |
| 10 | This not only showed how out of touch with the English political scene Tyndale was , but illustrated the honesty or obstinacy which made him feel that he had to declare his opposition to the divorce , although it had been supported by most of the other Reformers . |
| 11 | She had her eyes on the figure striding across the hall towards the telephone table , and the look on her face caused him to close his own eyes for a moment , for he knew how she had taken what Martin had said : although it had been voiced lightly it was meant to have serious intent , and in her own mind his marrying would mean once again that she would have notice to quit . |
| 12 | This time , however , she came by low loader rather than under her own steam and although it had been laid most expertly by BR staff , the track she was unloaded onto was several hundred yards from the nearest railway line . |
| 13 | Although it had been designed to help living artists , the scheme , being difficult or even impossible to control , was open to doubtful practices . |
| 14 | The partly suspended sentence of imprisonment had been omitted from the Bill which had passed through all its stages in the Lords , although it had been under consideration by the ACPS . |
| 15 | A British team managed to reach one that , although it had been hooked several hours before , was still just living when its captor got it ashore . |
| 16 | It is not know whether the Canadian forecast was available to the crew before departure from Keflavik although it had been issued prior to that time . |
| 17 | Our immediate problems were sorting out our living arrangements , for although it had been agreed with Tandri that we would occupy the ship 's only excuse for a cabin we now found our things moved down into the hold . |
| 18 | Even the horn was of a much lighter colour than usual , although it had been gilded with silver . |
| 19 | Although it had been a very warm day , the evening had a slight feeling of autumn : it was particularly beautiful , with the sun turning the leaves of the trees a marvellous golden colour . |
| 20 | Although it had been common for surgeons to expect suppuration of the wound as an inevitable concomitant of amputation , Alanson demonstrated that by these methods it was possible for these wounds to heal ‘ by the first intention ’ , that is , without significant infection . |
| 21 | Although it had been conceived originally as a means of reducing illegal practices during the process of distillation , the ‘ Coffey still ’ had obvious commercial advantages , but his efforts to introduce it in Ireland met with little success , and it was in Scotland that it first became popular in the 1840s . |
| 22 | This was a revolutionary idea which was not accepted in Britain until the 1950s although it had been rediscovered in the USA and applied there successfully much earlier . |
| 23 | No regular services had been held in it for many years , although it had been used for funerals and the occasional service , remaining open for visitors and pilgrims to Cell-y-bedd and the shrine . |
| 24 | Now that applies to any matter arising , and subsequently I think that er the Donovan Report more or less reinforced er that particular er er procedure , although it had been written into our national agreement er as far back as I can remember . |
| 25 | Although it had been initially stated that the elections would be held in September , they were then postponed to Nov. 4 , with a second round if necessary on Nov. 25 . |
| 26 | Although it had been overwhelmingly approved by the House of Commons on March 19 by 273 votes to 60 , the Lords ' vote effectively ended the chances of the bill becoming law in the current session of parliament . |
| 27 | The KANU policy review failed to address demands for wide-ranging political reform , although it had been set up after the rioting in July 1990 in the wake of a growing campaign by pro-democracy supporters [ p. 37603 ] . |
| 28 | Although it had been widely reported that he had made a full confession during pre-trial questioning , in court Watanabe maintained that " there is no truth " in the reports that he had paid politicians . |
| 29 | At this time , too , he carefully examined and brilliantly settled the old quarrel concerning the metropolitan church of Britanny between Tours and Dol , which although it had been judged many times by his predecessors would never have been brought to a final settlement but for him . |
| 30 | An Amoco spokesman described the evacuation as a ‘ controlled downmanning ’ although it had been sparked off by the early-morning emergency . |