Example sentences of "and although [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not seemly to look at oneself and although every lady had her hand minor tucked into her personal box , mirrors on the wall were still not quite nice , still slightly risqué . |
| 2 | Although the latter once jocularly remarked to Briand , the Premier , that in his relationship with Joffre ‘ apart from sleeping together , we could n't do anything more to show our intimacy ’ and although every afternoon — as part of the Chantilly ritual — he accompanied the Commander-in-Chief on his post-prandial stroll , Joffre and his coterie were as jealous as Turks of the brother-general placed so dangerously near the throne . |
| 3 | Alfred the Great led the resistance against the Danes from Athelney in the Somerset Levels ; and although every schoolchild knows that William of Normandy conquered England in 1066 , he did not succeed in subduing Ely and the surrounding fens until 1071 , when Hereward the Wake submitted . |
| 4 | Most of the military bandsmen double as medical orderlies in their wartime role and although no decision has been made about how that will continue an MoD spokesman insisted there would be no compulsory redundancies . |
| 5 | The negotiators agreed to meet again before the end of November , and although no date was arranged for the holding of full normalization talks , it was suggested that these might begin before the end of 1990 . |
| 6 | The Mountfords of Hackforth ( Yorks. ) provided feed retainers for both Neville earls , and although no fee is recorded from Gloucester they had links with him also . |
| 7 | The Mountfords of Hackforth ( Yorks. ) provided feed retainers for both Neville earls , and although no fee is recorded from Gloucester they had links with him also . |
| 8 | To ‘ off-comed 'uns ’ it is not even a large village , with only 2,080 inhabitants , but to the native it is a town because it has held a market charter since 1223 and although no market has been held for many years , the charter was read once a year in the market place until 1939 . |
| 9 | On the train to face trial in the north , Peace jumped through an open carriage window , and although a guard clung to his shoe he wriggled free , only to be found unconscious in the snow . |
| 10 | Opportunities for dual qualification , in both education and librarianship , barely existed until the pioneer establishment of a Teacher-Librarianship Diploma at University College London in the late 1960s , and although a variety of different courses are now emerging there has been precious little encouragement or inducement for ambitious people to take advantage of them . |
| 11 | Given a free choice , children usually choose the apparatus they are ready for and although a three-year-old may imitate the feats of an older child with a funnel , tube and bottle , he may not gain the same satisfaction as he does from achieving something much more simple on his own . |
| 12 | Although the economy was growing at around 2 per cent per annum , and although a fall in the value of the krone had brought the country 's trade balance back into surplus , its industries continued to suffer a severe crisis of confidence . |
| 13 | Apart from being cold enough to remove your skin , there is a sinister tunnel sweeping water away on some underground journey , and although a metal grid may stop you from joining it , I have visions of diving in naked with a happy yell , only to emerge in the urinals of the aluminium smelter in Fort William . |
| 14 | March 17th is my traditional early chiffchaff date and although a journey south to Poole and a short time near possible sites on that day , yielded no hearing of the bird , one has been singing in this garden today . |
| 15 | Both Safrane models have side impact protection bars and although a driver 's side airbag is not standard , one is available as an option , costing around £300 . |
| 16 | It felt light in his arms ; a child starved of love and food and warmth : ‘ And although a part of me , deep buried , hidden away , knew , ’ he said , ‘ still I wanted to weep for the pity of it . ’ |
| 17 | A total of eight calls were made that day and although a routine became evident , it was never repetitive . |
| 18 | And although a lot of the very late ones , in the way of paintings , I do n't care for , many of his drawings in the last period of his life were wonderful , were n't they ? |
| 19 | The amount of fabric fullness required is variable and although a minimum of twice the length of the curtain fixture is satisfactory , two and a quarter to two and a half times fullness is preferable to achieve a well-balanced , attractive pleating arrangement . |
| 20 | Standing Orders further allow the Speaker to accede to a request for a debate on any matter of urgent topical importance and although a debate is rarely allowed , Members are not unskilled in framing such requests in a manner which makes the point . |
| 21 | There is no known proof of true hereditary surnames in the period before the Conquest , and although a number of Domesday tenants of English origins have names additional to their first — such as Alnod of Kent , a byname given to a man with land in Oxfordshire — there is little or no evidence to show that these were other than personal to the individuals . |
| 22 | The Law Society has been negotiating the terms of franchise contracts with the Legal Aid Board for some weeks and although a number of matters remain to be resolved , the negotiations have been conducted in a positive manner . |
| 23 | There have been 43 objections to the compulsory purchase order and although a number have been resolved , a substantial number are still outstanding . |
| 24 | A play is primary a piece of action and although a script contains some scenic and character description , the essential interest lies in the dialogue and the action arising from it . |
| 25 | Members of three of the above families were , around the same time ( 1348 to 1369 ) members of the Order of the Garter , and although a connection is known to exist between Wrottesley and Basset , neither is connected with Bryan and none with le Scot . |
| 26 | Sometimes Flavia Sherman wept as though with grief , and although the storm drowned most of her cries Joseph heard the faint sounds of his mother sobbing as he stood outside the hut in the torrential downpour . |
| 27 | Gilkes confirms he 's happy to stick with Sun 's Solaris Unix implementation , and although the firm took out much of the networking stuff obviously surplus to Sparcbook requirements , he 's not much interested in the various cut-down Unix desktop implementations . |
| 28 | This follows from the natural reading of the legislation and although the case of Congreve v IRC ( 1948 ) 30 TC 163 was overruled by the House of Lords in Vestey v IRC on the central point of what individuals can be liable to tax under s739 , this point was not specifically referred to by the House of Lords . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , they often had little experience in civil administration and although the system may have seemed effective in suppressing Lombard leadership , ultimately it acted against Frederick 's interests due to its inherent inefficiency and unpopularity . |
| 30 | The term ‘ indiction ’ has been used earlier in this chapter , and although the system is unlikely to be encountered in isolation by a local historian it is worth recording , if only for the sake of completeness . |