Example sentences of "although [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the event , empirical work in general ( as noted above ) does not appear to confirm the presence of large disincentive effects , although for negative income tax ( NIT ) , experiments in the USA undertaken in the 1970s did produce significant negative-work-hours responses of the order of 7 per cent reduction for males , 25 per cent for wives and 15 per cent for female heads of households ( see Robins and West 1980 ) . |
| 2 | Although for primary care to be effective in Brazil it must be allied to community development and participation and include non-professional health workers , health professionals have useful roles . |
| 3 | In Washington , the trend-setting Crown bookstores , sited in numerous malls , all offer deep discounts , although for sheer pleasure Bridge Street Books in Georgetown is the ultimate spot for a bibliophile . |
| 4 | If the frequency difference between half-power points on the resonance curve is then it can be shown that , for small loss , the loss factor The vibrating reed method may therefore be used to plot the loss-factor/ temperature " spectrum " ( although for precise work the change of resonant frequency with temperature needs to be compensated for by , for example , time-temperature superposition . |
| 5 | Depending on the time of year , the Chelt at this point is often no more than a trickle , although after heavy rain it can rapidly become a muddy torrent , rushing through the fields ( and now beneath the M5 motorway ) , via Butlers Court , to the next mill at Boddington . |
| 6 | The only paragraphs in Section 2 which does allow any exemption for individuals is that concerning emigres who " although of Russian blood " had " not been in USSR since 1930 " prior to their " joining the German forces " . |
| 7 | On the contrary , Mulroney , himself a bilingual Quebecker , although of Irish stock , worked constructively with the province 's premier Robert Bourassa . |
| 8 | Some of the benefits used by chief executives for negotiating purposes may be quite trivial , although of great importance to the recipient . |
| 9 | Although of limited relevance to modern societies , it serves to introduce some of the crucial questions . |
| 10 | Although of limited accuracy by modern standards , the Scuds were reasonably successful at hitting large targets such as urban settlements . |
| 11 | When , after 3 hours , melon with glace cherry and the wrong spoon , casserole chicken , 4 bottles of cold red wine , fresh fruit salad with soapy tinned cream and far-too-strong instant coffee , it was realised that their missiles , although of different manufacture , were terribly equally matched , they all suddenly had to go home . |
| 12 | Although of little importance in most parts of the United Kingdom , prevailing wind and rainfall may be a very important consideration when developing exposed sites , near the coast or in the Highlands of Scotland and the Western Isles . |
| 13 | ‘ When I was young , drawings , although of enormous importance , were undervalued and little studied . |
| 14 | The only case of any real assistance is Anthony v. Haney , and even there the dicta are obiter and , although of considerable weight , do not probe the question of recaption very deeply . |
| 15 | Now the detailed structure of these lexical sets in English and French , although of intense concern to students of English and French , can not be generalised to other sets ; nor can the semantic contrast ‘ have an experience in a particular perceptual mode ’ v . |
| 16 | But this approach , although of extreme importance in assessing potential erosion is not primarily concerned with the basic physical causes of wave damage . |
| 17 | Frank made an intricate gesture , which , although of alien origin , never the less conveyed its meaning with crystal clarity . |
| 18 | As yet un-named , although with tentative grading of around E7 6b , the first ascent included an exiting finish in the dark — hence the rather long pitch length . |
| 19 | Although with held constant in some way ( making infinite in equation ( 10.22 ) ) , the output resistance is indeed and maximum signal power is transferred between the output signal source and load when , the input signal power then depends on through because the latter affects the reverse transfer e.m.f. and hence . |
| 20 | Scion of an ancient family of Scottish gentry , the Stirlings of Keir , he was the founder of what was to become the Special Air Service Regiment as we know it today , although with typical modesty he always insisted on sharing the credit with others . |
| 21 | ‘ No , I suppose not , ’ he said at last , although with great reluctance . |
| 22 | Smaller groups which also gained representation in the Federal Assembly were ( i ) the Movement for Self-governing Democracy-Society for Moravia and Silesia ( MSD-SMS ) , which sought the restoration of separate government for the historic territory of Moravia-Silesia ; ( ii ) the Slovak National Party , demanding total internal autonomy for Slovakia , favouring the retention of links with Prague only in foreign affairs and defence ( although with separate representation abroad for Slovakia ) , and seen by many as basically hostile to the Czechs and to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia ; and ( iii ) Coexistence ( also known by its Hungarian name Egyutteles ) , a coalition of the Hungarian , Polish and other minority nationalities , which formed an electoral alliance with the Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement , and polled heavily among the Hungarian minority in southern Slovakia . |
| 23 | Professor Stewart and his colleagues at the University of Birmingham identified a number of difficulties with these proposed changes , although with academic care they added the proviso : ‘ to identify problems is not to draw a conclusion ’ ( Stewart et al . |
| 24 | His team came tenth out of the twenty five that competed , a result with which he was pleased considering that many of his competitors ( although with amateur status like himself ) were well funded and backed by sponsors . |
| 25 | The Turkmen Council of Ministers decided on July 14 to establish a national guard initially numbering 1,000 and republican armed forces , although with significant involvement by Russia [ see p. 38969 ] ; it was expected that the Turkmen Defence Department would become a Ministry , to be headed by current defence chief Danatar Kopekov . |
| 26 | A bill was announced on Aug. 4 , 1990 , agreed between the government and the Church , to introduce religious education ( based on the Roman Catholic catechism ) into schools , although with voluntary attendance and " in the spirit of ecumenism " . |
| 27 | The Congolese rainforest forms part of a swathe of jungle in West Africa , much of which remains relatively untouched , although under increasing pressure from logging , settlement and mineral exploitation . |
| 28 | This practice ended when it was declared unlawful by judicial review in 1985 ( R v Hallstrom ex parte W ) , although under Scots law it continues with monitoring by the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland . |
| 29 | There is some authority that , although under English law the assignment of a bankrupt 's property to the trustee in bankruptcy operates as a worldwide assignment of all his property wherever situated ( sections 283 , 306 and 436 ) , the relation back principle applies only to property situated in England : Galbraith v. Grimshaw [ 1910 ] A.C. 508 , especially per Lord Dunedin , at p. 513 . |
| 30 | He also stated that although in acute illness low potencies could be effective , in chronic conditions high potencies were much more likely to produce good results if the most similar remedy could be discerned . |