Example sentences of "although not [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great joint expeditions , the combined leaderships , although not without friction , had been justified by their outstanding achievement , the conquest and maintenance of Jerusalem . |
| 2 | At Glynde the Trevor family built on a steady base of modest local prosperity , although not without incident and setbacks . |
| 3 | Mammalian carnivores will also kill birds of prey if they can catch them at night on the nest or roost , and many of the smaller carnivores are themselves taken by larger owls or eagles , although not without danger to themselves . |
| 4 | Perhaps for the sake of brevity , although not for precision and clarity , it is not unusual in some catalogues and lists to find some species roses included under the rambler heading , which like R. wichuraiana , have the same sprawling habit and are sufficiently vigorous to get up into trees . |
| 5 | But there are a few well worn examples which have clearly seen action although not for law and order . |
| 6 | These works , although not for sale , have sometimes been known to appear on the market . |
| 7 | As I have said , the courts can now look at white papers and official reports for the purpose of finding the ‘ mischief ’ sought to be corrected , although not at draft clauses or proposals for the remedying of such mischief . |
| 8 | She saw her role as purely an incubatory one , and will now return to her own work as a biologist — although not of course on this project — having made her most valuable contribution to my work . |
| 9 | The different viewpoints , although not of course equally informative , are equal in the sense that whether ‘ Be aware ’ obliges me to take one of them into account depends on its relevance to choices , not on its nearness to ‘ here ’ , ‘ now , or ‘ I ’ . |
| 10 | This is the reason for the ungrammaticality of : ( 40 ) the only book missing readable is Twyford 's Lives of the Slovak Saints By contrast , the examples of ( 41 ) are fully acceptable : ( 41 ) the only readable book missing is the one I told you about the only missing book readable is the one already mentioned The same contrast is seen in ( 42 ) beside the two cases of ( 43 ) which are both grammatically acceptable ( although not of course quite identical in meaning ) : ( 42 ) *one journalist striking accessible is Jana Flynn ( 43 ) one striking journalist accessible is Jana Flynn one accessible journalist striking is Jana Flynn The restriction is general , applying even if the particular adjectives concerned are ones which can normally appear postnominally . |
| 11 | I 'd been thinking for a long time that I 'd welcome the chance to talk with a psychiatrist , although not about captivity — I felt I 'd worked my way through that enough — but about my past and how I came to be the person I was when I was taken hostage . |
| 12 | Although not in flower before March , Bergenia cordifolia Purpurea is another plant blessed with evergreen foliage that has a reddish-purple tinge during winter . |
| 13 | This makes FRNs very similar in behaviour ( although not in maturity ) to money market securities traded on a yield basis . |
| 14 | The programmes of study will apply from five years of age , likewise the attainment targets , although not in operation formally until the age of seven years , will of course be drawn from the study programmes in the first two years of statutory schooling . |
| 15 | A person who picks mushrooms growing wild on any land , or who picks flowers , fruit or foliage from a plant growing wild on any land , does not ( although not in possession of the land ) , steal what he picks , unless he does it for reward or for sale or other commercial purpose . |
| 16 | The simplest configuration in principle ( although not in practice ) is a flow with uniform velocity and density gradients . |
| 17 | The man who stood aside , unsmiling , for them to enter , although not in uniform , was immediately recognisable to Dalgliesh as a police officer . |
| 18 | The donkeys have now gone of course , but you can still get to Malvern by train , and through the tunnel right under the hills , although not by steam train . |
| 19 | When the time comes , it can recoup any water loss and rehydrate very rapidly , although not by drinking . |