Example sentences of "although it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The library reference room was on the Fludyer Street side of the building and although it housed some to the 5,000 volumes in the manuscript library , some had to be distributed throughout the passages of the building . |
| 2 | Although it receives little publicity outside the ICI Group , Chlor-chemicals is one of ICI 's longest standing and most consistently successful businesses . |
| 3 | Although it sounded convincing , she was oddly certain that the travelling had very little to do with it . |
| 4 | We saw no risk at all in our artistic adventure , although it got dark much quicker than I 'd expected . |
| 5 | A harsh restructuring of basic industries , particularly steel and shipbuilding , took place under the Socialists ' rule , although it relied less than in Britain on the power of the ‘ market ’ and more on the intervention of the state . |
| 6 | Its platform was explicitly anti-immigration , although it denied any sympathy with neo-Nazis . |
| 7 | The main feature of the bureaucratic-technical class is that although it lacks effective control over the means of production its members do have control over the labour of others in their subordinate position in bureaucratic structures . |
| 8 | By 1920 it was appreciated that the Great War had brought about many changes , particularly in Europe and around the Mediterranean area ; Europe 's domination of the world had been weakened , and there was a marked decline in ‘ colonisation ’ , as well as a gradual change from ‘ British Empire ’ to ‘ British Commonwealth ’ , although it took another war to finalise that process . |
| 9 | Thus the theory of light was unified with the theory of electromagnetism , although it took another 30 years before Heinrich Hertz was able to demonstrate positively that electromagnetic waves did exist . |
| 10 | When they were not , they switched to cockles ( although it took some time for them to learn the technique of shell penetration ) . |
| 11 | International Relocation Company , which specialises in home finding for expatriates , recommends giving at least two weeks ' notice for an appointment with a British day school although it says international schools may be viewed at short notice . |
| 12 | If DCE is accepted as a de facto standard , Novell says it may embed the modules NetWare , although it says this is unlikely to happen unless OSF reviews its DCE licensing fees currently running at some $2,500 . |
| 13 | Although this is in principle one of the simplest configurations and although it played such an important role in the early history of transition studies , the details of the transition process turn out to be relatively complex and are , quite possibly , not all known . |
| 14 | Although it bid less than TSW , the latter 's business plan was deemed unviable by the Independent Television Commission with a £16.1m bid . |
| 15 | Although it takes many years for a child to master the process of reading , once acquired , the skills are comprehensive and flexible enough to cope with a diversity of written material in a variety of fonts and formats ( including previously unknown ones such as unfamiliar handwriting ) . |
| 16 | Research , although it takes many forms , has recognisable characteristics . |
| 17 | Research , although it takes many forms , has recognisable characteristics . |
| 18 | Blood heat should be the highest temperature for a smooth glossy result , although it takes more time to melt . |
| 19 | The new council retained Pietro Borghini ( PSI ) as mayor and , although it contained six independent technocrats , the same five parties , headed by the PSI and the DC , continued as the governing coalition . |
| 20 | David Clark 's committee of 25 years ago , irreverently referred to in some quarters as the ‘ Dave Clark Five ’ although it contained 13 people , took as its main brief the worsening financial position of the game consequent upon the postwar trend of falling attendances for first-class matches and declining membership of county clubs . |
| 21 | Given the rugged nature of the area , I was shocked , indeed horrified , to find that although it contained several hundred of Prince Charlie 's caves , it only boasted three Munros . |
| 22 | Although it achieved classic status , it did not become generally known until the late Victorian period , when Frances Hodgson Burnett [ q.v. ] , who had read the book as a child , retold part of it from memory in St Nicholas in 1887 , and the proper text was ‘ rediscovered ’ . |
| 23 | It is softer and milder than Double Gloucester and , although it tastes creamy , is relatively low in fat . |
| 24 | By 1911 , when Italy 's newly launched first Dreadnought battleship was significantly named the Dante Alighieri , it claimed 50,000 members ; but although it enjoyed considerable official support it had little influence on government policy . |
| 25 | The Baker-Aziz meeting was duly held in Geneva on Jan. 9 ; although it lasted six hours , no progress was made . |
| 26 | Although it became heretical to deny that God could have created other worlds , it was as dangerous to say that He had . |
| 27 | The BR watchdog body , the Central Transport Consultative Committee , said last night it was evident the crash was caused by human error , although it became clear that arrangements for supervising and auditing the quality of work were ‘ lamentably defective ’ . |
| 28 | It came as some surprise to the board when they were informed that , although it seemed unreasonable for them to have to know what was going on , they could be made liable for the damage . |
| 29 | Although it seemed odd . |
| 30 | Each game lasted approximately 30 minutes , although it seemed much less . |