Example sentences of "though [adj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though hooded by shadow , Blanche sensed Urquhart 's eyes narrow and bore into her like hungry grubs . |
| 2 | Edward , who had probably shrewdly observed that this pretentious lordling , though haughty in manner , was a vacillating and easily manipulated nonentity , did not trouble even to be civil to his puppet or to Scottish laws and traditions . |
| 3 | Made from the traditional Dry Blackthorn Cider blend , the alcohol by volume content is greatly reduced to 0.9% by using a low temperature high vacuum distillation technique which ensures the end product is still full bodies and full flavoured though low in alcohol . |
| 4 | Such a companion volume , though different in flavour from the rest , could provide the necessary framework on which the detailed volumes could be hung in context , and to which the reader could refer to maintain an overall perspective of the series . |
| 5 | Though different in detail , these ideas are similar , in that they both derive from the clock 's observable characteristics and behaviour . |
| 6 | But the success the agency has enjoyed , though different in hue , looks unlikely to fade . |
| 7 | Though rigid with tension , she was totally acquiescent in his arms , still asleep , and gripped by God knew what nightmares . |
| 8 | In calmer moments , too , she understood how it was that Edward , though generous at heart , found it difficult to give way . |
| 9 | Though interested in nature , I was still frightened by the demands of the Great Beast and hung back , watching jealously how the coquettish Lady Francesca seemed to take great interest in Benjamin but remained impervious to my own presence . |
| 10 | As she was just under six foot tall and very slim , wore her dark hair closely cropped , and her face though free of make-up was not unattractive , the result was certainly striking . |
| 11 | Also , as noted in chapter 4 , the price of this type of credit , though high in APR terms , is very reasonable when the cost of collecting very small sums of money every week is taken into account ( provided that the check is spent quickly ) . |
| 12 | Though simple in concept , this can be a poor indicator of situations such as one in which a 10g plant and a 1g plant each gain 1g in a week . |
| 13 | 4-Aminosalicylic acid , though similar in structure to 5-aminosalicylic acid , does not inhibit eicosanoid generation and is not an effective free radical scavenger . |
| 14 | He argued that Labour policy-making , though democratic in concept , was defective in practice . |
| 15 | The almost fragile-looking Union Chain Bridge crossing the River Tweed to link England and Scotland is the earliest surviving suspension bridge in the country , though contemporary with work on Telford 's Menai Bridge ( q.v . ) . |
| 16 | How do we know it 's stolen ? ’ and warmed to him , grateful that he was willing to defend her , though fearful in case she was asked direct . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , though comprehensive on training , it said nothing about eye strain ! |
| 18 | More recently , they have been amended and supplemented by the Single European Act , signed in 1986 , and still more recently , though subject to ratification , by the Treaty on European Union , signed at Maastricht in February 1992 . |
| 19 | And she felt , though comfortable in bed , as if she were standing with the rain sluicing all over her , streaming soothing over her breasts and down her thighs , warm and comforting and she hoped that he was not in difficulties on the road and that he was thinking about the rain . |
| 20 | It was a favourite prisoners ' jeer at the guards , though unfair in view of the relative safety of the prisoners ' position . |
| 21 | However , she had recovered manfully from this shock and though infirm in leg , nevertheless flexed her ample arm easily enough to lift the immense tea-pot and replenish at frequent intervals the capable-looking tea-cups . |
| 22 | The parakeet in the shop , hearing the sweet , mechanical noise , set up a loud jabbering : vehement , meaningless syllables as though incoherent with anger because he thought the toys were mocking him . |
| 23 | Fazal Mahmood ( 12 for 99 ) and Mahmood Hussain were the Waqar and Akram of their day — though dissimilar in method , being orthodox seamers — and not even a second-innings 7 for 56 by Wardle could save the Old Country . |
| 24 | Pure Bouzy Champagnes , though profuse in number , are consistently high in quality and often improve over a period of eight to ten years in bottle . |
| 25 | But tartans which , though traditional in pattern are designed for contemporary interior decorating tastes . |
| 26 | ENGLISH law governing remedies for interference with goods is exceedingly technical , partly because of the long survival and overlap of a number of different heads of liability and partly because the law , though tortious in form , is largely proprietary in function . |
| 27 | Nayland in Suffolk was obviously a centre of the clothing trade ; a couple of miles away , Stoke , though equal in size , was completely different , having only a handful of clothiers whose businesses , by local standards were not large . |
| 28 | It is also useful to know , for instance , that the comprehensive subject coverage of research materials offered since the 1972 British Library Act is not matched by BLDSC 's retrospective holdings — which , though unparallelled for science and technology , are much less comprehensive for medicine , the social sciences and the humanities . |
| 29 | These circulars , though advisory in name , are essentially mandatory . |
| 30 | Her performance , though full of poise and presence , was at a disadvantage in terms of balance . |