Example sentences of "though it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jones 's book remained untouched on the shelves of Northumbria 's modest library in its first two years , even though it had good reviews ; and the influence of his research has been all but negligible . |
| 2 | Reading a rightwing rather than a left-wing paper improved images of Thatcher and the Conservative Party , and damaged images of Kinnock and the Labour Party , though it had little or no influence on images of the Alliance and its leaders . |
| 3 | Though it had little to differentiate itself from its colleagues , apart from double ring-grips at both head and foot , its construction was more elaborate than the standard framed and panelled model — thus it was more expensive and carried a certain snob value . |
| 4 | The BF on the other hand was named after the new Italian experiment in 1923 , even though it had little direct knowledge of the aims and ideas of Mussolini . |
| 5 | The Comédie Française did not impress her either , for it seemed to her a collection of posturing gabbling shadows , mocking at plays that she had studied in tranquillity and silence : the celebrated mirrors of Versailles were all spotty , Notre-Dame looked at her as though it had two spires missing from on top , and the famous intellectual cafés were full of old men and tourists . |
| 6 | Sir Robert Cecil , then Governor of the society , was still not satisfied and he cancelled the current lease at Christmas 1597 , even though it had one and a half years to run . |
| 7 | The new machinery , though it had considerable defects , proved more efficient and much more flexible than the old . |
| 8 | She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name . |
| 9 | The association of water conservation measures with improved administrative control was apparent from the earliest days of Masai administration , and though it became fashionable in later years to talk about ‘ anchoring ’ the Masai for development purposes , administrative convenience was always a powerful interest : ‘ the Masai have , in my view , two outstanding needs ’ , wrote the Provincial Commissioner of the Northern Province of Tanganyika in 1950 — ‘ water and discipline ’ . |
| 10 | Issi Abdul , six , clutches tightly onto his feeding bowl as though it contained liquid gold . |
| 11 | And though it seemed ridiculous to worry about a case like this , there was no doubt the thing had begun to prey on my mind . |
| 12 | At first I took them for Maria 's , though it seemed strange that she should be going down to the beach at that time . |
| 13 | The Royal Family was a constant in a fast-changing world though it seemed ready to change with the times . |
| 14 | That 's where the fuel tanks are located and though it seemed likely that the partial tearing away of the wing had also ruptured the fuel lines and spilled the fuel , there was no way of being sure and no one , again as far as I know , has ever come up against the problem of what happens when an oxyacetylene jet meets a fuel tank under water . |
| 15 | Seaward there was nothing but a pearly opalescence which , though it seemed likely to vanish at any moment , effectively blocked out sea and sky . |
| 16 | In any event , and this is the real answer , Bismarck had not yet given up hope of bringing his scheme to a successful conclusion and even though it seemed difficult to envisage just how this could be done , he waited for his moment . |
| 17 | The budget did cut the building programme for roads and motorways , though it left untouched current agreed plans . |
| 18 | The Rottweiler was recognized as a police dog , and though it came fourth behind three other breeds , it was a start , a start to a new career and one the breed took to with relish . |
| 19 | It had always been generous in terms of sick pay and sympathetic and understanding towards employees with family problems , though it expected high standards of dress and deportment and lateness , absenteeism and incivility were not tolerated . |
| 20 | Judged by the Public Service Ideal , television did well , though it fell short of perfection . |
| 21 | The police poured out to stop them , though it took three nights before the disturbances began to die down . |
| 22 | Her imperial era was over , though it took another decade and two major anti-terrorist campaigns in Borneo and Aden to complete the transition . |
| 23 | It was concerned mainly with England , though it took some evidence from other English-speaking countries ( including Scotland ) . |
| 24 | Fernando would n't like that and she wanted to please him , not anger him , though it took some doing getting his anger up . |
| 25 | Well , I know now , though it took some time before my stupid head would accept what my infinitely more sensible heart had been trying to tell it all along . ’ |
| 26 | Expensive jewellery and make-up completed the display of wealth , though it made Huy self-conscious and uneasy . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , of course , ’ said Holly , as though it made any sense to her . |
| 28 | But Ukraine , though it renounced nuclear weapons when it became independent in 1991 , is now hesitating to ratify START 1 and the Lisbon protocol , and to accede as a non-nuclear state to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) . |
| 29 | Chalk on the lay-off indicated this was probably the right line , though it looked tricky for HVS . |
| 30 | Even though it looked good , it was still rather nerve racking until the letter landed on the doormat . ’ |