Example sentences of "though [pron] [adv] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The NGC numbers have more or less superseded the lists compiled by William Herschel , a contemporary of Messier 's , though we still find some Herschel numbers ; for example the irregular galaxy M82 in Ursa Major ( too dim to be seen with binoculars ) is also known as NGC 3034 and as H.IV 79 , the 79th object in Herschel 's fourth catalogue . |
| 2 | There was one vital breakthrough for the nationalist consciousness , though there still remains some doubt as to how deep this was for the Fianna Fáil party : all the parties committed themselves to the recognition of the protestant — loyalist group as having legitimate aspirations and affirmed the need for the recognition of ‘ two sets of legitimate rights ’ coexisting in the island as a whole : ‘ Constitutional nationalists are determined to secure justice for all traditions … |
| 3 | The door was only pushed to , though it still took some fancy paw-work to haul it open . |
| 4 | He does in general , though he also knocks some gilt off the gingerbread by pointing out how easy it all was . |
| 5 | When he returned to his room Coleridge was mortified to discover that ‘ though he still retained some vague and dim recollection of the general purport of the vision , yet , with the exception of some eight or ten scattered lines and images , all the rest had passed away like the images on the surface of a stream into which a stone has been cast … ’ |