Example sentences of "[to-vb] although " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ages seemed to pass although it was only moments , until a pollen-laden grass flower tickled his nose and he sneezed himself back to life again . |
| 2 | Two weeks ago , a one-ton bomb at Canary Wharf failed to detonate although experts have failed to find out why . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've seen all his films except Do Me A Favour ! which funnily enough I 've never managed to catch although it 's on TV all the time . |
| 4 | I could n't go back to work although I had tried several times and socializing was no fun at all . |
| 5 | However , in Bottomley v Ambler ( 1878 ) 38 LT 545 an arbitration award was allowed to stand although the principle had not been followed . |
| 6 | There were a number of part-time farmers who indicated they would be happy to take part of their holidays to attend although holidays were normally taken to coincide with the busy time on the farm . |
| 7 | Bridget asked that teachers encourage class members to attend although no german teacher would be there a very enjoyable and lively time was envisaged with Society trainers taking the sessions . |
| 8 | To quench is more than to refresh although our lying , lascivious eyes tell us the two are the same . |
| 9 | Soaring like a sharp wedge , its sandstone rocks have defied the storms of ages but have been split and shattered into a succession of strange pinnacles requiring the skill of rockclimbers to surmount although , by trial and error , walkers can make progress by avoiding the crest of the ridge in places of difficulty , using stony gullies for descent and re-ascent . |
| 10 | Dealing costs continue to fall although share shop services are still not universal among banks and building societies . |
| 11 | ‘ Imports have continued to fall although there was some increase in store heifers , ’ states LMC chief executive Brendan McGahan . |
| 12 | The world of the Press knew Maggie Howard , and hardened newsmen tended to duck although they looked every month for her byline and read her features avidly . |
| 13 | On occasions the courts have gone further and disqualified a member of a tribunal or board " if there are circumstances so affecting a person acting in a judicial capacity as to be calculated to create in the mind of a reasonable man a suspicion of that person 's impartiality , those circumstances are sufficient to disqualify although in fact no bias exists " ; see Law v. Chartered Institute of Patent Agents [ 1919 ] 2 Chapter 276 ; Metropolitan Properties Co . |
| 14 | They are very difficult to destroy although the enemy may try to attack them with other engines of war , large monsters or magic for example . |
| 15 | Outside working hours Andy still likes to paddle although there is little time in the summer . |
| 16 | Chimpanzees younger than two years old do not attempt to fish although they do watch their mother doing it . |
| 17 | Mr a forty four year old restaurant owner is still unable to sleep although his four year old son appears unaffected by what happened . |
| 18 | He had never been taught to draw although he admits that to him it is ‘ as natural as breathing . |
| 19 | Scorsese 's working on Edith Wharton 's The Age Of Innocence , Coppola on Bram Stoker 's Dracula and now Mel Brooks is promising to do Oliver Goldsmith 's restoration comedy She Stoops To Conquer Although Slacker , the original film about twentynothings , remains unreleased over here , Hollywood has several attempts to tap the Generation X market on the way . |
| 20 | If the original statement requires correction it is presumably necessary to seek leave to amend although the rules are silent on this . |
| 21 | Just 16 days ago a one-ton van bomb dumped at East London 's massive office development Canary Wharf also failed to explode although experts have been unable to find any fault . |
| 22 | Some of my friends have been frightened into no longer wanting to smoke , others have faced the facts but are reconciled to being fonder of smoking than they are afraid of cancer , but I myself yield to the temptation to smoke although convinced that I ought to abstain . |
| 23 | The hall and the gallery and the enormous stained glass windows which faced the door as you came in , and the three reception rooms were ours , and as I suffer from terrible claustrophobia , I thought it was a wonderful place to live although David , who I am sure does n't suffer from claustrophobia as badly as I do , being British and like most British people , would be content to live in smaller environments . |
| 24 | The minor one is that with the wing and two very heavy jet engines gone we have all that less to lift although I 'm certain we could have lifted the whole lot without trouble . |
| 25 | Bulk modulus is not an easy quantity to measure although , for isotropic materials , it is of more fundamental importance than Young 's modulus to the material scientist . |
| 26 | After about two years she met a man whom she loved and agreed to marry although worried that her daughter had stayed very withdrawn from him . |
| 27 | Level sites are generally more economic to develop although deep sewers may be required and care with layout must be exercised to give interest and variety . |
| 28 | Morton , in the cold gleam of sober day , had tended to make light of Edward 's ‘ chatter with the fillies ’ , and appeared to have nothing concrete to offer although exhorting him to ‘ keep his eyes and ears open ’ , and harping on his private means . |
| 29 | The hidden agenda helps to explain although not to justify it . |
| 30 | This is because there is no equivalent of group relief for capital losses , that is to say although group relievable items as defined in s403 TA 1988 can be set against a claimant company 's profits , including chargeable gains , there is no facility , in the inverse situation , for surrendering capital losses against profits of another group company . |