Although I had been inside it I had not yet seen it functioning.

Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.

Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.

Although it had seemed a good reason, to begin with: no couple could afford to have children.

Although the monarch had frequently asserted that the elections were to be without party significance, his action was an implicit admission that party identifications were a factor.

Although wanted by the sheriff for killing an old man named Asher Jones, the warrant for his arrest had never been served.

Although the first polyether foams on the market had to be produced by the two-step prepolymer method, today, thanks to new catalysts, they can be produced by a one-shot technique.

Although the particular form of conceptualization which popular imagination had made in response to the experience of spirit was undoubtedly defective, the raw experience itself which led to such excesses remains with us as vividly as ever.

Although quiet when they brought her in, she'd suddenly turned violent and had to be knocked out.

Although not much desiring the account, he had been appointed advertising head of Zenith.

Although this was the first time that Helva had seen unshelled people, she took this experience calmly.

Although Lincoln won only a plurality of the popular vote, his victory in the electoral college was decisive: Lincoln had 180 and his opponents added together had only 123.

Although Crete had contacts with Mari from 2000 BC, there is no evidence that the ecstatic prophetic art existed during the Minoan and Mycenean ages.

Although he had demonstrated no previous interest in film as a profession, Kurosawa submitted the required essay, which asked applicants to discuss the fundamental deficiencies of Japanese films and find ways to overcome them.

Although it had at first been somewhat established in many colonies, in 1861 it was ruled that, except where specifically established, the Church of England had just the same legal position as any other church.

Although popular from her first appearance in 1930, Jane Marple had to wait thirty-two years for her first big-screen appearance.

Although England decisively won the Ashes 4 – 1, Bodyline caused such a furore in Australia that diplomats had to intervene to prevent serious harm to Anglo-Australian relations, and the MCC eventually changed the Laws of cricket to curtail the number of leg side fielders.

Although he was committed to maintaining what the church had defined at Nicaea, Constantine was also bent on pacifying the situation and eventually became more lenient toward those condemned and exiled at the council.

Although much of the church hierarchy in the East had opposed the Nicene creed in the decades leading up to Theodosius ' accession, he managed to achieve unity on the basis of the Nicene creed.

Although Romans who had been adopted into a new family usually retained their old nomen in cognomen form ( e. g. Octavianus for one who had been an Octavius, Aemilianus for one who had been an Aemilius, etc.

Although it has never been determined exactly how extensive Shang-Chi's fighting skills are, he has beaten numerous superhuman opponents.

Although the games can be beaten with a minimal amount of exploration and side quests, the player is frequently rewarded for solving puzzles or exploring hidden areas with helpful items or increased abilities.

Although Arsenal failed to retain the Premier League after being beaten on the final day of the season by Manchester United, Bergkamp was the club's second-top scorer with 16 goals.

Although off the beaten path of mass tourism, Trento offers rather interesting monuments.

Although violence against Jews had not been explicitly condoned by the authorities, there were cases of Jews being beaten or assaulted.

Although Cher claimed to have been beaten by Sonny on several accounts, she said that she still loved him.

Although he led the English troops with great gallantry, they were beaten off with heavy losses.

Although minister he was not a deputy, and on standing for Paris in September 1873 he was beaten by Désiré Barodet.

Although he appears to be hard man, he has been beaten by both Bomber and Oz, with Bomber breaking his nose and Oz stunning him.

Although his fellow witches and familiar demons had commanded him to kill his children in their name, he had been unable to perform this sacrifice, for which he was beaten.

Although England were well beaten by Frank Worrell's outstanding West Indies team in 1963, Trueman had an outstanding series.

Although a significant part of the parish boundary is coast which does not need to be " beaten ", St Osyth is one parish which maintains the tradition of beating the bounds on Rogation days.

Although he was only beaten on a couple of occasions, Kuts retired at the age of 32 in 1959.

Although it has fielded hurling teams on occasions, it is primarily a Gaelic football club and, after winning the intermediate championship in 2003, Saint Senan's were narrowly beaten in the final of the 2006 Limerick Senior Football Championship.

Although the initial moves were easily beaten back by automatic fire and mortars, a second Chinese assault an hour later succeeded in overrunning the right forward platoon.

Although he was not present when the alleged attack happened, Gabriel Kgosimang, an ex-employee of Terre ' Blanche, testified that his former employer had repeatedly beaten Motshabi over the head, upper body, neck and shoulders after he crashed into him with his vehicle.

Although Ten HD was initially expected to be the first new commercial television channel in metropolitan areas of Australia since 1988, it was instead beaten to the punch by Seven HD.

Although it had beaten Harlin's film's budget, it failed to beat the whole overall project's budget.

Although it has not achieved sustained success in the K-League, historically occupying the middle and lower reaches of the standings each season, Daejeon Citizen are regarded as a side that cannot be easily beaten.

Although appearing initially to be an unlikely contender, he came second, only beaten in the final by cricketer Mark Ramprakash.

Although relatively peaceful when compared to the state-sponsored assassinations that occurred in the first decade of the Islamic republic, throughout the 1990s the theocratic regime rarely hesitated to apply violent tactics to crush its political adversaries, with demonstrators and dissidents commonly being imprisoned, beaten, tortured or murdered (“ disappeared ”).

Although beaten by Waterford United in a play-off for the title the club were back in the Premier Division for the 1990-91 season.

Although the team were unable to make it past the first round of the playoffs, bowing out to the Toronto Blizzard, they had doubled the star studded New York Cosmos in regular season play, winning two-nil in New York, and in front of 28, 000 home fans had beaten Pele, Giorgio Chinaglia and company in a 4 – 1 romp.

Although not severely beaten like Jack, David was traumatised by his assault and rough treatment and never recovered from his ordeal.