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 Ireland was overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, the Protestant Church remained the established church and was funded by direct taxation.

Although many businesses now operate in the area of homeland security, it is overwhelmingly a government function.

Although The Choir had essentially ceased touring, the overwhelmingly positive response to this one-off concert led to a short series of tour dates to support O How the Mighty Have Fallen in the early part of 2006.

Although the producers believed the plot development was essential, the fan response to Rhoda and Joe's separation was overwhelmingly negative and hostile.

Although a 1968 referendum to fund MARTA failed, in 1971, Fulton and DeKalb Counties successfully passed a 1 % sales tax increase to pay for operations, while Clayton and Gwinnett counties overwhelmingly rejected the tax in referendum, fearing the introduction of crime and " undesirable elements ".

Although sympathies of the overwhelmingly Greek population ( only Rhodes and Kos had Turkish communities ) leaned heavily towards Greece following its declaration of independence in 1822, the islanders did not join the Greek War of Independence, continuing instead a semi-autonomous existence as an archipelago of Greek merchants within the Ottoman Empire.

Although concrete evidence of such is yet to be presented, there were massive speculations in the Bangladesh media that young first time voters, who comprised 31 % of the entire electorate this year, overwhelmingly rejected the BNP because of its association with corrupt businessmen, Islamic fundamentalists, and war criminals.

Although Parnell and some other Home Rulers, such as Isaac Butt, were Protestants, Parnell's party was overwhelmingly Catholic.

Although it is believed that the melting of floating ice shelves will not raise sea levels, technically, there is a small effect because sea water is ~ 2. 6 % more dense than fresh water combined with the fact that ice shelves are overwhelmingly " fresh " ( having virtually no salinity ); this causes the volume of the sea water needed to displace a floating ice shelf to be slightly less than the volume of the fresh water contained in the floating ice.

Although writing that the Newseum displayed " self-glorification, pomposity and vanity " in an " overwhelmingly American-centric " way, he described the building design as " uplifting " and generally commended the features.

Although commonly appearing in languages, it is overwhelmingly present non-phonemically, largely restricted to appear before labiodental consonants like and.

According to Takarazuka scholar Lorie Brau, “ The production office and corporate structure that control Takarazuka are overwhelmingly patriarchal .” Although Takarazuka embodies Shiraishi ’ s idea that the actresses become “ good wives and wise mothers ” upon leaving the company, it also simultaneously represents progressive feminist points of view.

Although Ryan strove to make Equitable more responsive to its policy holders, public reaction to his purchase was overwhelmingly negative.

Although its government was sympathetic to Britain's plight, American public opinion at the time overwhelmingly supported isolationism to avoid U. S. involvement in " another European war ".

Although the seat had gone overwhelmingly for the Progressive Conservatives the previous year, McMeekin managed to defeat PC candidate Priscilla de Villiers by over 9, 000 votes.

Although a minority of pirate scholars dismiss the accepted version of the pirate quartermaster's importance, it is well supported by the extant secondary sources such as Charles Johnson, Cordingly and Botting, and overwhelmingly borne out by the primary sources, including Ringrose, Dampier, Snelgrave, Trott, and George Roberts.

Although overwhelmingly compatible, a number of small variations exist between the 6845 and 6545.

Although Grime is recognised as a creative and innovative musical style, there are other contributing factors to its rapid and widespread growth in popularity ; the MCs producing current Grime music are overwhelmingly young as a group.

Although Tucker's well-crafted public image was that of a competitive, overwhelmingly self-confident performer, his offstage demeanor was that of an inherently private but unfailingly considerate man, especially where fans and colleagues were concerned.

Although there are a few Christian Orthodox villages due to cultural diffusion between the Macedonian and Albanian populations, the Albanians of the Republic of Macedonia are overwhelmingly Muslim.

Although opposition candidates only secured 28 percent of People's Assembly, 2005 was a watershed moment for Egyptian politics, as oppositions candidates were overwhelmingly elected from the Muslim Brotherhood rather than secular parties.

" Although the early Gorseth used the Unified form, in June 2009, members voted overwhelmingly to adopt the new Standard Written Form as their standard.

Although distributed confessionally, all members, regardless of their religious faith, are elected by universal suffrage, forcing politicians to seek support from outside of their own religious communities, unless their co-religionists overwhelmingly dominate their particular constituency.

Although Birmingham in England has existed as a settlement for over 1, 000 years, today's city is overwhelmingly a product of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, with little surviving from its early history.