Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.

" Though overshadowed by Mary Cassatt and relatively unknown to museum-goers today, Beaux's craftsmanship and extraordinary output were highly regarded in her time.

Though Sanjō was a nephew of Michinaga ( the mother of Sanjō was another sister of Michinaga ; she had died already in Sanjō's childhood and he was relatively less influenced by his maternal line ).

Though Burrough's novels suggest that the Mahar realm is limited to one relatively small area of the inner world, John Eric Holmes ' authorized sequel Mahars of Pellucidar indicates there are other areas of Mahar domination.

Though their effects remain somewhat less well understood owing to a lack of experimental data, they have been detected in various ecological habitats far removed from industrial activity such as the Arctic, demonstrating diffusion and bioaccumulation after only a relatively brief period of widespread use.

Though recently the club has enjoyed relatively sustained success, there have also been prolonged stretches of mediocrity, along with two instances when the club's ownership threatened to move the team away from San Francisco.

Though the tomato was introduced from the Spanish New World to European botanists in the 16th century, tomato sauce made a relatively late entry in Italian cuisine: in Antonio Latini's cookbook Lo scalco alla moderna ( Naples, 1692 ).

Though the sport of luge is relatively new, sled racing is one of the oldest winter sports.

Though the Jews in the Austrian duchy had been subject to local persecutions during the 13th and 14th century, their position remained relatively safe.

Though the city was founded relatively late, a sanctuary existed there since very ancient times.

( Though they lost relatively few men in overrunning Aquitaine, they suffered some casualties — losses that may have been pivotal at Tours.

Though he occupied one of the highest political offices, Bruni was relatively powerless compared to the Albizzi and Medici families.

Though the spelling has changed, the pronunciation and meaning of the word have remained relatively stable ever since.

Though St. George's was discovered by Christopher Columbus on this third voyage in 1498, the island was relatively neglected until 1650, when it was purchased by the governor of Martinique.

Though most of the Mission complex, including the quadrangle and convento, has either been altered or demolished outright during the intervening years, the façade of the Mission chapel has remained relatively unchanged since its construction in 1782 – 1791.

Though Mysore is situated in the relatively safe seismic zone 2 of the earthquake hazard zoning of India, earthquakes of magnitude greater than 4. 5 on the Richter scale have been recorded in the vicinity of the city.

Though the Stars were relatively still unknown, word of the team spread rapidly, and the immediate success of the team on the ice, as well as Mike Modano's career best season ( 50 goals, 93 points ) helped spur the team's popularity in Dallas.

Though GDP per person is higher than elsewhere in Canada, the region remains relatively poor, mostly because of the extremely high cost of most consumer goods, and the region is heavily subsidised by the government of Canada.

Though the initial charges featured allegations of Satanic abuse and a vast conspiracy, these features were dropped relatively early in the trial and prosecution continued only for non-ritual allegations of child abuse against only two individuals.

Though the precise origins of the genre are not known, examples emerged during the 1950s, when archival film footage became relatively easy to locate.

Though a relatively obscure character in the United States, Rockerduck is an example of a character who has become notable in the foreign market, particularly in stories produced for the Italian market.

Though oil was discovered in the county in 1955, production remained relatively small because the technology had not yet progressed to efficiently capture the very deep reserves known to exist.

Though able to penetrate deeper in the brain, they are less able to produced a focused, localized response and are relatively non-focal.

Though it had shared in the horrors of the pre-colonial slave trade, French West Africa was managed relatively better than other African regions during the colonial era.

Though little democracy had ever been practised in this region, and much of it was still ruled by feudalistic means, it was taken for granted that at least the forms of Western democracy would be established in this area and Western capitalism preserved within it.

Though he was destined to be a strongly counter-reforming emperor, Alexander had little prospect of succeeding to the throne during the first two decades of his life, as he had an elder brother, Nicolas, who seemed of robust constitution.

Though Rudolf Steiner studied natural science at the Vienna Technical University at the undergraduate level, his doctorate was in epistemology and very little of his work is directly concerned with the empirical sciences.

Though there remained a nominal Zhou king until 256 BC, he was largely a figurehead and held little real power.

Though, there is little evidence to support this claim.

Though the most widely used map of " The Tube ," it preserves little of reality: it varies scale constantly and abruptly, it straightens curved tracks, and it contorts directions.

Though both substances are high explosives, there is little similarity between them.

Though there is little evidence supporting Aksumite control of the region at that time, his title, which includes king of Saba and Salhen, Himyar and Dhu-Raydan ( all in modern-day Yemen ), along with gold Aksumite coins with the inscriptions, " king of the Habshat " or " Habashite ," indicate that Aksum might have retained some legal or actual footing in the area.

Though quiet by nature, he took the uncharacteristic step of urging Xerox executives to keep their California research center, Xerox PARC, afloat when the parent company was suspicious that its research center would amount to little.

Though he refused to attend church with his Episcopalian parents ( not being enthused by " the idea of sitting in a stuffy room wearing a little tie "), Jarmusch credits literature with shaping his metaphysical beliefs and leading him to reconsider theology in his mid-teens.

Though the imagery can be dark, there is little moral concern as the ideas are mixed with creative energies.

Though, he stated in 2012, that his own personal contribution is mostly merging code written by others, with little programming.

Though 68010 had a " loop mode ", which sped loops through what was effectively a tiny instruction cache, it had only two memory location and was thus little used.

Though such reactors could be built with current or near term technology, they trigger little interest for reasons of economics, practicality, or safety.

" Though it had little impact on the American charts, The Who's mod anthem presaged a more cerebral mix of musical ferocity and rebellious posture that characterized much early British punk rock: John Reed describes The Clash's emergence as a " tight ball of energy with both an image and rhetoric reminiscent of a young Pete Townshend — speed obsession, pop-art clothing, art school ambition ".

Though there was little scientific interest in the film, Patterson was still able to capitalize on it.

Though he was blind and compelled to keep to his bed, from which he gave audiences and transacted affairs of state, he surrounded himself with capable officials, many of them his Corsini relatives, but he did little for his family except to purchase and enlarge the palace built in Trastevere for the Riarii, and now known as the Palazzo Corsini ( the seat of the Regia Accademia dei Lincei ).

Though a marvel of the time, and a successful sideshow, it was considered little more than a novelty until the invention of the capsule in 1836.

Though some regarded as a failure as a novel, considering it little more than a disguised lecture on Heinlein's social theories, some readers took a very different view.

Though he captured the castles of Bothwell and Turnberry, he did little to damage the Scots ' fighting ability and, in January 1302, agreed to a nine-month truce.

Though she takes little direct part in government, the Crown remains the fount in which ultimate executive power over Government lies.

Though Mrs. Harding did keep a little red book of those who had offended her, the executive mansion was now once again open to the public, including the annual Easter egg roll.

Though the head of state, be it governor-general, monarch, or president, will have nominal powers to " check " those of the prime minister, in practice these individuals are usually regarded as little more than figureheads who are expected not to actively intervene in day-to-day politics.

Though there is little evidence to associate the document with the Dyke, it is possible that both the Dyke and the document stem from a common practice.