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Though the Liberals ' fortunes had been sagging in the post-war years, there remained no doubt that they could again defeat the Conservatives ; their real challenge was evidently from the newly politicized UFA.

Though and slightly
Though only slightly injured himself the big hoodlum never returned to those parts.
Though the general structure of all antibodies is very similar, a small region at the tip of the protein is extremely variable, allowing millions of antibodies with slightly different tip structures, or antigen binding sites, to exist.
Though this defensive loophole slightly narrows the types of cases which may be prosecuted for perjury, the effect of this statutory defense is to promote a truthful retelling of facts by witnesses, thus helping to ensure the reliability of American court proceedings just as broadened perjury statutes aimed to do.
Though he left most of the game ( including the distribution of letters ) unchanged, Brunot slightly rearranged the " premium " squares of the board and simplified the rules ; he also changed the name of the game to " Scrabble ," a real word which means " to scratch frantically.
Though different Christian denominations have slightly different versions of the Old Testament in their Bibles, the Torah as the " Five Books of Moses " ( or " the Mosaic Law ") is common among them all.
Though Ryan's actual winning percentage hovered only slightly over. 500, his strikeouts and no-hitters brought him media attention.
Though slightly older, he is still the same person as before and is happy to share more good times with his friends all summer.
Though housing in the neighborhood is slightly cheaper than in fashionable nearby parts of Manhattan, prices for apartments here rose a great deal during the boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s — as much as 500 percent in a decade.
Though Addison has only slightly over 13, 000 residents, daytime population is estimated at over 100, 000.
Though slightly insecure about taking over in light of his predecessor, Robert proves to be an excellent leader.
Though the engine was slightly downgraded from the LP 400 model ( 355 PS ), the most radical changes were in the exterior, where the tires were replaced with much wider Pirelli P7 units, and fiberglass wheel arch extensions were added, giving the car the fundamental look it kept until the end of its production run.
Though it has a far smaller population, it is slightly larger than the North Island.
Though they recovered slightly in the 1997 election, the Progressive Conservatives lost seats in 2000 and would never be a major force in Canadian politics again.
Though the meaning of the term varies slightly in different Christian theological traditions, it generally means that a church or denomination limits participation either to members of their own church, members of their own denomination, or members of some specific class ( e. g., baptized members of evangelical churches ).
* The prophet of " Though I have seen my head ( grown slightly bald ) brought in upon a platter / I am no prophet-and here's no great matter " ( 81-2 ) is John the Baptist, whose head was delivered to Salome by Herod as a reward for her dancing ( Matthew 14: 1-11, and Oscar Wilde's play Salome ).
Though assessed at only one sulung, it had a slightly higher value than might be expected, at £ 7, both in 1066 and in 1086.
Though a conventional blues arrangement, " Moonlight Drive "' s defining feature was its slightly off-beat rhythm and, more significantly, Robby Krieger's ' Bottle-neck ' guitar which creates an eerie sound.
Though criticized by some for his use of photography, Remington often created depictions that slightly exaggerated natural motion to satisfy the eye.
Though it was launched as a supermini, it was about the same length ( 3725mm ) and height ( 1430mm ), ( but slightly narrower at 1526mm ) as a Volkswagen Golf Mk1, which was in the next class up.
Though microdermals do have a slightly larger chance to leave a scar than a piercing, they will heal eventually and be almost unnoticeable.
Though influenced strongly by the Soviet Union, Kádár enacted a policy slightly contrary to that of Moscow, for example, allowing considerably large private plots for farmers of collective farms.
Though only published for slightly over two years, the paper served to educate and unify otherwise scattered groups.
Though it had slightly shorter range, it was quieter and highly reliable.
Though slightly more expensive, indirect systems offer freeze protection and typically offer overheat protection as well.

Though and from
Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.
Though the four boys and two girls, the youngest nineteen years of age, the oldest twenty-four, came from varying backgrounds and had different professional and personal interests, there was surprising agreement among them.
Though he is also concerned with freeing dance from pedestrian modes of activity, Merce Cunningham has selected a very different method for achieving his aim.
Though far from completion, these studies indicated beyond a doubt that savings would result which would be of unprecedented benefit to the railroads concerned, their investors, their customers, their users, and to the public at large.
Though there was an occasional good-natured chuckle about Marvin Goulding, the Jewish officer from Chicago, singing tearfully about the ould sod, no one really thought it was strange.
Though by no means an ideal procedure, a red wine may similarly be brought from the cellar to the dining room and opened twenty minutes or so before serving time.
Though President John F. Kennedy was primarily concerned with the crucial problems of Berlin and disarmament adviser McCloy's unexpected report from Khrushchev, his new enthusiasm and reliance on personal diplomacy involved him in other key problems of U.S. foreign policy last week.
Though that may be unfair since Ben Cooper, John's first son, came along early in 1938, the cutest baby you ever saw and a blessing that he looked all Cooper from fontanel to pink toes, nary a trace of Edythe.
Though they saw the old-style chemical rockets lift up from the field beyond B'dikkat's cabin, they did not make plans to hide among the frozen crop of transmuted flesh.
Though he quickly dropped " Octavianus " from his name and his contemporaries referred to him as " Caesar " during this period, historians refer to him as Octavian between 44 BC and 27 BC.
Though she suffered from consumption, Eliza supported Johnson's endeavors.
Though his party won the governor's race and control of the legislature, Johnson still had to overcome considerable opposition from the conservatives in both parties.
Though there was no Bronze Age city on the site, archaeology has detected human activity that is evident from the earliest Iron Age, circa 1100 BC.
Though both ended up as rogue governments and did not follow through on their constitutional promises, they began as responses from the Athenian elite to what they saw as the inherent arbitrariness of government by the masses ( Plato in the Seventh Epistle does remark that the Thirty made the preceding democratic regime look like a Golden Age ).
Though from vastly different backgrounds, within three months Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell were married on 29 December 1812.
Though, theoretically, all life forms are said to deserve full protection from all kinds of injury, Jains admit that this ideal cannot be completely implemented in practice.
Though authors are not allowed to charge for access to copies of their work, downloading a copy from the ACM site requires a paid subscription.
Though at first well received in political circles, it was eventually doomed by well-organized opposition from conservatives, the American Medical Association, and the health insurance industry.
Though a practicing Christian, he had been born into a Jewish family with origins from Portugal, and had converted at a young age.
Though initially unenthusiastic about acting, he returned from service, auditioned for a Broadway play, and was offered a role.
Though distinct, the three persons cannot be divided from one another in being or in operation.
Though diverse, these views may be generally classified into those that hold Christ to be only divine and not differing from the Father hypostatically ; those that hold Christ to be less fully God than the Father ; in other forms being completely human and a messenger as the perfect created human.
Though the United States refused to aide Chiang Kai-shek in his hope to " recover the mainland ," it continued supporting the Republic of China with military supplies and expertise to prevent Taiwan from falling into PRC hands.
Though the article was signed pseudonymously by " X ," it was well known at the time that the true author was George F. Kennan, the deputy chief of mission of the United States to the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1946, under ambassador W. Averell Harriman.
Though Gondwana was still intact in the beginning of the Cretaceous, it broke up as South America, Antarctica and Australia rifted away from Africa ( though India and Madagascar remained attached to each other ); thus, the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans were newly formed.

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