"The most distinguished English composer of the Romantic school" is how the Grove dictionary apostrophizes William Sterndale Bennett, who, although championed by Mendelssohn and his ilk, failed to build on his early promise.
The decision to allow the development of private power plants, although championed by international institutions such as the World Bank, has resulted in Pakistan paying far more for its power than it would have done if it had built the plants itself.
Although championed by contemporary author Christine de Pizan, Queen Isabeau was perceived as a spendthrift and irresponsible philanderess.
Although Champion was dedicated to local news, he also provided first-hand accounts of the war effort.
Although champions are not the ultimate decision makers, and they rarely have substantial power within their organization, they have four things that make them irreplaceable in developing and closing the deal: credibility, connections, company intelligence, and motivation.
Although champions of England twice in the last three years, Manchester City remain outside the top five on this particular list.
Specific details were scarce, although Champion joked about the first dance earlier int he day, asking, "Is 'Stairway to Heaven' out of the question?
And although he championed the proletariat Brecht himself was, in the words of the critic Eric Bentley, "bottomlessly bourgeois".
In addition, Franken was active in health care reform, and although he championed a single-payer system, he supported the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010).
Although she champions the Paralympics and the power of sport to effect social change, Grey-Thompson doggedly punctures attempts to suggest the event will transform deep-seated discriminatory social attitudes towards disabled people overnight.
Although he championed Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization, Putin saw this as a long-denied right, as well as a rite of passage into the "big boys club".
