Sentence examples for belated though from inspiring English sources

But several blunders by Federal officers, swift action by Beauregard, and Lee's belated though rapid reaction enabled the Confederates to hold Petersburg.

He was promoted to assistant professor in 1859 in belated, though quite inadequate, recognition of his extraordinary body of neurological and embryological research.

Pakistan's top officials said Monday that General Musharraf would be sworn in as a civilian president in Islamabad on Thursday, which would be a belated, though significant, concession to both his political opposition here and supporters in the Bush administration who have demanded it as an important step toward restoring civilian rule.

We could, belated though it may be, engage in serious radio broadcasting into Iran, just as we once broadcast into the Soviet Union and its satellite nations during the Cold War.

These progressive moves, though belated and insufficient, must be welcomed.

But though belated, a new age of realism is perhaps dawning.

This is a welcome though belated move, but what is required is a thorough discussion of what is possible: proactive, not reactive.

Though belated, the World Bank's assessment that some of its policies and projects in Africa are failures is encouraging ("World Bank Cites Itself in Study of Africa's Bleak Performance," news article, June 1).

At a time of unrelenting criticism of the public schools in this country, it is refreshing to read Thomas L. Friedman's moving, though belated, tribute to his high school journalism teacher, who died last year ("My Favorite Teacher," column, Jan . 9.

By chance, the smaller exhibition tucked away at the opposite end of the gallery was another, though belated, retrospective of a photographer named William Mortensen.

Though belated, Fox Networks made the right move by benching Tyson and conducting an investigation, which Tyson says will have his full cooperation.