There are also risks of victory, even if less apparent.
One begins to hunger for some other views, even if less elegantly and sympathetically expressed.
Yet growth and employment are still big challenges, even if less than in some neighbouring countries.
Bricks are still being laid, even if less profit is being made.
This suggests the agreement will continue to shape Iranian politics, even if less strongly over time.
And even if less numerous, the new militants appear highly motivated.
But on repeated listening the hand of Dutilleux, the master of structure, remains audible, even if less conspicuous.
Since the late 1990s, the feeling has been growing among Japanese business groups that a more efficient, even if less consensual, legal system might be to their advantage.
Given that employers still contribute to the vast majority of schemes (even if less generously than they did to DB schemes), workers are turning down free money.
Even if less effective, it would be much simpler to address these problems with readily available mechanisms to "moralize, medicalize, and legalize".
Even so, he said he owned bank stocks because "they're very cheap, and they're big franchises that are making money," even if less than in the past.
