Sentence examples for though in principle from inspiring English sources

And though, in principle, an indoor rainforest in Iowa is no more bizarre than the Eden Project in Cornwall, which pulls in 1.4m visitors a year, state businesses are still unpersuaded that Earthpark can draw the crowds or charge enough to break even, and no town has yet ponied up the $25m stake its organisers are asking for.Des Moines, Iowa's capital, was the first to say no.

f y and (boldsymbol {f}_{bar {boldsymbol {y}}} are functions that specify the shape of the relationship between the network statistics and the node- and network-level outcomes. Though, in principle, the shape of f y should be guided by theory (where possible), through the rest of this section, we take f y to be a linear index in its argument, as is common in the literature.

Apparently there are no such theories existing even though in principle one could calculate the energy of any alloy system.

But I find it strange that many European federalists, though in principle opposed to protectionism, have joined the Barroso bandwagon.

The squeaky-voiced Ms. Prince, though in principle well cast as two unraveling matrons memorably played by Doris Roberts in 1974, is more dizzying than dizzy.

British analysts said a jail term appeared likely, with sentencing guidelines of 4 to 36 months, though in principle, a life sentence is possible.

No Arabs are on the faculty, though Polisar says that "in principle, we're certainly open to it" and that the college hopes to bring in Arab, Muslim, and Christian speakers who are experts in their fields.

(Galileo himself had advocated the preparation of such tables for this purpose, but the method, though sound in principle, could not be made practical aboard sailing ships).

Still, his hypercautious reluctance to send troops into danger led him at that time to take a position no different from isolationists in practice, though different in principle.Moreover, his reluctance to use force was not confined to the Gulf.

It is pursuing an aggressive anti-corruption drive which, though laudable in principle, has created uncertainty in the economy, causing a worrisome drop in investment.In any case the restoration of democracy looks far-off.

First, because the result gives the Democrats the 60th Senate vote they need to block filibusters, thus opening the way, though perhaps in principle rather than practice, for President Obama to get his bills unscathed through Congress.