Sentence examples for though often only from inspiring English sources

Goya is almost always funny, though often only he, or his imperturbable daemon, laughs.

It's a place where there is more time to try new things, though often only tepid interest in doing so.

And private equity firms can again borrow money, though often only enough to buy one business at a time rather than to swallow a conglomerate whole and conduct the breakup themselves.

Similarly, Charles Mills argues in The Racial Contract (1997) that whites have had an actual, historical, sometimes explicit, though often only implicit, contract to enforce white supremacy.

So it remained until growing industrialization prompted a separation of the two: those who could afford to live in quieter, cleaner places away from the places of commerce and industry did so, though often only a short carriage or trolley ride away from their office, factory or shop.

Other interviewees argued that smokefree parks were justified, though often only if introduced in a 'bottom-up' fashion generated by community concern.

Numerous European and American student textbooks have treated the Basseri as prototypical - though often the only example mentioned - of nomadic tribes not just of Iran but sometimes of all southwest Asia, despite Barth himself having written monographs about two other, very different, tribal peoples of the region: the Jaf Kurds of Iraq and the Marri Baluch of Pakistan.

He starts with the advantage of instant respect, which is handy for any manager, though often that only means the inevitable early mistakes are magnified and the learning process is conducted in public.

Traders respond to the heat by employing fans, though often the only space available for a fan is under the desk, where it is called a "ball fan".… Tells about a bill trade for July 22 notes, and about a dinner with two brokers and writer's friend, Josh… Josh brings the conversation around to "the number".

And then by lunch on Sunday, looking distinctly second best, they reach Barceloneta, heading for the beach along Passeig de Joan de Borbó, which runs along the district's edge (though often getting only as far as the Fastnet, an Irish bar with Sky Sports).

As Jonathan Glennie wrote in the Guardian recently: "Potatoes and onions were selling for a pittance, and [campesinos] were desperately trying to avoid the temptation to grow coca, which — though often the only option if people want to put food on the table, send their kids to school or make improvements to their homes — brings the threat of violence".