Road Politicians Promised Improve Safety Statement Conjunction Bre

• although the sun was shining, it wasn't very warm.
• although small, the kitchen is well designed.
• politicians have promised to improve road safety. so far, however, little has been achieved.
• despite clear evidence from road safety studies, no new measures have been introduced.

although

1. used for introducing a statement that makes the main statement in a sentence seem surprising
• synonym though
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• Although the sun was shining, it wasn't very warm.
• Although small, the kitchen is well designed.
• Politicians have promised to improve road safety. So far, however, little has been achieved.
• Despite clear evidence from road safety studies, no new measures have been introduced.
• Politicians have promised to improve road safety. In spite of this/Despite this, little has been achieved so far.
• Although politicians have promised to improve road safety, little has been achieved so far.
• Some politicians claim that the new transport policy has been a success. In fact, it has been a total disaster.
• Government campaigns have had a measure of success, but the fact remains that large numbers of accidents are still caused by careless drivers.
2. used to mean ‘but’ or ‘however’ when you are commenting on a statement
• I felt he was wrong, although I didn't say so at the time.
• Although/Even though/Though everyone played well, we lost the game.
• We lost the game, although/even though/though everyone played well.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from the adverb all + though.