Although many clergy admit privately that celibacy has to be reassessed, it is not on any official agenda.

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Since then the actress has had a steady stream of cinematic roles, although she is the first to admit that many of them are "films no-one has ever seen".

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Although outsiders are sometimes enthusiastic about their children learning Gaelic, language campaigners admit that many locals have long thought that it is English that matters most for their bairns' future.

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Although geology was still reluctant to admit to any form of "catastrophism, " eschewing biblical explanations, many read and pondered ... seriously.

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