Example sentences of "although [prep] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally a gelding , or even a mare , may be so aggressive that there is a real possibility of it seriously injuring another horse , especially if there are shelter sheds another horse can be trapped in , although for some horses even the corner of the paddock is enough . |
| 2 | Although for some domains the specific dictionary far outperformed the general , the overall margin , on average , was insufficient to justify their continued use . |
| 3 | Although for some years now people have been suing them for outrageous sums well beyond any amount that could ever be insured , when it came to the crunch litigants always settled out of court for a far lower figure . |
| 4 | Usually , pH limits of between 7 and 9 are desirable , that is , no acidity and only bicarbonate alkalinity , although for some purposes stricter limits may be necessary . |
| 5 | There is some evidence that Cornish tin-mining maintained a reasonable level of production , although with some fluctuations : a sharp drop just after the Black Death and a boom at the end of the fourteenth century were followed by a period of depression in the half-century after 1430 , with a considerable recovery by the early sixteenth century . |
| 6 | In the polytechnics themselves , as one CDP document on reactions to Developments indicated , ‘ in general , the proposals are welcomed , although with some reservations ’ . |
| 7 | C. oncophora and C. curticei are generally considered to be mild pathogens in calves and lambs respectively although in some studies they have been associated with inappetence and poor weight gains . |
| 8 | There is one pointed apical papilla flanked on each side by 3–4 rugose oral papillae , although in some specimens thee maybe more giving the appearance of a double row . |
| 9 | The radial shields are usually covered although in some specimens it is possible to see the outline of distal end . |
| 10 | The tentacle pores are large with two small tentacles although in some specimens one or both scales may be missing on some of the pores . |
| 11 | A. abyssorum differs from A. otteri in the arm spine number , the lack of any terminal hook to these spines and a lack of tentacle scales on the tentacle pore , although in some specimens of A. otteri tentacle scales may be insignificant or absent from many pores . |
| 12 | Although in some circumstances it would appear that steroid use was very sophisticated , in many instances knowledge about drugs and injection technique was very poor ’ . |
| 13 | The court said that , although in some circumstances the question whether the conduct was ‘ aimed at ’ the police may be ‘ not unhelpful , ’ that was not an essential ingredient of the offence . |
| 14 | Erinaceus europaeus — the common hedgehog to you and me — is , as its name suggests , both common and hog-like in its habits ; although in some areas its numbers have been drastically reduced by road accidents and agricultural practices . |
| 15 | It was therefore diluted instead and phased out during 1984 , although in some areas , over-zealous cadres were still busy checking bourgeois tendencies well into 1985 . |
| 16 | Although in some areas the respective powers of the Generalitat and the Spanish state remained unclearly demarcated , with serious consequences in 1934 , in general the Statute represented a balanced and satisfactory resolution of a complicated and sensitive issue . |
| 17 | These may include the managers or key workers who have moved with a decentralizing firm , although in some areas , notably Cornwall ( Perry 1979 ) , migration may occur before employment is obtained . |
| 18 | Nor is there a typical ‘ addict ’ , although in some areas there may be a particular local problem — a school where solvent abuse has become a minority craze , for example , or a housing estate where crack ( a form of cocaine ) is readily available for sale . |
| 19 | Although in some trials we noted post-randomisation exclusion of ineligible patients , early deaths , and protocol violations , we did not exclude them . |
| 20 | Although in some dioceses individual families came close to obtaining a monopoly over the episcopate , in others there was considerable rivalry which came to a head at the time of episcopal elections . |
| 21 | Although in some instances the sex/style differences are very slight , they are quite consistent in that they usually tend in the same direction , much as Labov ( 1966 : 7 ) found for social class and style : ‘ Native New Yorkers differ in their usage in terms of absolute values of the variables , but the shifts between contrasting styles follow the same pattern in almost every case . ’ |
| 22 | Most indexing terms in a thesaurus are ‘ uniterms ’ or single-concept terms , although in some instances a deliberate decision may be made to include some multi-concept terms . |
| 23 | Many mosaics of group ( b ) appear to be later than those of group ( a ) , although in some instances mosaics of each might be contemporary ( i.e. at Chedworth and North Leigh ) , and , occasionally , group ( a ) mosaics appear to be later ( if a later , fourth century , date for the Withington mosaic is accepted ) than some of group ( b ) . |
| 24 | Section 47 of the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 has not criminalised corporal punishment by a teacher ( although in some cases striking a pupil excessively was and still is an offence ) . |
| 25 | Although in some cases gonorrhoea may be suspected from the symptoms or signs of the disease , in the final analysis the diagnosis hangs on the identification of the gonococcus , either directly in a sample of mucus or other material from an infected site by microscopic examination , or by its growth in the laboratory after inoculation of such material on appropriate culture media . |
| 26 | In general , Britain 's laws do not lay down limits to the noise that a factory makes outside its walls , although in some cases local councils have permitted factory developments only on the proviso that they do not exceed specific sound levels . |
| 27 | There is no need to be too rigid in your choice of material for each season , unless you feel it is important , but nevertheless you should still maintain the overall feeling of each season , although in some cases I chose a few out-of-season flowers to give a better colour or shape . |
| 28 | The bedrooms have a full or side view of the lake , although in some cases this may be somewhat impeded by the trees . |
| 29 | Although in some cases , part of the site may survive because it lies outside the area to be destroyed , more often the whole site disappears and only excavation records and finds are left . |
| 30 | Furthermore , it is often possible to replicate the artefacts in order to test the hypotheses about a particular object , although in some cases several different technological methods might arrive at an identical end-product . |