Example sentences of "although [adv] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carnivores are among the most socially complex mammals , although only a few of them form sociable groups . |
| 2 | The sculptures and inscriptions with which the Romans embellished their cities provide a particularly valuable insight into the purpose of Roman monuments , although only a few sites are known in which buildings , statues and inscriptions survive together . |
| 3 | Although only a few churches were listed in Domesday Book for Sussex , there must have been many more and the growth of towns and Wealden colonisation saw the establishment of a fixed parish system by the early thirteenth century . |
| 4 | Anthropology had begun the slow erosion of certainty of the absolute superiority of European civilization , although only a few were aware of what was happening . |
| 5 | The gap between the two , although only a few metres wide , is deep enough for my boat to pass through at any state of tide . |
| 6 | Walton ( 1985 ) claims that at least a thousand plants in America have transformed their workforce strategy in an attempt to move from an organizational culture of control to one based on commitment , although only a few have a comprehensive commitment strategy . |
| 7 | Although only a few miles separate Richmond from Leeds and Beverley from Hull , prices differ enormously . |
| 8 | Although only a few cases have been studied , it seems probable that extensive infiltration and smooth muscle replacement by amyloid deposits occur in patients with AH amyloidosis , as shown in our case . |
| 9 | Although only a few of the sources of political controversy of the time have been touched upon , enough has been said to demonstrate that people could not be immune from the implications of political decisions taken at Westminster or St James 's . |
| 10 | The great majority of the 150-strong audience at the independent Polam Hall School supported Mr Fallon although only a few will be voting for real on April 9 . |
| 11 | There are no mother-in-law jokes , although inevitably a few ethnic ones slipped in . |
| 12 | Discussion revealed that women 's interests lay very much with lambing , first aid , dairy husbandry and financial management although quite a few were doubtful about their capacity to cope with the last of these subjects . |
| 13 | ‘ All the guys down here will choose to wear plain , dark wetsuits , although quite a few of us are dictated to by sponsors on that front . |
| 14 | Although quite a few of the sample married , like Annie J. , comparatively late in life , most of the marriages were contracted while the bride was still in her twenties . |
| 15 | Although quite a few had subsequently been dismissed , both Braithwaite and Colclough having had their spies in the Chartist ranks , men who had sung those Chartist hymns about freedom and justice the loudest as they had been memorizing names and faces to sell afterwards to Uriah and Ben . |