Example sentences of "although a few [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The afternoon will then have some good sunny spells , although a few showers are also possible .
2 Although a few birds usually spend the summer in Shetland they have not so far been proved to breed here .
3 He had a grey fringe round back and sides , although a few wisps that had once been fair or ginger were combed over the top .
4 Most ‘ educationists ’ subscribed to the same principle , although a few teachers in the National Association of Labour Teachers and the TUC had begun to look beyond ‘ equality of opportunity ’ to equality of provision .
5 This usually has no effect ( although a few users have been sick , in which case another form of abortion is offered ) and she 's then sent home .
6 He is drunk , although a few stages short of rat-arsed .
7 The nine-year-old has been a fine servant for trainer David Nicholson and , although a few pounds below the very best over two miles , he picks up enough prize-money each year to comfortably pay his oats bill .
8 Gloucester showed no desire to unleash a northern invasion of the south , although a few northerners did receive minor pickings there .
9 Gloucester showed no desire to unleash a northern invasion of the south , although a few northerners did receive minor pickings there .
10 Although a few analysts remained bullish about the market , most had serious reservations .
11 Much the same is true of the UK , although a few case-studies of school-based evaluation activities are beginning to appear in the literature .
12 None of these pupils had used a diagram to assist them to obtain their answers , although a few diagrams were found among the descriptions of methods sent in by teachers in one liaison group .
13 With November came the herring season and the boats would sail up the coast to Torbay , then back around Bigbury Bay and Plymouth , although a few boats continued to fish for pilchards from Looe throughout the Winter .
14 Although a few jobs have been lost , the workforce today is nearly 200 , whose jobs are now more secure because of automation .
15 Most of the vines are planted at a height of between 120 and 180 metres , although a few plots can be found at 200 to 220 metres in the northern part of the vineyard , bordering the vines of Bouzy .
16 Far from commanding respect they were the object of widespread disdain and , although a few magnates became major patrons of the arts , they were in general almost wholly lacking in cultural influence over the wider educated public .
17 It was possible all the jewellery removed from the display had been recovered , although a few items might still be missing , he added .
18 There are many varieties of blue cheeses , most of which are produced by introducing a controlled penicillium into the paste during ripening , although a few cheeses do blue naturally .
19 The mill no longer stands although a few traces remain , near the farm .
20 Although a few years since Sunday Caddies were mentioned , they were still controversial , and in 1925 the Harpsden Parish Church of St Margaret sought to ban them under 14 years of age , so as to improve the chances of their attending Sunday School and Church .
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