Although relatively large for a theropod, Albertosaurus was much smaller than its more famous relative Tyrannosaurus, probably weighing less than 2 metric tons.

Although most stand alone in the landscape, some examples exist of brochs surrounded by clusters of smaller dwellings.

Although WMAP provided very accurate measurements of the great angular-scale fluctuations in the CMB ( structures about as broad in the sky as the moon ), it did not have the angular resolution to measure the smaller scale fluctuations which had been observed by former ground-based interferometers.

Although Djibouti runs a substantial surplus in its services balance, the surplus has been smaller than the deficit in the merchandise trade balance.

( Although the pressures needed may be around a thousand times smaller for sandy soil and some clays.

Although found in smaller numbers outside of Korea, they are often considerably larger than Korean dolmen.

Although Scottish Labour won more seats than any other party, they did not have a majority in Parliament to allow them to form an Executive without the help of a smaller party.

Although MICAS is more sensitive, its field-of-view is an order of magnitude smaller, creating a greater information processing burden.

Although many consisted of quite sizable haciendas, they were generally much smaller than the estates commonly found elsewhere in South America.

Although the term eftpos is popularly used to describe the system, EFTPOS is a trademark of EFTPOS NZ the smaller of the two providers.

Although forests are classified primarily by trees, the concept of a forest ecosystem includes additional species ( such as smaller plants, fungi, bacteria, and animals ) as well as physical and chemical processes such as energy flow and nutrient cycling.

Although Schmidt's organ works may resemble others of the era in terms of length, complexity, and difficulty, they are forward-looking in being conceived for the smaller, clearer, classical-style instruments of the Orgelbewegung, which he advocated.

Although succeeding pyramids were smaller, pyramid building continued until the end of the Middle Kingdom.

Although the Milky Way has never collided with a galaxy as large as Andromeda before, evidence of past collisions of the Milky Way with smaller dwarf galaxies is increasing.

Although the wine gallon had been used for centuries for import duty purposes there was no legal standard of it in the Exchequer and a smaller gallon was actually in use, so this statute became necessary.

Although the use of water power gave way to steam power in many of the larger mills and factories, it was still used during the 18th and 19th centuries for many smaller operations, such as driving the bellows in small blast furnaces ( e. g. the Dyfi Furnace ) and gristmills, such as those built at Saint Anthony Falls, which uses the 50-foot ( 15 m ) drop in the Mississippi River.

Although large airliners and, increasingly, smaller aircraft now carry their own terrain awareness and warning system TAWS, these are primarily backup systems providing a last layer of defense if a sequence of errors or omissions causes a dangerous situation.

Although it is smaller than the Great Lakes of Ontario, Erie, Huron, Superior, or Michigan, Lake Champlain is a large body of fresh water.

Although smaller molecules simply diffuse through the pores, larger molecules may be recognized by specific signal sequences and then be diffused with the help of nucleoporins into or out of the nucleus.

Although the number of cellular phones has grown enormously, surpassing that for standard ( i. e., landline ) telephones in 2003, the overall ratio of phones per capita has nonetheless remained much smaller than it is for the developed countries.

Although enzymes can consist of hundreds of amino acids, it is usually only a small fraction of the residues that come in contact with the substrate, and an even smaller fraction — three to four residues on average — that are directly involved in catalysis.

Although mathematically more complex, elliptic curves provide smaller key sizes and faster operations for approximately equivalent estimated security.

Although the inner surface of the Earth has an absolute smaller area than the outer, Pellucidar actually has a greater land area, as its continents mirror the surface world's oceans and its oceans mirror the surface continents.

Although various other members of the Nymphaeaceae family grew well, the house did not suit the Victoria, purportedly because of a poor ventilation system, and this specimen, was moved to another, smaller, house.

Although somewhat smaller, Doctor Who fandom considerably predates Star Trek fandom.

Although the companies merged under the banner of Herald Media, Inc., the suburban papers maintained their distinct editorial and marketing identity.

Although its Academy Award was presented to Taiwan, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was in fact an international co-production between companies in four regions: the Chinese company China Film Co-Production Corporation ; the American companies Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Sony Pictures Classics and Good Machine ; the Hong Kong company EDKO Film ; and the Taiwanese Zoom Hunt International Productions Company, Ltd ; as well as the unspecified United China Vision, and Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., created solely for this film.

Although organizational communication, as a field of study, is usually geared toward companies and business groups, these may also be seen as communities.

Although the CPS called itself a grass-roots movement, it had no members and was financed by The 61, " a private sector operational intelligence agency " said by its founder, Brian Crozier, to be funded by " rich individuals and a few private companies ".

Although individual buses are generally owned by individuals or small companies, the timetables, fares, and levels of service are set by Strandfaraskip Landsins and the government.

Although the British industry continued to expand after its brilliant beginning, the new companies that replaced the first innovative film-makers proved unable to preserve their drive and originality.

Although film production began again in 1915, it was on a reduced scale, and the biggest companies gradually retired from production, to concentrate on film distribution and exhibition.

Although technically illegal for purposes of distribution and use, the distribution, sale and use of cocaine was still legal for registered companies and individuals.

Although some Itanium-based workstations were initially introduced by companies such as SGI, they are no longer available.

Although Lycos Europe remains the largest of Lycos's overseas ventures, several other companies also entered into joint venture agreements including Lycos Canada, Lycos Korea and Lycos Asia.

Although plans to lift investment restrictions were announced in May 2012, the change awaited what administration officials said were detailed reporting requirements on U. S. companies doing business in Burma, along with creating mechanisms to prevent U. S. economic ties to the powerful Burmese military and individuals and companies involved in human rights abuses.

Although TOCs compete against each other for franchises, and for passengers on routes where more than one TOC operates, the strapline used with the National Rail logo is ' Britain's train companies working together '.

Although both DuMont and Paramount executives stated that the companies were separate, the FCC ruled that Paramount's partial ownership of DuMont meant that DuMont and Paramount were in theory branches of the same company.

Although private companies will provide a similar good or service alongside the government, opponents of privatization are careful about completely transferring the provision of public goods, services and assets into private hands for the following reasons:

Although the reciprocating steam engine is no longer in widespread commercial use, various companies are exploring or exploiting the potential of the engine as an alternative to internal combustion engines.

; Metal laminates: Although a number of companies had experimented with all-aluminum skis in the 1940s, none of these proved practical.

Although several companies each produce over a billion individually packaged ( known as discrete ) transistors every year,

Although the global financial crisis from 2007 to 2010 affected sales and exports, the industry has rebounded with companies posting record profits for 2010.

Although a medium-sized city, Toruń is the site of headquarters of some of the largest and most influential companies in Poland, or at least of their subsidiaries.

Although slavery had been legally abolished in Mozambique by the Portuguese authorities, at the end of the 19th century the Chartered companies enacted a forced labor policy and supplied cheap – often forced – African labor to the mines and plantations of the nearby British colonies and South Africa.

" Although independent companies typically serve these areas, RBOC LECs still have vast territories of low population density regions of the country.

Although postal codes are usually assigned to geographical areas, special codes are sometimes assigned to individual addresses or to institutions that receive large volumes of mail, such as government agencies and large commercial companies.

Although big companies spend time giving consumers a pleasant shopping experience, the design of a supermarket is directly connected to the in-store marketing that supermarkets must conduct in order to get shoppers to spend more money while there.