(1) It was a clean-cut, agreeable dish albeit a touch bland for more adventurous palates.

(2) Sports news is one area where some improvement is needed, albeit really rather slight.

(3) To a very large extent the BBC is a government corporation albeit at a couple of steps removed.

(4) It was a no-turning-back speech, albeit spoken with an emotional catch in the throat.

(5) It has all the hustle and bustle of a typical Gordon Brown day, albeit in unusual surroundings.

(6) But if there are any pluses in this at least now people will hear the truth, albeit in a court of law.

(7) He was making progress, albeit rather slowly

(8) The same trend applies, albeit to a less impressive extent, in the abbreviated format.

(9) Back to the theme of homicide, albeit in a world rather more familiar than that of Minority Report.

(10) They were getting it, albeit slowly, but the results were mixed to say the least.

(11) The area continued as a centre for music into the Seventies and beyond, albeit on a much smaller scale.

(12) He has done that in 14 years as a test cricketer, albeit subject to selectorial whims.

(13) Negotiation and mediation seems to be solving the Irish question albeit very slowly.

(14) It's a concept album in that it tells a story - albeit with a rather lame twist at the end.

(15) They can also guarantee a place in European competition next season, albeit the Uefa Cup.

(16) The presence of live actors and real objects anchors you, albeit tenuously, in the world.

(17) It seems to have washed its face and opened its doors to the outside world - albeit with caution.

(18) We hear a song from our past and are transported back to a memory from long ago, albeit a good or a bad one.

(19) Six famous women who, albeit unconsciously, gave us a classic of school literature.

(20) Throughout this year retail sales have shown a rise, albeit a declining one, on levels of a year ago.