The phrase "although only a weak" is grammatically correct but incomplete, making it less usable in written English without additional context.
You can use it when introducing a contrast or limitation related to something that is described as weak.
Example: "Although only a weak argument, it still managed to sway some opinions."
Alternatives: "despite being a weak" or "even if it's just a weak".
Although only a weak preference for anionic species, this property of MscS has always been reproducibly reported, irrespective of the specific recording conditions (1, 3, 7, 17).
Thus, as here, although only a weak difference in hypertension incidence exists by sex, the pathogenesis of blood pressure elevation is likely to differ between men and women.
Oral health knowledge is considered to be an essential prerequisite for health-related behavior [ 12], although only a weak association seems to exist between knowledge and behavior in cross-sectional studies [ 13, 14].
Although only a weak anti-proliferative effect was observed, Gray et al. [ 53] recently reported that MCoTI-II inhibited invasive cell migration in a matriptase over-expressed PC-3 cell line.
In the present study, although only a weak correlation was found between age and serum HMGB1 levels, age was independently associated with serum HMGB1 levels regardless of the diagnosis of LVV or control status.
Although only a weak expression of MMP-24 mRNA was detected in PA-1 cells, a strong expression of two protein bands of 65 KDa and approximately 55 KDa were seen in Western blot.
Although they found only a weak link to birth season for women, men's BMIs were highly correlated.
The left M170 also showed faster peak latencies for high than for low frequency items, although this was only a weak trend (F 1,12) = 2.19, p = 0.16).
Although we observed only a weak correlation of somatic mutations and gene expression for RTKs, we noticed a remarkable correlation for mutations in adhesion molecules with gene expression (Table 3).
The highest expression of active forms of MMP-2 and -11 proteins among the three examined endometrial cell lines was detected in AN3 CA cells, although for MMP-2 only a weak mRNA expression could be identified.
Studies conducted elsewhere have found evidence of reduced mortality associated with higher use of air conditioning across time or geographical regions,, although others have found only a weak association.
