Example sentences of "almost [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of the secrecy which has traditionally surrounded donor insemination there is an almost complete lack of knowledge of how donor assisted families fare as the children grow up . |
| 2 | A study by Jones ( Jones , 1983 ) provides detailed evidence on the almost complete lack of communication between examination boards and employers and on the uninformed and arbitrary way in which employers use qualifications . |
| 3 | Bernard Donoughue noted ‘ the almost complete absence of discussion of economic policy . |
| 4 | It is in respect of bad human behaviour generally that the almost complete absence of condemnation from organised religion is so deplorable . |
| 5 | judges enjoy an almost complete immunity in respect of acts — even corrupt and malicious acts , happily rare in our history — done by them in their judicial capacity . |
| 6 | Addition of phosphatidylethanolamine caused an almost complete shift of cholesterol to the vesicular phase . |
| 7 | It looked as though the repressive policy of James V had died with him , and that Scotland , presided over by Arran and the powerful Hamilton faction , was now moving with almost unbelievable ease towards alliance with England and some measure of Protestant reform . |
| 8 | The almost simultaneous intaking of breath by both Ben and Aggie was audible ; then , again taking Millie 's hand , Aggie said , ‘ Listen carefully , child . |
| 9 | Such experience may be a highly visible educational programme , with recognised qualifications although no specified organisational outcome ; it may be a training event focused on particular skills and understandings ; it may be an almost unrecognised flash of insight at the workplace , prompted consciously or unconsciously by others . |
| 10 | In a Mercedes , a marque known for providing an almost absurd amount of legroom for its drivers , this is a bad fault . |
| 11 | DeVore stared back at Gesell , a vague , almost lazy sense of distaste in his eyes . |
| 12 | Here there is an almost total lack of communication between our politicians and the mass of the British people . |
| 13 | His Education Survey 2 Drama ( 1967 ) , totally lacking in officialese , lucidly , wittily reports on a rag-bag of activities done in the name of drama and with an almost total lack of rationale behind the subject . |
| 14 | In architectural terms this is evidenced in the smaller , narrower windows , lack of intricate tracery or coloured glass , the almost total lack of development of the flying buttress system , the poverty of decoration in sculpture and carving . |
| 15 | To judge from the very wide circulation of the decisions on these details , in contrast to the almost total lack of circulation of the earlier decrees , this concentration of effort was the right policy ; but it took at least another two generations before the aim , which Anselm in 1102 had been confident could quickly be reached , was achieved . |
| 16 | In fact , Branson 's almost total lack of interest in music had been an advantage . |
| 17 | Despite the defeat of the current plotters , the main danger to the government was of another coup attempt , which was seen by many as almost inevitable , given the high level of politicization within the armed forces , the almost total lack of respect for the Constitution , and the inability of the President to move decisively and quickly enough against the disaffected elements . |
| 18 | As Gibbs ( 1975 , p. 11 ) points out , in a book marking a later resurgence of interest , the positivist eclipse of classicism led to an almost total loss of interest in deterrence in the writings of criminologists , even when they were considering ‘ policy questions pertaining to the control of crime ’ ; and he gives many examples . |
| 19 | In particular , Milner , Taylor and Sperry ( 1968 ) and Sparks and Geschwind ( 1968 ) found that split-brain patients were able to repeat digits presented to either ear alone but showed almost total absence of report of digits presented to the left ear when different digits were simultaneously presented to the right ear . |
| 20 | In reality the change of allegiance brought almost total autonomy in return for an annual payment of 500 ducats and the support of the Ragusan fleet in time of war . |
| 21 | In his earlier work , Schoenberg reached for an almost total emancipation of dissonance in ‘ atonality ’ . |
| 22 | Some form of property taxes are an almost universal source of income for local government , but in many parts of the world they are accompanied by other forms of taxation . |
| 23 | By the 1980s , in the wake of the stagflation and slow growth in even the rich economies of the Western Europe , came an equally almost universal loss of faith in the capacity of any individual state to intervene decisively and effectively . |
| 24 | This provoked an almost universal howl of outrage in Britain . |
| 25 | He supposed it was merely what those awful specs did to her eyes , but sometimes she had an almost maniacal look of purpose in her face , not like a little girl at all . |
| 26 | One reason why the range of music employed in cathedrals is often fairly narrow is the almost daily singing of Evensong as the choir s main musical offering . |
| 27 | All the information is stored on these computerized records resulting in almost instant access to information about NMS objects . |
| 28 | As a result , despite the potentially strong bargaining hand which the pre-war boom gave to skilled labour , workers sustained an almost unbroken record of failure in strike action . |
| 29 | There was an almost audible sigh of relief around the world that someone had been caught tampering with the dictionary . |
| 30 | Police harassment , which often sparked off the riots , was noted as an almost inevitable feature of life in these crime-ridden ghetto areas . |