Example sentences of "almost [adj] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A repeated Barium swallow showed almost complete disappearance of the tumour ; only a slightly narrowed segment with a length of 2 cm remained at the level of the carina ( Figs 6 and 7 ) . |
| 2 | Among better preserved examples is the almost complete broch on the island of Mousa , in Shetland . |
| 3 | Lying behind this is the almost complete acceptance of the doctrine that if there is no legal proof of guilt , then the act was , in fact , not committed at all . |
| 4 | We now have an almost complete understanding of the model . |
| 5 | Some of these are highly sophisticated and provide almost complete control of the duty cycle over a 100 per cent variation . |
| 6 | General knowledge quizzes of the trivial pursuit type are useful money raisers but are so popular that they are beginning to be dominated by teams that take an almost professional approach to the game . |
| 7 | Her purchase by the B. J. Norsk Forsking of Larvik for seismographical work in the Bellingshausen Sea almost due south of the Horn was , as Ward put it , ‘ just about the very first good thin' that had ever happened to her , ’ even if it was a slightly clandestine operation . |
| 8 | The distant road lay almost due north of the clearing and the straightest line to the road lay well to the left of the paint trail . |
| 9 | He had stood quietly swaying himself on his heels , an almost derisive expression in the curl of his lips as he smoked a cigarette , his very silence provoking her to further abuse . |
| 10 | Though Labour joined with the Conservatives in May 1940 to fight the Second World War , under Churchill 's leadership , it is clear that despite the almost obsessive concern of the public about the threat of European fascism it was only the Labour Party , slow and cumbersome in its rate of change , which actually squared up to the necessity of facing fascism with military sanctions if necessary . |
| 11 | In one season alone Gallacher scored 46 goals for Airdrie , striking up an almost telepathic relationship with the club 's left winger Jimmy Sommerville , a name that conjures up images of late '80s gay-disco rather than Broomfield Park in the midst of industrial depression . |
| 12 | In contrast there has been the almost total cessation of the reporting of rape trials by the News of the World , as described above ( see Table 2.3 ) . |
| 13 | An almost total strike by the country 's coalminers during the second half of December presented a serious challenge to the Polish government 's economic and industrial policy . |
| 14 | This example illustrates how one branch of government , through a minor change in welfare benefit regulations , has developed a policy in almost total opposition to the policy of community care being pursued by the health and social service agencies . |
| 15 | The consequence has been an over-concentration on the negative possibilities of LMS to the almost total exclusion of the positive , democratising potential of the delegation of power from LEAs to schools . |
| 16 | The report added that the almost total blackout on the issue in the press ‘ speaks volumes for the apathy , fear and misguidedness currently existing in this country ’ . |
| 17 | The report added that the almost total blackout on the issue in the press ‘ speaks volumes for the apathy , fear and misguidedness currently existing in this country ’ . |
| 18 | Some university administrations give almost total control of the bookfund to the librarian , with suggestions from departments and faculties permitted , but not particularly encouraged . |
| 19 | While the agencies maintained almost total control over the enforcement of standards , a control which could be preserved in the absence of publicity , this posed no problem : ‘ A lot of the standards were set by River Authorities ; and the works were n't capable of achieving [ them ] anyway , ’ a senior official said . |
| 20 | On the basis of the MAFF-DoE memo this would seem likely to include the farming and fertiliser industries , and would give the Ministry of Agriculture almost total control over the policy . |
| 21 | Behind them , she envisaged the faces of the Committee for the Preservation of Morals , as she had last seen them , glistening with almost sadistic anticipation of the crushing of the young author and of giving Mr Pascall and the cigar-store merchants their proper comeuppances . |
| 22 | The judge told him : ‘ You almost severed part of the nostril . |
| 23 | In reality it has only become an almost universal standard in the course of history . |
| 24 | On the other hand , there has been one almost universal factor behind the emergence of the extreme right . |
| 25 | In authorities where there are party groups it is almost universal practice for the group to meet before meetings of full council and for group decisions to be binding on members at full council meetings , although there is often ( but not always ) a more relaxed attitude to voting discipline in committees ( see Widdicombe , 1986 , vol. 1 , tables 2.3–2.6 ) . |
| 26 | So the almost universal reaction to the proposal was ‘ yes … but ’ . |
| 27 | First light was pearl , a thin , almost transparent shell on the underside of the sky . |
| 28 | But perhaps Ratty would above all treasure the slow pace of life and the almost Latin approach to the world — taking things easy is n't a common trait in Germany , but when the ‘ Manyana ’ way of life takes hold the Germans certainly do it well ! |
| 29 | In Example 89 , from Stravinsky 's Symphonies of Wind Instruments , the mood is very different — harsh and bitter , despite the almost carefree jauntiness of the melody : The harshness is the result of two opposing factors : the two upper flutes play harmoniously together in G♭ ; the lowest flute is in G major . |
| 30 | But wait a minute , Bob , someone said as he was giving his almost daily diatribe against the law change in South Africa . |