Example sentences of "almost [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was aware , too , that certain couples tend to acquire single men like Preston , or women for that matter , like pets , almost as a kind of catalyst for their own uneasy , brittle relationships . |
| 2 | Camus 's L'Etranger ( 1942 ) is also marred ( at least for Robbe-Grillet ) by the unwelcome intrusion of a ‘ metaphorical ’ vocabulary in the second part of the novel : in his landmark essay ‘ Nature , Humanisme , Tragédie ’ ( 1958 ) and in Le Miroir qui revient , Robbe-Grillet had condemned this unfortunate lapse from ‘ le degré zéro de l'écriture ’ almost as a kind of betrayal of modernism , and as deficient in phenomenological terms by establishing a complicity between man and the world . |
| 3 | For the whole of Jesus 's public ministry , Simon Peter is at his master 's side , almost as a kind of bodyguard — a function in keeping with his sobriquet of ‘ Rocky ’ or ‘ tough ’ . |
| 4 | He rhapsodized about Franklin Roosevelt who , he said , was still regarded " almost as a god in place like West Virginia " , because , although rich , he had worked for the common people . |
| 5 | However , a devaluation of the domestic currency came to be regarded almost as a sign of failure by countries facing permanent imbalance , and so was avoided for as long as possible . |
| 6 | People are killed every day , almost as a matter of course in South Africa , largely as a result of the internecine tribal disputes . |
| 7 | A kind of casual cruelty abounds in which , almost as a matter of routine , teachers say to pupils , and pupils to teachers , things that are wounding or upsetting . |
| 8 | We assembled our rods in the shelter of the old boathouse on the south shore and I strode purposefully to the loch , almost as a matter of principal . |
| 9 | In a sense , from the point of view of the information given-birth , education , career , books written , pious foundations endowed many of the biographies are , mutatis mutandis , not unlike those in Who 's Who.a If the English reader of Who 's Who can flesh out the bare bones almost as a matter of instinct , however , to do the same for the Ottoman ulema is rendered almost impossible by time and cultural distance . |
| 10 | Walter Monckton , his legal adviser , seized the point , and on Saturday , 5 December , asked almost as a condition of Abdication , that a special bill should be introduced to make the decree immediately absolute , and thus remove the danger . |
| 11 | He channelled a great deal of effort into his group , almost as an act of revenge . |
| 12 | Even when a small office was given almost as an act of charity , there would usually be a political motive in the background . |
| 13 | In May 1950 the Assembly , almost as an act of desperation , sent a list of recommendations to the national parliaments , bypassing the Committee of Ministers . |
| 14 | In his memory , it took on the aura almost of an age of innocence . |
| 15 | Since the Mayott home was modernised last year , all thirty six residents have the choice to live in small groups , almost like a home from home . |
| 16 | Albert Schweitzer pointed out that there is a modesty of spirit which should not be violated , although occasionally one 's close friends may be revealed to one in special moments , almost like a flash of lightning which illuminates briefly but clearly . |
| 17 | Their rhythm , pattern and cadence may be relished in the mind 's ear , almost like a form of music . |
| 18 | It it 's sort of we almost like an end of terrace , if you like and the roads |
| 19 | Armageddon would soon enough descend — enforced almost with a sense of regret . |
| 20 | She said , almost with a note of regret : ‘ Well , it 's gone now . |
| 21 | When Andy Laing left the bank he was almost in a state of shock . |
| 22 | Their women were tensed forward on their seats , almost in a crouch of inquiry or solicitude . |
| 23 | Er most of my points have actually dried up now , sir , in view of what Mr Cunnane has said , and also Mr Jewitt , erm I do actually , I would try to emphasize a point that the people who are proposing new settlements in this location have judiciously avoided the question of need this afternoon , well I think we we almost came to the point this morning that the shortfall was nine hundred and reducing almost on a month by month basis , er one or two quick points I would like to pick up , er in view of the erm small nature or the shortfall in housing supply that we see over the next fifteen years , I can not accept that to avoid the new settlement option would be prejudicial to greenbelt objectives , erm the housing land supply allocations are almost there , there are plans to run through which will un almost inevitably allocate additional sites inside the inner edge of the greenbelt boundary and outside the outer edge of the greenbelt boundary , but both within Greater York , which are bound to assist in making up the shortfall of provision , and probably , if I suspect rightly , would actually exceed it , erm erm I agree with Mr Cunnane on the question of the alternative expansion of existing towns or settlements , the same point really , we 're almost there anyway , the op that option is already there , it 's not that it might be there , it is it is there at the moment , er it 's not a clear expression of local preference , and I would also point out the option of the environmental improvements under the P P G criteria you asked us to look at , erm whether it 's a thousand houses , two thousand , two and a half thousand , whether it has a bowling alley , or a ten pin bowling alley , and a B and Q , and a , probably a Tesco as well , this form of development will not sit comfortably in open countryside , almost , wherever it 's put within the Greater York area , I defy anyone to produce a site where one can satisfactorily put er such a massive form of urban development and suggest it 's a positive environmental improvement . |
| 24 | The prospect of losing the traditional source of their wealth and authority induced among many noblemen a reappraisal of their role which amounted almost to a crisis of identity . |
| 25 | The eyes were bright blue and heavily mascaraed in navy and the woman wore a pink ribbon in loosely permed hair that was coloured almost to a shade of orange . |