Example sentences of "almost the [noun sg] of [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in five movements , and is graced by a major role for the solo oboe , giving it almost the character of a concerto . |
| 2 | One species that has done this is Volvox , a hollow sphere , almost the size of a pinhead , constructed from a large number of cells , each with a flagellum . |
| 3 | Of course , people do act out of character — but not often in a matter involving almost the whole of a man 's private fortune . |
| 4 | of the research undertaken by the Defence Research Agency is subcontracted from the Ministry of Defence to universities and industry — indeed , almost the whole of the development work goes to industry . |
| 5 | One chapter of this book is based on written autobiographies , and almost the whole of the rest on tape-recorded life story interviews . |
| 6 | Unlike almost the whole of the rest of Roman law , trusts had by the end of the classical period been actionable in cognitio for centuries . |
| 7 | The original windows had been replaced by two long windows occupying almost the whole of the end wall . |
| 8 | This form of ‘ observation ’ has very severe limitations not only because the teacher has a principal role in the lesson but because that role is likely to demand almost the whole of the teacher 's attention , particularly at the most important moments . |
| 9 | For almost the whole of the period under review , the prevalent and strongly held belief was that Britain , in common with other major economies , had climbed out of the economic slough of the interwar years and was set on a broad and permanent path of rising prosperity and full employment . |
| 10 | He says that when a jet of ‘ inflammable air ’ [ hydrogen ] was burned in a receiver filled with ‘ common air ’ … ‘ the common air is contracted a full fifth of its original dimensions ; immediately after the flame is extinguished , there appears through almost the whole of the receiver , a fine powdery substance like a whitish cloud ’ . |
| 11 | His work included the completion of the choir and almost the whole of the antechapel , with all the high vaults , which he built by contract from 1512 . |
| 12 | Energetically , the spring is almost the opposite of the pendulum . |
| 13 | Influenced by considerations such as these , successive leaderships had attempted since almost the beginning of the war to extricate their forces from the conflict . |
| 14 | HE SAID : ‘ Within seconds it had grown to 300ft high , almost the height of a tower block , and seemed to be rolling towards us , glowing brighter all the time . |
| 15 | I remember two very special expeditions to the top of the Heath — not very far from our house which stood at almost the height of the cross on St Paul 's Cathedral , a fact that was emblazoned on the house above us in the East Heath Road . |
| 16 | It was the race that ended the pre-eminence of the distance runners in world track and field , almost the end of an era . |
| 17 | Almost the end of the winter season now , but a freshness about everything . |
| 18 | It 's almost the end of the road for the 900 people who 've worked on widening a 13-mile stretch of the M5 between junctions 6 and 8 . |
| 19 | It was almost the end of the fishing season . |
| 20 | The last verse of Joyce 's song , ‘ Time ’ , was almost the end of the show : |
| 21 | The Third Class ‘ Parly ’ half of the Excursion Return was issued until almost the closing of the line . |
| 22 | Christ , he really can smite the ball almost the length of the pitch , marvelled Perdita . |
| 23 | His breathing was almost the panting of a hunting dog . |
| 24 | But this is almost the reverse of the case . |