Example sentences of "almost a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voice had become almost a screech of anger and frustration . |
| 2 | Many people 's experience of parents ' evenings seems to be unsatisfactory with parents attending through almost a sense of obligation and duty rather than that of pleasure . |
| 3 | Altogether Russell had served almost a year in remand and been found Not Guilty on both of his charges . |
| 4 | And then to withhold one 's vote as with almost a matter of habit and routine , that can not be in the best interests of the Conservative party . |
| 5 | It was almost prophetic in its wisdom : ‘ There is really something morbid about the film as a whole — a fascination , almost a wallowing in death and suffering that represents one of the least appealing tendencies in the audience as well as the film-makers . |
| 6 | Lambeth — whose leader , Joan Twelves , resigned this week — has been run notoriously badly by a Labour-controlled council and is almost a byword for filth and incompetence . |