Example sentences of "is almost a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His statement is almost a classic of philistinism . |
| 2 | Form-filling is almost a way of life in these former Soviet republics and Walker , not surprisingly , recommended a streamlining of this practice . |
| 3 | To defuse what is almost a state of lawlessness , the Interior Ministry has ordered the abolition of the workers ' militia in factories . |
| 4 | Wild thing : pricey at £17 , but this hand-painted mug from Honiton Pottery is almost a work of art . |
| 5 | For example , it is almost a requirement for publication in some academic journals that diagrams ( and high-quality diagrams at that ) be included ; in other disciplines , diagrams are simply unacceptable . |
| 6 | There is almost a tinge of predestination in footballers ' reflections on how they came to sport in the first place . |
| 7 | For Robert Thornton , Mrs Gaskell 's honourable industrialist , this indifference is almost a matter of principle : ‘ The masters would be trenching on the independence of their hands , in a way that I , for one , would not feel justified in doing , if we interfered too much with the life they lead out of the mills . ’ |
| 8 | So it is almost a matter of philotimo , honour , that even in the relatively affluent Greece of recent years nobody who can possibly fiddle his taxes has failed to do so . |
| 9 | Occasion is almost a synonym of cause in many contexts : ( 168 ) She asked Mathilda what occasioned Manfred to take Theodore for a spectre . |
| 10 | In fact , I would go so far as to say that there is almost a feeling of relief here that Clause 28 is associated with someone so widely discredited . |
| 11 | 3.7 The expression " pain and suffering " is almost a term of art in so far as the expression embraces different concepts . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Small is beautiful is almost an article of faith in Britain . |