Example sentences of "almost [prep] a [noun sg] of [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 | 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 . |
5 | People are killed every day , almost as a matter of course in South Africa , largely as a result of the internecine tribal disputes . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | He channelled a great deal of effort into his group , almost as an act of revenge . |
11 | Even when a small office was given almost as an act of charity , there would usually be a political motive in the background . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | In his memory , it took on the aura almost of an age of innocence . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Their rhythm , pattern and cadence may be relished in the mind 's ear , almost like a form of music . |
16 | It it 's sort of we almost like an end of terrace , if you like and the roads |
17 | Armageddon would soon enough descend — enforced almost with a sense of regret . |
18 | She said , almost with a note of regret : ‘ Well , it 's gone now . |
19 | When Andy Laing left the bank he was almost in a state of shock . |
20 | Their women were tensed forward on their seats , almost in a crouch of inquiry or solicitude . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | 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 . |