Example sentences of "almost [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consciousness appears to be almost wholly dominated by language as the medium of thought and expression , so that the entire surface of cognitive processes and voluntary responses appears to be channelled through language . |
| 2 | They are almost entirely produced by damage to peripheral nerves or to roots or to the central nervous system . |
| 3 | In Nephila , increased male mortality during the adult search phase is almost exactly counteracted by reduction in juvenile male growth stages . |
| 4 | The main source for the history of Jacobitism is the Stuart papers , but they have survived only in part for the period before 1715 , since the Stuart papers kept at the Scots College in Paris were almost totally destroyed by fire during the French Revolution . |
| 5 | The usual order is judgment for arrears of rent to date of termination of the tenancy , and for mesne profits to date of hearing and thereafter mesne profits at a daily rate and ( almost invariably calculated by reference to the rent ) from the date of hearing until actual possession is given up . |
| 6 | Furthermore , verbal communication , the prime way of exchanging meaning between human beings who have acquired spoken language , is almost invariably accompanied by communication in non-verbal channels . |
| 7 | Can you not imagine the world-wide reaction when it is learnt that not only is America responsible for this potential disaster but that it was almost certainly caused by treason in the highest American military echelons ? |