Example sentences of "almost [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ T ] he most significant legal development of the past fifty years is the almost complete absorption of administrative law into the fold of the common law . |
| 2 | The reduction in the ulcer area after treatment with intraperitoneal bFGF at a dose of 30 µg/kg/day was comparable with that obtained with omeprazole at a dose of 60 mg/kg/ day — namely , almost complete inhibition of gastric acid secretion ( Table II ) . |
| 3 | The most noticeable deficit in the 1980s debate about drug use in the UK is the almost complete lack of accurate information about how many people are using illicit drugs . |
| 4 | Comparison of the results of this study with those from our previous study shows that the major differences in anorectal function between patients with complete supraconal lesions and those with incomplete lesions are that the almost complete loss of rectal sensitivity and the ability to contract the sphincter at will . |
| 5 | WEN suggests a five year plan that includes action on incinerators ; immediate withdrawal of some processes and chemicals ; and long term action aimed at ‘ an almost complete phase-out of elemental chlorine production and organochlorine processes ’ . |
| 6 | The result of all this can be likened to a vast ocean , teeming with fish of which only one in a million is edible , and just as this would present a monstrous task to fishermen entrusted with the responsibility of feeding a hungry populace , so does the almost unbelievable quantity of religious teaching and literature by its very size and complexity make it impossible for it ever to serve a serious purpose in satisfying the undoubted universal desire for a respected and well-beloved religion . |
| 7 | He showed the almost divine side of human nature . |
| 8 | Yet first impressions may be illusory , for Klemperer brings different , though equally valid , dimensions to the music ; where the composer offers balletic dynamism , Klemperer 's almost obsessive emphasis on heavy articulation and dark colouring serves to accentuate the Symphony 's documentary connection with World War II . |
| 9 | She had been lonely from the start of her marriage , despite the presence of a small army of black servants in the Queen Anne plantation house overlooking the James River , and several years had passed before she understood fully that her husband had used his frequent absences , at first on plantation business , then in Washington , to conceal an almost total lack of physical interest in her . |
| 10 | The Ocean Dumping Act , to come into force next year , constitutes an almost total ban on marine dumping of any sort . |
| 11 | This reflects the almost total concern with American abolitionism of some reformers as well as a liberalism about religious matters which regretted even the refusal to allow the unbeliever Joseph Barker to speak at the earlier Manchester conference . |
| 12 | It was an almost empty theatre in Long Beach , Long Island , a tourist spot with a boardwalk and beautiful beaches . |
| 13 | Our thesis that the mucosal adaptive changes are related to static faecal residue contact is very much supported by the intermediate pathological scores for the body mucosal biopsy specimens and the almost universal lacl of noticeable change in the proximal limb specimens . |
| 14 | That this almost rudimentary form of melodic construction can give supremely expressive results is shown in the theme of Elgar 's Enigma Variations , formed from the cell and its reversal ( Example 12 ) : Notice the emotive contour : an expressive rise and fall , with the highest note and largest leaps at the most emotive point . |
| 15 | She came to the dining-room first , a vast , almost medieval room with heavy furniture set on terracotta floor tiles . |
| 16 | He was standing in full sunlight , projecting easy , confident authority , powerful-looking , broad-shouldered , an imposing specimen of virile manhood against the almost biblical backdrop of dusty gold domes and fortresses , swaying green palms . |
| 17 | Slightly larger than Dunlin ( p. 127 ) and in winter easily told from all other same-sized birds on shore by almost white appearance with blackish shoulder spot . |
| 18 | There were still traces of ethnocentrism in the nationalist viewpoint elsewhere in the report : for instance , they still referred to ‘ the historic integrity of Ireland ’ ( New Ireland Forum 1983–4 : i. 28 ) , implying an almost naturalistic concept of Irish unity , when as a political unit Ireland only ever existed as a British-administered territory . |
| 19 | It provided a subtle bridge to the promised land of successful survival : not overtly trumpeting the triumphant rebirth of conspicuous consumption , but nevertheless easing in an almost unconscious separation from raging youth . |
| 20 | The two schools hardly seem compatible ; given the Scottish Ballet 's almost exclusive immersion in classical technique , one wonders if , somewhere down the line , someone 's artistic integrity is n't going to be compromised . |
| 21 | It shows us the power of cumulative selection to generate an almost endless variety of quasi-biological form , but it uses artificial selection , not natural selection . |
| 22 | The tomb is an almost pyramidal cube of red sandstone whose almost absurdly thick inward-battering walls are topped by a dome of solid white marble . |
| 23 | The list of suggested buyers is almost limitless -ranging from Royal Trust of Canada to National Australia Bank and from Credit Lyonnais to the Pru . |
| 24 | Rather , it constituted an almost limitless pool of cheap labour which could be hired on a casual basis in response to the expansion or concentration of the economy . |
| 25 | It was achieved in a mood of almost stunned boredom amongst English opinion , confident that the dismantling of the United Kingdom as it had endured since 1707 or 1536 would not in fact take place . |
| 26 | Robyn , doing her best to ignore the almost overwhelming feeling of pure dislike which she had for this man , glanced at the ornate carriage clock beside the bed , registered the time slowly and looked aghast . |
| 27 | Denholm was surrounded by an almost palpable aura of aristocratic exhaustion that had disturbed and irritated Talbot in the early stage of their acquaintanceship , a feeling that had lasted for no more than half an hour . |
| 28 | Also , strikes are responsible for an almost negligible amount of lost time compared with total hours worked by the employed population . |
| 29 | M. Watters uses throughout his study , Formula Criticism , and the Poetry of the Old Testament , a concept of " word-pairs that can incorporate almost any kind of associative relationship . |
| 30 | They would like almost any kind of written communication ( letters , reports , minutes , ‘ style ’ correspondence etc. ) provided it is written on behalf of the Council ( i.e. it is not incoming mail ) and provided it is relatively modern ( 1975 or later ) . |