Example sentences of "almost [adv] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should also be noted that loose feeding by hand or throwing device almost always involves a certain degree of ‘ spread ’ . |
| 2 | Innovation almost always involves a prolonged battle amongst numerous people and requires tremendous stamina and confidence on the part of a champion ( Schon , 1963 ; Servo , 1988 ) . |
| 3 | Men in general bring in higher wages than women so a family with a male partner will almost always have a higher family income than a family of a lone woman . |
| 4 | Regarded as untreatable before the advent of the argon laser , these stains almost always have a devastating effect on the person 's quality of life . |
| 5 | Most universities have no formal qualifications for the post of lecturer , but in practice lecturers almost always have a good honours degree , and usually a higher degree and research experience in their subject . |
| 6 | Such contrary motion almost always gives a good effect . |
| 7 | With the exception of Samna IV none of the products mentioned will give you any sort of WYSIWYG display on a PC whereas an Apple Macintosh almost always gives a WYSIWYG display , but with a little perseverance it is relatively easy to convert from typescript to pseudo typeset for just the cost of a page printer . |
| 8 | The CD transfers I have head ( all ADD ) almost always represent a considerable improvement on the LP originals . |
| 9 | At an early stage in coming together in associations , then , the first choice is almost always to make a combined plea to those in power for greater access to resources . |
| 10 | Do you feel like it 's almost like doing a different thing that you 're not , you know when you 're actually acting in the play you 're more self conscious and you 're more conscious of what you 're you 're moving and you 're speaking and whereas the likes of the panto you know you just be yourself really with a bit of fun thrown in . |
| 11 | ( A decade later , the Pentagon 's support for the large-scale integration of circuits on silicon surfaces almost surreptitiously created a new industry . ) |
| 12 | This issue had been a major stumbling block , as any equalization of representation almost inevitably meant a relative reduction in the current number of seats held by the country 's most heavily populated provinces , Ontario and Quebec . |
| 13 | This issue had been a major stumbling block , as any equalization of representation almost inevitably meant a relative reduction in the current number of seats held by the country 's most heavily populated provinces , Ontario and Quebec . |
| 14 | The last statement may seem to imply that a variant of the underconsumptionist thesis is being adopted , but as Marx pointed out , consumption by workers almost invariably reaches a high point immediately before a crisis breaks out . |
| 15 | However , Lamont will almost certainly announce a further increase in tax liability on company cars . |
| 16 | His quick actions almost certainly prevented a massive bomb attack in London . |
| 17 | It is important to appreciate at the start that this must represent the core of your studies , and that completion of this , as set , will almost certainly ensure a successful exam result . |
| 18 | If they were , it would almost certainly mean a major row , but even if they were n't the prospects were n't too bright . |
| 19 | The increased availability , from the North Sea and also from the Middle East and Africa , will almost certainly mean a considerable increase in its use throughout Europe over the next decade . |
| 20 | The only appeals against sentence that the Court of Appeal gets to hear are those imposed by the Crown Court which almost certainly operates a harsher tariff than does the magistrates ' court . |
| 21 | Bill Goody has arrived ( the Labour MP , who will almost certainly get a junior ministry next time round ) . |
| 22 | So the cat is almost certainly performing a mimicry display , reacting like a snake in the hope of triggering off some deep-seated fear of a venomous bite in the assailant 's mind . |
| 23 | We are looking at options which will almost certainly include a Nasdaq listing . |
| 24 | Most industrialised governments are believed to be so alarmed by new reports demonstrating the rapid destruction of the ozone layer that they will almost certainly approve a new target of 1996 . |
| 25 | A rocky shore almost certainly provides a clearer echo than a sandy slope or mud flat . |
| 26 | You will almost certainly have a large number of powerful shock troops such as Silver Helms , Dragon Princes and Tiranoc charioteers . |
| 27 | Despite all the protest that his Salvation Front was too closely linked with the old communists , President Iliescu now almost certainly has a clear mandate to govern Romania . |
| 28 | However , they almost certainly signify a distributed relationship with those mosaics of the sequence which includes the North Leigh and Tockington Park saltire arrangements . |
| 29 | It should be noted , moreover , that the ability of the present Call-slip analysis exercise to determine the date of publication of a much greater proportion of items issued ( 97% as opposed to 65% on each of the two earlier occasions ) means that its results are much more accurate , and that the higher incidence of pre-1900 publications recorded by the earlier surveys probably can , therefore , be attributed , in large measure , not to any radically different pattern of reading at these times , but to the fact that the numerous undated call-slips occurring then almost certainly contained a high proportion which related to more modern publications . |
| 30 | It also implies the need to harmonize UK and EC competition policies , and to make clear the division of labour between them : this will almost certainly imply a greater role for EC policy , and a diminution of the authority of UK policy and institutions . |