Example sentences of "almost [det] the [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It accounts for almost half the yield of income tax . |
| 2 | In Russia in the 1960s , which with only a tenth of the world 's railway mileage carried almost half the amount of freight moved by the rest of the world , coal and coke constituted a quarter of total freight , with other goods like petrol , oil , ore , and timber comprising only one-fifteenth each . |
| 3 | A monster pike measuring about 4ft and weighing over 30lb has had a £460 bounty put on its head after chomping its way through almost half the stock of waterfowl and fish in the boating lake at Alexandra Palace , North London . |
| 4 | The main point of this section , however , is that almost all the life on Earth that we are aware of derives its energy from the Sun , via the process of photosynthesis . |
| 5 | That proposal , if implemented , would shift almost all the decision-making in homicide cases from the trial to the sentencing stage : the only issue of any consequence in most cases would be the sentence to be imposed , and all the distinctions now drawn at the stage of criminal liability would be reflected in the sentence alone . |