Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's almost [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ She 's almost a woman . |
2 | The villagers wo n't go near him , except for mad old Meg , but then she 's almost a witch herself . |
3 | Anybody who swears allegiance to United must share the same sense of dismay at what has happened , and what is still going on — for me , it 's almost a sense of revulsion . |
4 | It 's almost a occupational hazed . |
5 | It 's almost a blessing to be bashed about . |
6 | It 's almost a piano but with a MIDI pickup on five of the high strings . |
7 | It 's almost a case of sensory overload . |
8 | It 's almost a confession — though that is perhaps not the right word — of the depth of feeling . |
9 | It 's almost a symbiotic relationship , although of course they 're not familiar with the term . ’ |
10 | It 's almost a shame to shoot some of the beautifully drawn and shaded creatures … almost . |
11 | It 's something more than a Crucifixion ; it 's almost a piece of slaughter , butchery ; meat and flesh . |
12 | We 'll have we 'll we 'll have a very short tiny tiny little look at it even though it 's almost a holiday , right . |
13 | It 's almost a habit . ’ |
14 | Actually , he 's so like my father it 's almost a bonus of having him near as well . ’ |
15 | it 's almost a bit |
16 | that that can be seen from er the bungalow almost directly opposite , and er it 's almost a traditional requirement that they ask for steep pitches . |
17 | And do you realise it 's almost a week since I saw you ? ’ |
18 | It 's almost a macho thing to go just that little bit further.It 's sometimes neccessary for sales reps to meet their deadlines , but it ca n't be dangerous . |
19 | I mean it 's a co it 's almost a bloody conference centre to be honest ! |
20 | It 's almost a kind of professional remark . |
21 | I mean — it 's almost a 60% increase in the market over the last 10 years and that market is growing and here we have the one and only major car company owned by the British being threatened with closure when all the Japanese and the Germans and the French and the Americans are trying to expand to meet this growing market and it does n't make sense and that point came out very very strongly this afternoon . |
22 | er , In spite of the fact that the Germanies were at one time united , it , it 's almost a culture shock I suppose . |
23 | It 's almost an endorsement for the single-brand path which guarantees compatibility , even though — as I mentioned above — no manufacturer excels in all areas . |
24 | I mean , i i i it 's , it 's almost an , an obsession with society . |
25 | He says this last in a tone of frustrated anguish : it 's almost an appeal for somebody to enlighten him . |
26 | Erm er a it 's , it 's almost an abstract , it 's a , you know , if , if one would accept that as an abstract and forget that it 's a portrait then it 's perhaps works a little better . |
27 | But basically you 're telling them that it 's almost an accomplished fact and erm they probably do n't have too much room for manoeuvre . |
28 | I think it 's almost an impossibility to stamp out deformed genes , new defective genes are arising in the population all the time . |
29 | It 's almost the only training Maurice does , and he averages 18 marathons and 10 half-marathons a year . |
30 | Caspar , genuinely appalled , said , ‘ But do n't you know that it 's almost the most dangerous place in the whole of Ireland ? ’ |