Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] almost [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compacts now account for almost all the Dutch market , four-fifths in Sweden and about 30% in Europe overall . |
| 2 | Thirty-one mosaics are listed below which together account for almost all significant remains of fourth century mosaic in the north east . |
| 3 | A recent BFA survey showed that London and the home counties account for almost half the franchises in the country . |
| 4 | BULLYING , fighting , assault and verbal abuse account for almost half the exclusions of pupils from Essex schools , the latest report concludes . |
| 5 | I was the inevitable , anonymous receptionist you meet when you walk into almost any large building . |
| 6 | Listen to almost any modern performance of troubadour or trouvère song … and you will find yourself in a sound-world of instrumental accompaniment that is more or less make-believe . |
| 7 | Go to almost any city and you find sink estates where you get the feeling that the council hates the place and the people too . |
| 8 | Mention to almost any European bird-watcher that you are going to Iceland and the response will be ‘ You must go to Mývatn ! ’ |