Example sentences of "but [prep] almost [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in almost all these cases the respective genes have not been located or isolated , and the DNA defects are thus totally unknown . |
| 2 | The minutes will be entirely concerned with just these items , but in almost all meetings something else is happening . |
| 3 | But in almost all instances lie recovered himself in the process of revision , took out the passages which were rhythmically inert or altered words and images which did not sustain the underlying cadence and structure . |
| 4 | The Canongate sample is not necessarily typical , but in almost all these families , all children , boys or girls , gave a substantial part of their earnings to their parents , never less than half and usually more . |
| 5 | But in almost all other matters , they were bound to a higher law . |
| 6 | It is as well to be clear in this way that you are giving priority to suspense because , of course , there are elements of suspense not only in almost all crime fiction but in almost all fiction of any sort . |
| 7 | They are both 11 = 13 , but in almost all other ways they differ . |
| 8 | The most familiar of these are in the areas of physical access and transportation , but in almost any aspects of life an impaired person is likely to confront a disabling dimension . |
| 9 | The ‘ magico-religious ’ relates to the encounter with perceived human limits ( some of them , as seen by others , historically determinate , but to almost all there and then , and to many always , intractable ) and the consequent making of images or stories in that distinguishable area . |
| 10 | Peacocks or , to be more correct , Indian peafowl males , fan their many-eyed tails in display not only at peahens but at almost any creature that passes . |