Example sentences of "almost [adv] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His pigtailed youngest daughter , Mary , found that her quick eye and nimble ‘ old enough to be trusted ’ fingers were invaluable in the unpacking , placing and appreciation of the tiny articles that arrived almost hourly by carrier . |
| 2 | The balance of 2.8bn was retained within the sector , almost entirely by life assurance companies . |
| 3 | The nests of social insects are run almost entirely by smell , because in these dense communities it is the most efficient way of sending messages . |
| 4 | She is a born golfer and one who , like Laura Davies , plays almost entirely by feel . |
| 5 | She is a born golfer and one who , like Laura Davies , plays almost entirely by feel . |
| 6 | The monks used to be responsible for the education of the boys , teaching them the three Rs and the elements of Buddhism , the learning being almost entirely by rote , so that approaching a village one could often hear from a distance the shrill boyish voices as they repeated the lesson after their teacher . |
| 7 | Learning is almost entirely by rote . |
| 8 | This curriculum is learnt almost entirely by rote , and mathematical knowledge and skills are acquired by teacher exposition , followed by repetition and practice . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , an extensive analysis of the surviving evidence concerning Parliamentary divisions suggests that voting behaviour after 1696 and up to 1714 was governed almost entirely by party allegiance . |
| 10 | The Scots ' intervention was motivated almost entirely by religion , the price for their help being a commitment by parliament to introduce a Scottish-style Presbyterian church system into England at the earliest opportunity . |
| 11 | Eachuinn Odhar had been busy with Father Patrick , dictating letters to all parts ; the Abbot of Iona ; the king 's court in Edinburgh ; even Archibald Campbell , Earl of Argyll , at Inveraray ; messages had been going and coming in almost daily by boat and weary runner . |
| 12 | In spite of attempts , from time to time , to re-establish the formlessness of ‘ real life ’ , in fiction , story exists almost always by courtesy of a ‘ shape ’ . |
| 13 | Nowadays when tigers are ‘ shot ’ and measured it is almost always by research scientists . |
| 14 | Whereas changes in real manufacturing output are measured directly in the national income accounts , changes in government output are measured almost exclusively by reference to changes in government employment . |
| 15 | This will be used almost exclusively by quality auditors at the start of the audit trail and provide a simple matrix . |
| 16 | It is used almost exclusively by Caucasian and Anatolian weaving groups and also by several in Persia , particularly in the north-west of the country . |
| 17 | He shelved that petition after the Barnes deaccessioning bid was condemned almost unanimously by museum officials , art historians and the press ( see The Art Newspaper , No. 15 , February 1992 , p. 1 ) . |
| 18 | However , the most striking change in the life of deciduous trees — the golden spectacle of the autumn — is controlled almost completely by day length . |
| 19 | In the uplands , where access is almost universally by car or coach trip , virtually all surveys point out that well over half of visitors never leave either their cars or the car park and that there is a marked and almost complete segregation of the active walker from the passive pursuits of picnicking and scenic viewing ( Haffey , 1979 ) . |