Example sentences of "almost [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her tightly tailored strapless dress matched her lips exactly , as did the shoes that even Belinda recognised as highest quality Italian leather , the kind of leather with a fine grain that was almost like satin to the touch . |
| 2 | The different interpretations are due to differences in the scope of almost with respect to certain of the semantic traits of kill : notice how the paraphrases match the interpretations simply by moving almost in the sentence so as to alter its scope . |
| 3 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that it would be a disaster to adopt a policy that changed almost from hour to hour under Labour , with no constancy or purpose of any sort ? |
| 4 | Moreover , they fluctuate in their supposed order of priority , not merely from Government to Government , nor even from year to year , but almost from day to day at the whim of public and parliamentary opinion . |
| 5 | Moreover , in dealing with a phenomenon as complex as war — which produces an infinite variety of situations and is conducted by means whose technical features alter almost from year to year — there are inherent difficulties in laying down the law in the form of treaties . |
| 6 | He ‘ s had a couple of bumps , as well , one of which has left a long and jagged crease in the body almost from headlight to tail-light ; that one was n't his fault , but he drove away from it fast to avoid the questions that would certainly follow . |
| 7 | With all those holidays in which to practise and play — almost from dawn to dusk at times — my handicap rattled down , and I went to university with a handicap of two . |
| 8 | Andrea Whitcombe led almost from start to finish to retain her title at the Women 's National Cross-Country Championships at Birkenhead . |
| 9 | Frances Grimes , 16 , is still in hospital with a wound stretching almost from ear to ear . |
| 10 | Slicing through the building almost from front to rear is the planar glass roof , supported by a simple bowstring steel truss frame . |
| 11 | The basic leopard is spotted almost from nose to tail . |
| 12 | There was , almost in response to this , a tapping at the door , the knob turned , and he spoke . |
| 13 | However , some of the Holkham tenants , almost in reaction to their landlord 's introduction of the alien West Country breed , decided to combine their native Norfolk and Suffolk types as being more suitable to the region and it was their efforts which , by 1810 , produced by the first selectively bred combinations of the horned Norfolk meat types and the polled dairy Suffolk in the Norfolk and Suffolk Poll . |
| 14 | With the uncanny sense of timing which has characterized Eco 's writing career , The Name of the Rose epitomizes , almost in counterpoint to Calvino , certain conditions of the contemporary novel . |
| 15 | Now how can you cope as teachers with a school in which you are almost on call to all the population twenty four hours of the day , which is , it seems to me , what you 're saying ? |