Example sentences of "almost an [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Church remained a supernatural fortress set against the world , its walls manned night and day by the committed , its lonely leader almost an oracle of heavenly wisdom . |
| 2 | The Daily Telegraph , in a leading article of April 3 , 1979 , found it ‘ almost an interlude of light relief ’ after a winter of grim industrial strife . |
| 3 | However , she allowed him to squire her to the desk , without comment and with a straight face , told him the number of her key , though keys were almost an affectation at ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ , more for ornament than use , and let him take it down for her and escort her to the foot of the oak staircase , which wound in slightly drunken lurches about a narrow well , the polished treads hollowed by centuries of use . |
| 4 | This is almost an inversion of the procedure examined below in the case of similes which introduce underlexicalised terms used with special meanings in the fiction . |
| 5 | ‘ Almost an hour on tape . ’ |
| 6 | It took almost an hour for Murray to prepare an 15-word statement saying : ‘ I can confirm the ball was changed at lunch-time but will make no further comment . ’ |
| 7 | The girls managed to paddle themselves to the shore , but the boys spent almost an hour before being rescued . |
| 8 | The girls managed to paddle themselves to shore but the boys spent almost an hour before being rescued . |
| 9 | Both women died instantly but Mark , who was trapped for almost an hour in the wreckage , was taken to Wexham Park Hospital , Slough , Berks , with severe chest and leg injuries . |
| 10 | She spent almost an hour in the room with Anna . |
| 11 | Such aspects of Fascist economics were almost an anticipation of Labour government policy in the crises which followed the Second World War . |
| 12 | This implies a different role for local government — almost an echo of the Bains Report quoted earlier — with a move away from the direct delivery of services as a dominant activity , even if the bulk of the spending is still in that area , towards the management of change , in this case , economic change . |
| 13 | Small is beautiful is almost an article of faith in Britain . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Times literary supplement ( TLS ) is almost an institution in itself , and is unusual in being designed specifically for librarians , although read by large numbers of other people as well . |
| 16 | Leapor describes Armida : ‘ Today more holy than a cloister 'd Nun , / Almost an Atheist by tomorrow 's Sun ’ [ ML , 1 , 78 ] . |
| 17 | The oak-beamed four-bedroom house stands surrounded by apple trees in almost an acre of land in the village of Snetterton , just a mile from a racing circuit . |
| 18 | Mr. Farr 's garden was on the right hand side at the end of the footpath and must have been almost an acre in extent . |
| 19 | He says this last in a tone of frustrated anguish : it 's almost an appeal for somebody to enlighten him . |
| 20 | Where until two years ago , the scattering of currants near the door was eagerly awaited by a clamouring mix of blackbirds , starling , robins and a songthrush or two , lately there has been almost an indifference to the largesse . |
| 21 | Likewise , on a bill of rights , being against Hattersley was , in some quarters , almost an end in itself . |
| 22 | And — an important factor this , in view of the way that we found some commercial lenders now tend to make repetitive and cumulative borrowing almost an end in itself , rather than simply the means of funding one desired purchase — the union has no interest in persuading its members to borrow . |
| 23 | And they also know he can shrug off pain , a useful attribute when crashing is almost an inevitability in a six-month GP season . |
| 24 | He left Downing Street in 1963 almost an object of ridicule , condemned in Gibbonian terms as the symbol of national decay . |
| 25 | Warner accused Jack Fingleton , a professional journalist , of leaking the story , which he denied indignantly , and in fact the incident became almost an obsession with him . |
| 26 | ‘ In my opinion it is almost an encouragement to players to behave recklessly and if he 's been quoted correctly , he has brought the game into disrepute . |