Example sentences of "almost universal [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | An almost universal feature of determination is that it involves subtle chemical changes , almost certainly turning on or off genes , and the overt result may not be seen for many hours . |
2 | Some form of property taxes are an almost universal source of income for local government , but in many parts of the world they are accompanied by other forms of taxation . |
3 | Battle , Murder , and Death , Venuses and Psyches , the bloody and voluptuous , are the things in which they seem to delight : and these are portrayed in a cold , hard , and often tawdry style , with an almost universal deficiency of chiaroscuro ; the whole artificial , labored and theatrical . |
4 | By the 1980s , in the wake of the stagflation and slow growth in even the rich economies of the Western Europe , came an equally almost universal loss of faith in the capacity of any individual state to intervene decisively and effectively . |
5 | This provoked an almost universal howl of outrage in Britain . |