Example sentences of "almost total [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amnesty International , whose first permitted mission to Sri Lanka since 1982 had taken place in June , published on Sept. 10 a report criticizing the security forces for thousands of killings , and for routinely murdering suspected Tamil guerrillas " with an almost total sense of immunity " . |
| 2 | The final straw which induced almost total panic in control was the large proportion of late entries ; about 10% were received before the official closing date , a further 30% before the weekend and nearly 60% on the day . |
| 3 | Here there is an almost total lack of communication between our politicians and the mass of the British people . |
| 4 | His Education Survey 2 Drama ( 1967 ) , totally lacking in officialese , lucidly , wittily reports on a rag-bag of activities done in the name of drama and with an almost total lack of rationale behind the subject . |
| 5 | It was designed to be used when knitting pile and drive lace — though I suspect from the almost total lack of drive lace and pile garments that I 've seen , or rather not seen , that is used at all it 's mainly with the rib transfer carriage ! |
| 6 | As most similar opinion polls show , there is an almost total lack of consensus , both on the unionist and nationalist sides . |
| 7 | They showed ‘ an almost total lack of awareness ’ of the roles of nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons in producing ground-level ozone . |
| 8 | In architectural terms this is evidenced in the smaller , narrower windows , lack of intricate tracery or coloured glass , the almost total lack of development of the flying buttress system , the poverty of decoration in sculpture and carving . |
| 9 | From what seems now like an almost total lack of concern when the news of the virus first reached the organization , there is currently a major emphasis within the organization and a constant campaign of re-education of both callers and volunteers . |
| 10 | Remarkably , one might think , one of the lowest — indicating almost total lack of agreement — was with a diagnosis arrived at using the criteria introduced by Eugen Bleuler , the man who coined the term ‘ schizophrenia ’ in the first place ! |
| 11 | To judge from the very wide circulation of the decisions on these details , in contrast to the almost total lack of circulation of the earlier decrees , this concentration of effort was the right policy ; but it took at least another two generations before the aim , which Anselm in 1102 had been confident could quickly be reached , was achieved . |
| 12 | In fact , Branson 's almost total lack of interest in music had been an advantage . |
| 13 | When in 1937 Mussolini , like Hitler , intervened in support of Franco in the Spanish Civil War , and again when he annexed Libya in October 1938 , the ordinary inhabitants of Fontanellato showed an almost total lack of interest ; principally , again , because none of them were involved . |
| 14 | Despite the defeat of the current plotters , the main danger to the government was of another coup attempt , which was seen by many as almost inevitable , given the high level of politicization within the armed forces , the almost total lack of respect for the Constitution , and the inability of the President to move decisively and quickly enough against the disaffected elements . |
| 15 | This system proved almost exactly equal in structural efficiency , that is in weight , to wood and fabric with the advantage of a smoother outside surface and the almost total elimination of airframe maintenance . |
| 16 | Enesco is a major force in twentieth century music whose almost total neglect at present is quite astonishing , and if his little Poemes de Clement Marot show a limited aspect of his art , they still breathed an engaging wit and charm in Miss Cotrubas 's heart-warming performance . |
| 17 | The most controversial feature was the building of new fortifications at considerable cost and , as it proved , an almost total waste of money and effort . |
| 18 | The whole performance was an almost total waste of time , and was accompanied by a belief that it was necessary to demonstrate that one was working long hours in the evenings , and preferably all weekends as well . |
| 19 | As Gibbs ( 1975 , p. 11 ) points out , in a book marking a later resurgence of interest , the positivist eclipse of classicism led to an almost total loss of interest in deterrence in the writings of criminologists , even when they were considering ‘ policy questions pertaining to the control of crime ’ ; and he gives many examples . |
| 20 | The shift from almost total preoccupation with ritual , cosmological and hierarchical affairs came in the context of political turmoil and spiritual conflict during the Late ( Eastern ) Zhou period . |
| 21 | The great idea had been to hold Saturday Classes open also to members of the Women 's League and the Keep Fit Association , but in the event we encountered from our Sister Organisations a most unsisterly and almost total absence of support . |
| 22 | Recorded in Studio No. 1 , Abbey Road , the Ravel quartet balance is characterized by an almost total absence of reverberation yet does not sound overly clinical . |
| 23 | In particular , Milner , Taylor and Sperry ( 1968 ) and Sparks and Geschwind ( 1968 ) found that split-brain patients were able to repeat digits presented to either ear alone but showed almost total absence of report of digits presented to the left ear when different digits were simultaneously presented to the right ear . |
| 24 | In the almost total absence of information there can be no interest in systematizing procedures in the manner of the Victoria Centre . |
| 25 | In reality the change of allegiance brought almost total autonomy in return for an annual payment of 500 ducats and the support of the Ragusan fleet in time of war . |
| 26 | In his earlier work , Schoenberg reached for an almost total emancipation of dissonance in ‘ atonality ’ . |