Example sentences of "as almost [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As almost every woman who has ever complained about jokes against women has been told , ‘ Where 's your sense of humour ? ’ |
| 2 | There you could meet the likes of Orson Welles , Norman Mailer , Lillian Hellman , Virgil Thomson , Martha Graham , Ethel Merman , and Anita Loos — as well as almost every star in American showbusiness . |
| 3 | But over the eight drafts , what emerged was a particular vision of the whole penal system as almost a plot by the higher powers to perpetuate the whole system of crime , keep it rolling , keep criminals on the streets … ‘ |
| 4 | This was the reason I asked you to return to the house of your childhood : because the places we have loved — or hated — as children remain in the mind as almost a structuring force . |
| 5 | An early 20th century guru , a great English artist-craftsman , typographic designer , engraver , sculptor and deeply influential presence in the cultural life of his time , Eric Gill ( 1882–1940 ) was regarded , until Fiona MacCarthy 's revealing and controversial biography ( 1989 ) , as almost a candidate for sainthood . |
| 6 | If he makes a will , as most men do , it is almost certain that he will set apart a considerable proportion for the saying of masses ; if he should neglect to do so , and in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries it is regarded as almost a sin to die without making a will , the Church ought to make the provision which he has failed to make for his soul . |
| 7 | Educational technology is therefore offered as almost a synonym for systematic thinking in education . |
| 8 | Opponents of sales see them as reducing a vital social resource built up at the ratepayers ' expense , while proponents see sales to long-standing tenants as almost a recourse to ‘ natural justice ’ , although there are also the political overtones of the desire of Conservative politicians to build up a property-owning base to their vote . |