Example sentences of "almost [adj] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the result , when Lord Pearce went with his committee to determine whether or not the agreement was acceptable to the entire population , needless to say he reported that the vast majority of whites were in favour but that there was almost total rejection by the blacks . |
| 2 | An almost total strike by the country 's coalminers during the second half of December presented a serious challenge to the Polish government 's economic and industrial policy . |
| 3 | Yesterday 's sudden departure followed what appeared to have been an almost total cave-in by East Germany , anxious to have the matter out of the way by the country 's fortieth anniversary on Saturday . |
| 4 | He was greeted with massive and ironic cheers from the Opposition and listened to in almost total silence by our own benches . |
| 5 | As early as June 1917 , the Germans were aware that Haig intended to strike in Flanders , probably from near Ypres , for imprudent , almost public debate by Allied politicians had made this evident . |
| 6 | On the 22nd Gracey 's forces assisted the French in what , despite what was claimed at the time and subsequently , was an almost bloodless coup by which they occupied the Town Hall and other central points ; and two nights after that about a hundred and fifty French civilians , including many women and children , were massacred by Vietnamese who burst into the Cite Heraud district past indifferent Japanese guards . |
| 7 | An almost contemporary work by Guido Reni , ‘ David with the head of Goliath ’ , dating from 1630 , is also included in the sale . |
| 8 | I was supported in almost equal measure by a new-found friend . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , at any given time there can be wide discrepancies in the prices quoted for almost identical items by retail outlets in the same town , or even the same street . |
| 10 | And living organisms themselves constantly change their environment , altering its chemical composition by eating , breathing , excreting ; altering its geography by building and destroying ( this relatively obvious concept has been raised to almost metaphysical status by James Lovelock and his devotees as the grandiosely named Gaia hypothesis ) . |
| 11 | The quest for international recognition , almost regardless as to the importance of the state bestowing it , took on an almost manic quality by the later 1980s . |
| 12 | ‘ The most blameworthy acts are so often absolved by success that the boundary between what is permitted and what is prohibited , what is just and what is unjust , has nothing fixed about it , but seems susceptible to almost arbitrary change by individuals . ’ |
| 13 | Eric Touchaleaume looks back more than fifty years , with twelve almost unknown works by Max Ernst . |