Example sentences of "almost [num] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the third game , he outplayed Karpov in the late middlegame and early ending , and then made a fatal blunder after almost six hours ' play . |
| 2 | Corman called ‘ It 's a wrap ’ on Friday evening , and realized that he still had almost forty-eight hours ' usage left on the warehouse and sets he had rented for The Raven . |
| 3 | Lyall accepted the manager 's job in succession to John Duncan almost three years ' ago after a year as technical adviser to Terry Venables at Tottenham . |
| 4 | On September 1st , as soon as she was back in Florence , she had sent £12 , almost ten months ' wages to Ellen and had stressed the importance of letting her know such a large sum of money had arrived . |
| 5 | This reflects a 53.8% long term survival for those who received a suitable donor organ and a 70% actual survival at almost 6 years ' mean follow up in those discharged from hospital after surgery ( fig 2 ) . |
| 6 | After almost four years ' hard study in addition to her job , Sarah Blackburn of group internal audit was congratulated on May 26 by David Quarmby , joint managing director , on attaining an MBA . |
| 7 | That in fact we were looking at almost two months ' work erm for project engineering , when in fact that scheme would have been condensed down into project engineering . |
| 8 | Almost two years ' preparations culminated with a magnificent floral display , a beating the retreat ceremony and thanksgiving services , along with an opera , performed in the grounds of the old abbey . |
| 9 | As an example of AEA 's capabilities , its Environmental Safety Centre has almost 20 years ' experience in all aspects of disposal and treatment of domestic , industrial and toxic wastes , as well as providing consultancy , research and technical services , including environmental audits and assessments , waste management and environmental pollution research on an international basis . |