Example sentences of "almost at [art] end " in BNC.

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1 Now , with the division of Germany almost at an end , there are uncomfortable questions about the future of the two alliances , and how , if at all , they can be fitted into a Europe that includes a re-unified Germany .
2 Throughout his life Coleridge found such resolutions far easier to make than to abide by , and in reality his university career was almost at an end , as was any possibility of academic distinction .
3 Those last high-spirited weeks at Alfoxden and Stowey were almost at an end by the time Cottle and Hazlitt left for home .
4 The Astra has now clocked up 17,300 miles and our time together is almost at an end .
5 Despite this bad start , this was to be the only meeting the unit was to have with Müncheberg 's Messerschmitts , for their time in Sicily was almost at an end .
6 Tom Reynolds had been a loyal and useful ally but now his usefulness was almost at an end .
7 The journey was almost at an end .
8 But , almost at the end of the ascent , there came a new series of alarming jerks and they juddered to a halt once more .
9 Joel Garner was , in fact , almost at the end had begun back in 1976–7 against Pakistan when he made his debut in the same game as Colin Croft .
10 It was almost at the end of surgery and it was almost as if the doctor were expecting me ; and later , I could hardly wait to tell Leo what had happened .
11 On one of my patrols to the end of Putney Bridge I found the body of an elderly woman , almost at the end of her life .
12 Kaminski and crew were almost at the end of their tour , the pilot being on his 27th mission .
13 Sunrise , which filters a wonderful golden hue upon the shell of the architecture , is perhaps best shot from the far side of the harbour , from Farm Grove , almost at the end of Mrs. Macquaries Point .
14 ‘ The picture dissolved and was replaced by an image of the three climbers : almost at the end of the knotted rope , a slim man in black combat clothes , hanging with the agility of a spider , keen eyes scanning the gulley for cover ; above him a young woman , similarly dressed , eyes bright with excitement , talking and gesticulating ; and above her a giant of a man , his body barely covered by his torn clothing , waving a bizarre weapon , grinning like a wolf .
15 Sunrise , which filters a wonderful golden hue upon the shell of the architecture , is perhaps best shot from the far side of the harbour , from Farm Cove , almost at the end of Mrs Macquaries Point .
16 It 's been a bumpy ride , but the bill to privatize British Rail is almost at the end of its long parliamentary journey but the battle is n't over yet , earlier this week hundreds of protestors from a variety of backgrounds gave up a day and travelled from the North to carry their defiant message to Transport Secretary John MacGregor .
17 So here we are today , almost at the end of a very long process , having experienced a wide ranging debate about the future of Greater York and numerous consultation exercises .
18 The most explicit line in the piece , is a line from Owen 's poem , ‘ Strange Meeting ’ which comes almost at the end of the baritone solo in the last section of the War Requiem , the quietly and simply sung ,
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