Example sentences of "almost total [noun sg] [prep] the " 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 | But , as the figure also shows , the dose of LiCl used was sufficient to produce an almost total aversion in the subjects naive to the CS , and thus a difference between the groups might have been obscured by a ‘ floor effect ’ — by a lack of sensitivity in the test ( see also Misanin , Blatt , and Hindenliter 1985 ) . |
| 3 | In contrast there has been the almost total cessation of the reporting of rape trials by the News of the World , as described above ( see Table 2.3 ) . |
| 4 | In this species there is no clear distinction between primary visual cortex and the secondary visual areas that are present in most other species , ranging from rats to monkeys , and there is almost total overlap between the motor cortex , defined in terms of the area of cortex from which movements can be evoked by electrical stimulation , and the somatosensory cortex , defined in terms of the area from which electrical activity can be evoked by stimulation of the body surface ( Kaas 1982 ) . |
| 5 | She may perhaps have felt a little out of place but she articulates a rare understanding of what was going on in the place , all underpinned by an almost total recall of the fascinating minutiae of day-to-day events . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This example illustrates how one branch of government , through a minor change in welfare benefit regulations , has developed a policy in almost total opposition to the policy of community care being pursued by the health and social service agencies . |
| 8 | When compared with PtpropCl 2 , 4 , the complex 5 shows additional blockages at 25 and 27 for the UV5 promoter and 75 , 77 , 88 , 102 , 108 and 116 for the N25 promoter with almost total loss of the UV5 blockage at 93 . |
| 9 | The consequence has been an over-concentration on the negative possibilities of LMS to the almost total exclusion of the positive , democratising potential of the delegation of power from LEAs to schools . |
| 10 | In the north of Spain , on the other hand , there was a dearth of learning and an almost total disregard for the arts — except where Moorish influence was most strongly felt . |
| 11 | But the politicians have also seen research in the arts , social and natural sciences , as a vital part of national development : the government has been a generous sponsor of research , partly to underpin West Germany 's thriving high technology industries , and partly to continue rebuilding intellectual life after its almost total dissolution in the 1930s . |
| 12 | The report added that the almost total blackout on the issue in the press ‘ speaks volumes for the apathy , fear and misguidedness currently existing in this country ’ . |
| 13 | The report added that the almost total blackout on the issue in the press ‘ speaks volumes for the apathy , fear and misguidedness currently existing in this country ’ . |
| 14 | The almost total dependence of the media on the western news agencies Reuters and AFP meant that the image Tanzania received of events in Africa and the rest of the world was largely determined by those organizations . |
| 15 | By contrast Sidonius Apollinaris , the most prolific writer of the second half of the century , implies almost total continuity with the imperial past . |
| 16 | The factory rapidly expanded and this led to the almost total destruction of the remaining parts of the Bishop 's Palace . |
| 17 | However , unemployment and inflation data after 1967 shows an almost total absence of the typical Phillips relationship . |
| 18 | There is an almost total disjunction between the big issues facing the country and the issues the politicians are willing to talk about . |
| 19 | His almost total indifference to the trappings of conspicuous wealth or consumption proved a subtle , yet powerful , role-model , and a disincentive to the usual gripes about status and salary . |
| 20 | On 19 January the lorry drivers ' strike ended with an almost total victory for the unions . |
| 21 | The confusion and lack of leadership among the Pomeranian and Danzig Poles — and the almost total failure of the Polish peasantry to identify the Polish cause as their own — can be seen in the Pomeranian response to the 1794 Polish uprising , led from Kraków by Tadeusz Kościuszko . |
| 22 | Some university administrations give almost total control of the bookfund to the librarian , with suggestions from departments and faculties permitted , but not particularly encouraged . |
| 23 | On the basis of the MAFF-DoE memo this would seem likely to include the farming and fertiliser industries , and would give the Ministry of Agriculture almost total control over the policy . |
| 24 | While the agencies maintained almost total control over the enforcement of standards , a control which could be preserved in the absence of publicity , this posed no problem : ‘ A lot of the standards were set by River Authorities ; and the works were n't capable of achieving [ them ] anyway , ’ a senior official said . |
| 25 | Jack , to the savages , is known as ‘ Chief ’ and now has almost total control over the boys . |
| 26 | After the almost total defeat of the Italians in North Africa by General O'Connor in January 1941 , the Germans had decided to send an Afrika Korps to bolster their allies . |