Example sentences of "[noun] almost [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Culture influences almost every aspect of the reaction to a particular product — texture , colour , desire for innovation or respect for tradition and so on . |
| 2 | Would it have been easier if she had n't seen Lucy almost every day for four years going into or out of the office next door ? |
| 3 | It is really in my mind almost a repeat of the situation we found ourselves in , in the Sudbury Western bypass some year or two ago , which strayed into Essex onto which the Essex County Council raised objection , er , one can not build a road in an adjoining County without the consent in law of the County Highway Authority on whose ground you trespass , it 's almost as simple as that and in this case with Norfolk standing presumably indicating their intention to oppose the construction for a day , we have something of a static bar situation unless we can reach agreement . |
| 4 | Although I did n't see Charlie for months , I rang Eva almost every day for a full report . |
| 5 | It seems as if the Opposition flounder almost every day in their responses to the charges and questions that we put to them , and I very much hope that they will clarify their position on national insurance charges on high and not so high incomes — and on whether any increases will be phased in . |
| 6 | The distinctive moods of the rich and various landscapes which crowded near to Stowey were becoming for Coleridge almost a reflex of his own moods and thoughts — the broad uplands of the Quantock Hills a counterpoint to the speculative power of a mind ‘ habituated to the vast ’ , the lowland villages an expression for him of the loving companionship of friends and family , the hidden dell , where the voice of nature sounded in the waterfall , a retreat by turns comforting and mysterious to serve his recurrent longing for escape . |
| 7 | The Church remained a supernatural fortress set against the world , its walls manned night and day by the committed , its lonely leader almost an oracle of heavenly wisdom . |
| 8 | And — an important factor this , in view of the way that we found some commercial lenders now tend to make repetitive and cumulative borrowing almost an end in itself , rather than simply the means of funding one desired purchase — the union has no interest in persuading its members to borrow . |
| 9 | Wilson , speaking at an Annual Conference almost a quarter of a century later summarised the experience of 1887–1894. " 1887 was a fairly good year . |
| 10 | Isfield itself seems to have shifted from its old site , up near the parish church , to a new site almost a quarter of a mile south-eastwards ; the moated manor near the church was abandoned and replaced by a new separate dwelling . |
| 11 | Quite involuntarily Lisa gasped , the sound almost a cry of anguish . |
| 12 | And I walked past the cathedral almost every day for three years . ’ |
| 13 | Throughout King James 's reign Andrewes preached before him and the Court almost every year at the great festivals of Christmas , Easter and Whitsun . |
| 14 | Christ , he really can smite the ball almost the length of the pitch , marvelled Perdita . |
| 15 | My Lords , will the er Minister say how much money has been spent on the so called cash protection for grant maintained schools and will she confirm that the one quarter of a million pounds almost a quarter of a million pounds being spent on advertising grant maintained schools is additional er to the scheme , to the first part of the question . |
| 16 | This little drama — and other scenes like it — is played out method-acting style almost every day in this particular household . |
| 17 | It was that dream again — the one which had haunted her sleep almost every night for the past three weeks . |
| 18 | Letters carne almost every day from John and although he talked about Hitler 's invasion of Russia and other war news , he always remembered to tell Anne that he loved her . |
| 19 | I talked to Whittaker almost a year to the day after Nelson Mandela had been released from his Cape prison . |
| 20 | When we lived a simpler life we walked , swam , stretched and climbed as a matter of course almost every day of our lives . |
| 21 | But with several hours of sunshine almost every day during my stay in December , it was certainly possible to get a moderate tan . |
| 22 | In the province of Alberta alone , public timberlands almost the size of the UK have been leased to a dozen firms . |
| 23 | The Ricots make paella almost every day by popular demand ; the Saturday special is churros ( fried twisted dough ) and a hot cup of chocolate for £1 . |
| 24 | : ’ Speaking in London almost a year after becoming Chairman of British Coal , Mr. Clarke said — What we are seeing is a sort of energy arms race , with attempts to justify it on the grounds of guaranteeing security , diversity and competition — but in reality , guaranteeing nothing but higher electricity prices , a rapid abandonment of other fuel reserves , and reliance on as yet unproven overseas resources . ' |
| 25 | Does the Minister acknowledge that when we had a domestic rating system almost every citizen in the land made sure that he or she registered to vote ? |
| 26 | After we had mounted the third hill , we found the country one continued village , tho' mountainous every way , as before ; hardly a house standing out of a speaking distance from another , and … we could see that almost at every house there was a tenter , and almost on every tenter a piece of cloth , or kersie , or shalloon , for they are three articles of that country 's labour ; from which the sun glancing , and , as I may say , shining ( the white reflecting its rays ) to us , I thought it was the most agreeable sight that I ever saw , for the hills , as I say , rising and falling so thick , and the valleys opening sometimes one way , sometimes another , so that sometimes we could see two or three miles this way , sometimes as far another ; sometimes like the streets near St Giles 's , called the Seven Dials ; we could see through the glades almost every way round us , yet look which way we would , high to the tops , and low to the bottoms , it was all the same ; innumerable houses and tenters , and a white piece upon every tenter . |
| 27 | As the word spread that potatoes were a very good food to eat people 's reluctance to include potatoes in their diet was overcome and by the end of the 18th Century almost every country in Europe had accepted this knobbly brown tuber as part of their everyday diet . |
| 28 | I carried on with the Debenham players getting small parts almost every year in the pantomimes , they were n't major acting roles but for a nine , ten , eleven year old child they sufficed . |
| 29 | But pressed up against the railings there were waxy gold marigolds , sunshine yellow flowers , bronze floppy heads and one clump almost the colour of blood . |
| 30 | And I knew from experience that in the ten to fourteen days during wastage of muscle tissue prior to an operation , a patient should normally suffer intense pain almost every hour of every one of those days . |