Example sentences of "[verb] almost [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case , in addition to a writ issued by the Derbyshire County Council , the former leader of the council , Mr. Bookbinder , has sued for libel and his action , which is based almost word for word upon the same allegations as those in the council 's statement of claim , continues . |
| 2 | There are sentences in ‘ Neo-Angular 's ’ speeches which are echoed almost word for word in the essays of T. S. Eliot and the letters of Evelyn Waugh . |
| 3 | Of the latter , one was dedicated to King Henry II of England in a prologue taken almost word for word from Bede 's preface to Ceolwulf at the beginning of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People . |
| 4 | However , the preamble to this convention reaffirms certain broad humanitarian principles of considerable potential relevance to the nuclear weapons issue , and inter alia it repeats almost word for word the terms of Article 35 of 1977 Geneva Protocol I , already quoted . |
| 5 | Hall reveals through his examination of Colnaghi documents that Berenson 's recommendations at times ‘ follow almost word for word , Gutekunst 's own letters to Berenson ’ , suggesting that it is time for a re-examination of the role of dealers as well as the more famous advisers in influencing taste . |