Example sentences of "[adj] almost to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They regard the article as being primarily an attack on the Prime Minister , and one which is improper almost to the point of being constitutional . |
2 | I had the advantage of seeing him first , eagerly scanning the carriages , and I observed that he was bronzed almost to the colour of teak . |
3 | It had been hot , humid almost to the point of unbearability . |
4 | In sharp contrast to most of his contemporaries , Pétain seemed unambitious almost to the point of self-extinction ; when offered the post of Commandant to the Rifle School , he refused because it would have meant his promotion over the heads of more senior majors . |
5 | The execution is elaborate almost to the point of fussiness or mannerism , in strange contrast to the bold strength of form and movement . |
6 | She was wearing black trousers topped with a belted tunic in thin grey wool , high-buttoned almost to the chin , and deep-cuffed . |
7 | Cynical almost to a man , they expected the worst , and had come to write their stories of poor abused children , evil parents , and the things that ‘ incomers ’ get up to in remote islands . |
8 | The Lapps are a curious people , pragmatic almost to the point of unfriendliness . |