Example sentences of "[prep] almost the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During his address , Walesa departed from his prepared text and asked Jews to forgive centuries of Polish anti-Semitism , especially the collaboration of some Poles in the annihilation by the Nazis of almost the whole of Poland 's 3,000,000-strong Jewish population during the Second World War . |
| 2 | Unlike almost the whole of the rest of Roman law , trusts had by the end of the classical period been actionable in cognitio for centuries . |
| 3 | Throughout almost the whole of this period the industry depended on supplies eroded by the sea and cast up on shore . |
| 4 | With the same amp settings the low hum single coils sing with almost the character of a Gibson P90 . |
| 5 | Along almost the whole of one wall was trained a cultivated blackberry bush . |
| 6 | The Third Class ‘ Parly ’ half of the Excursion Return was issued until almost the closing of the line . |
| 7 | Henceforward these prisoners could be routinely considered ( and the process is long , costly and complex , involving interviews , a local review board and then the national Parole Board ) but would only be released before almost the end of their sentence in very exceptional circumstances . |
| 8 | But these activities occupied him , one may well think , because he could see he had painted himself into a corner : the purely literary reason for not finishing The Silmarillion is deducible not only from that work itself , but from almost the whole of Tolkien 's professional career . |
| 9 | This was one of the changes initially seen under the Republic : the capture of Jamaica in 1655 opened up a new road which encouraged rulers in the second half of the century to go forward and force other European powers to give up their lands on almost the whole of the North American coastline . |
| 10 | On almost the whole of the exposed parts of the western coasts of Britain both the prevalent and dominant winds are the westerlies , but on the east coast , where the prevalent winds are still the westerlies , the dominant winds are the easterlies , as the westerly winds are blowing offshore and are incapable of producing waves affecting the coast . |
| 11 | Among the many mercies vouchsafed to our land during the year now nearly expired have been respite from famine and pestilence and preservation from Civil War , while anarchy and bloodshed have prevailed over almost the whole of Europe . |
| 12 | Influenced by considerations such as these , successive leaderships had attempted since almost the beginning of the war to extricate their forces from the conflict . |
| 13 | For instance , building-society deposits , bank cash accounts , and National Savings holdings all rose sharply throughout the period , especially with high interest rates prevailing for almost the whole of the 1970s . |
| 14 | And instead of distancing herself from her subject with the language of ‘ scientific ’ detachment , her message is one of passionate commitment to the primates she has studied for almost the whole of her adult life . |
| 15 | For almost the whole of their walk their objective had been in sight : the green copper cupola of the soaring campanile of Arthur Blomfield 's extraordinary Romanesque basilica , built in 1870 on the bank of this sluggish urban waterway with as much confidence as if he had erected it on the Venetian Grand Canal . |
| 16 | He said nothing for almost the whole of the twenty minutes , until he got up and carried his plate and cup to the sink and then said , as he left the room , ‘ I see . |
| 17 | For almost the whole of the period under review , the prevalent and strongly held belief was that Britain , in common with other major economies , had climbed out of the economic slough of the interwar years and was set on a broad and permanent path of rising prosperity and full employment . |
| 18 | I remember two very special expeditions to the top of the Heath — not very far from our house which stood at almost the height of the cross on St Paul 's Cathedral , a fact that was emblazoned on the house above us in the East Heath Road . |