Example sentences of "almost [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's almost worth advertising alcohol just to preserve the lobbying the brewers indulge in to prove that it does n't encourage young people to drink , just for the sight of their endless statistics that prove that all this money they spend on advertising is n't making anybody buy their product : run this by me again , why are you doing it ? |
| 2 | Almost as proof , Kinnaird and Marie Steele , lecturer in Strathclyde University 's department of human resources management and one of the four opening speakers acting as ‘ catalysts ’ for the discussion , set the dismal scene : the unbelievably low number of female applicants for top jobs , the discontinuity between the high rate of female academic achievement in secondary , tertiary and professional education and career patterns , the patchiness of those career patterns in various sectors where they did break through . |
| 3 | In the disposable , flippant world of pop , people do not tend to write earnestly about the real world and the few that do are seen almost as gurus or counsellors . |
| 4 | Butane gas heaters are safer and cleaner , thanks to modern technology , but electric fan heaters coupled to a greenhouse space thermostat are simpler and almost as cost effective . |
| 5 | Two weeks later Colonel Lane-Fox ( later Pitt-Rivers ) , a pioneer of scientific archaeology , spoke of ‘ the evolution of culture ’ : some kind of Darwinism entered into all kinds of explanations , as tends to happen with highly effective theories which get extended far beyond their sphere and come to function almost as metaphor . |
| 6 | The music began casually , almost as part of the conversation , a falling line of notes and a soft wooden rhythm near the edge of the drum . |
| 7 | ‘ A woman sees the home as her base and she dresses to complement that environment almost as part of the decoration . |
| 8 | There is no build-up or anything like it , they are just mentioned , almost as part of the tree . |
| 9 | Tamar bridge is the only road vehicle crossing for twenty three miles from Rainhead northward to Gunnislake Bridge and Cornwall is almost as island , with natural boundaries fixed by the coastline and the river Tamar . |
| 10 | But then you can watch a film and a series on Central all the way through , without having to wait from about five minutes to ten , almost , not literally , but almost through till about er five to eleven . |
| 11 | Soon they were driving almost through countryside , there were no street lamps any more ; and Boy suddenly found himself saying , stop the car . |
| 12 | They are not only based on nature , they copy nature , line almost for line . |
| 13 | Now , the mere sight of the cake crumbs floating on the tea has no particular effect on him , but suddenly when he actually tastes them he gets a strange feeling of excitement , a feeling almost of elation . |
| 14 | Giving him a look almost of apprehension , she retreated to lean against the wall , furious with herself for her reaction . |
| 15 | But then he paused , a look almost of malice . |
| 16 | Yorkshire is a cold place and I could remember the sensation almost of shock at the start of my first winter in Darrowby . |
| 17 | In her state almost of shock , Folly found her mind occupied with trivialities . |
| 18 | It must look a picture in the summer ! she thought , her gaze lifting to the sweeping roofline which suggested a sense of soaring , almost of weightlessness . |
| 19 | He had become an Untouchable , Trent thought with sudden bitterness as he glanced up to catch a look , almost of horror , on Mariana 's face . |
| 20 | For the first time she could sense what it must be like to possess the surgeon 's power almost of life and death , the satisfaction of knowing your actions had helped to save a life or bring a new one into the world , and she had been a part , albeit a small one , of the drama . |
| 21 | In English Exporters ( London ) Ltd v Eldonwall Ltd [ 1973 ] Ch 415 at 426 Megarry J stated that the term " have regard " almost of necessity was bound to create difficulties , asking how much regard was to be had and what weight was to be attached to the regard when it has been had . |
| 22 | And yet for a moment in the kitchen she thought she 'd caught a fleeting expression almost of smugness on his face , as though something had pleased him . |
| 23 | There has been a reaction almost of incredulity that so many really beautiful buildings — some in splendid settings — are going to waste . |
| 24 | In fact , by a process almost of inversion . |
| 25 | ‘ My recollections of 1987 are of severe stress , constant sleeplessness and almost of solitude , ’ he says . |
| 26 | The feeling , I was surprised to find , gave me a great sense of satisfaction , almost of ecstasy . |
| 27 | To Robbie the release came like drowning , a sinking into sensuality , a feeling almost of faintness . |
| 28 | I remember being struck at once by his gaiety and warmth , and the way these two characteristics gave a face that was not exactly good-looking , in fact had an element of the grotesque in its narrow axe-like boniness under the untidy mop of black hair — a face seen in an elongating fun-fair mirror — an aspect of compelling charm , almost of beauty . ’ |
| 29 | Desktop publishing is current practice and orthodoxy , a matter almost of routine , and we must move on . |
| 30 | Almost of familiarity . |