Example sentences of "almost [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the layout shows a Roman palace left almost complete with much of the walls , towers and gates standing . |
| 2 | Penetrance was almost complete for the recessive homozygote in all liability classes . |
| 3 | Welcome back to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire where preparations are almost complete for the World 's biggest Airshow . |
| 4 | Figure 4.1 ( reproduced from Duncan and Goodwin , 1988 ) gives a clear impression of that spatial variability at one date ; approximately half way through the strike 's duration , whereas support was almost complete in some areas ( notably South Wales , Kent , Yorkshire and Scotland ) in others , notably in the East Midlands ( focused on Nottinghamshire ) , the great majority of NUM members were at work . |
| 5 | From the roof of the banqueting hall he could see that the river , which had been almost dry until now , had swollen greatly , it continued to rise during the night until by the following morning it had submerged the melon beds . |
| 6 | She waited until it was almost dry before laying a white plastic cloth along its top , and then plates , cutlery and bright red paper napkins , found in cartons on the trailer , were put in place . |
| 7 | It is almost inherent in the nature of the passions and the acts we are concerned with that feeling overcomes or ceases directly to control and regulate action . |
| 8 | It is almost unbelievable for those of us who have lived with and admired the divine right of the great cricket county for so long . |
| 9 | these are recommendations from a joint working party D of E of the erm local authority association and they are to almost unbelievable for us to consider and I can only assume that the that we must remember that this is really a response to what I call Heseltine 's last squeeze which was the idea of executive mayors and so in a sense lip service which has to be paid somewhere along those lines but it does recommend that we think seriously about cabinet govern government about single party committees and I ca n't imagine how anybody in their right minds would argue now that the cabinet government when they see what cabinet government leads to in Westminster and what de facto cabinet government leads to in majority ruled councils up and down the country erm , there is of course a I think a misleading er er brownie point the idea of relaxing restrictions on members allowances but members must realise why that is in there . |
| 10 | ‘ How could you doubt that ? ’ he insisted , his eyes almost murderous at the suggestion . |
| 11 | But in a piece of electioneering that is almost extraterrestrial in its proportions , the current Tory Cabinet is trying to become the Student 's Friend . |
| 12 | Bernice was almost grateful for the hours of enforced idleness . |
| 13 | That 's why I 'm not explaining anything more to you , ’ she asserted stonily , almost grateful for the reminder that his opinion must not be allowed to matter . |
| 14 | He was taller than Byron , but stooped slightly , whereas Byron 's demeanour was almost soldierly at times . |
| 15 | THE flurry of worry about the absence of women in John Major 's cabinet had the odd effect of making Mrs Thatcher s premiership look almost progressive on women 's issues . |
| 16 | The sky is of a rich sea blue that is almost grotesque in its fullness of colour , broken only by an indignant stream of clouds piping up in the distant horizon . |
| 17 | She said goodbye to Jenny at the garage and made her a parting present of the Brownie Annual , which left Jenny almost speechless with delight . |
| 18 | Dr Helen Martini , Chairman of the Action Committee , was almost speechless with anger . |
| 19 | She was almost speechless with anger now . |
| 20 | He appeared almost shy among the other party-goers , a little boy let loose in the big playground , nervously looking about him . |
| 21 | For a brief moment , Kelly felt almost sorry for Damien Gould . |
| 22 | She felt almost sorry for Professor M. L. Vaughan , who was obviously in the same rank as her self-confident great-uncle , and differed from him on almost every point . |
| 23 | Sally-Anne was not at all what she expected , and she was almost sorry for her . |
| 24 | As I discovered this arrangement , I began to feel almost sorry for any potential thief . |
| 25 | ‘ You have finished , Master Corbett ? ’ de Craon called out sweetly , as if he was almost sorry at the reception the English clerk had received . |
| 26 | As she leaned forward to offer them her pullover bellied out and he caught a glimpse of her breasts , almost adolescent in size , but with large and prominent nipples . |
| 27 | The Eurasian steppes had its own bison , the wisent , which was almost extinct in the early decades of this century but has been rescued by captive breeding , and the small saiga antelope , with its peculiar dust-trap of a nose , in shape like an elephant seal 's . |
| 28 | It was low in numbers a century ago , when the Piedmonts of Italy were being imported for beef and good red milking cows came from Bergamo , but by 1979 it numbered 150,000 and is now a well-established milk and meat breed in France , though almost extinct in Italy , where it is known as the Tarina . |
| 29 | ‘ Largemouth ’ is now almost extinct in the lake , and it is estimated that probably 50% of other species are also now extinct due to the introduction of the predatory Nile Perch as a food fish some 40 years ago . |
| 30 | Do you know what is almost extinct in your sex ? |