Example sentences of "almost [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the root of his lifestyle was pots of money , treated almost entirely as disposable income , given that he still lived with his parents . |
| 2 | Liquids on the other hand flow if subjected to a stress ; they do not store the energy but dissipate it almost entirely as heat and thus possess high damping characteristics . |
| 3 | The quest for international recognition , almost regardless as to the importance of the state bestowing it , took on an almost manic quality by the later 1980s . |
| 4 | It is not the people who break the pattern of the Numbers stories , but God , for he responds almost exactly as he did at Meribah before . |
| 5 | The one remaining club , Squires , over the water in Catford , shut almost exactly as I started the book . |
| 6 | Madame Mattli was almost exactly as Paula had imagined she would be , a petite perfectly turned out woman with an air of chic that was unmistakably French . |
| 7 | It had been returned to him almost exactly as he had sent it , with no covering letter or word of explanation . |
| 8 | And there at Stamford , the beautiful town that Celia Fiennes and Defoe had admired so much remained almost exactly as they had seen it : but fossilised , moribund . |
| 9 | Looking around the bedroom , she saw that it was almost exactly as it had been in the photograph , although now there was a book open and face downwards on the patchwork quilt . |
| 10 | Problem solving : This is almost exactly as in the simple solution . |
| 11 | As she grew older her school friends — of whom there were a great many , since she was forced to change schools almost yearly as her parents flitted — sometimes expressed envy at her adventurous lifestyle . |
| 12 | Almost instantly as I sang , a trout rose and grabbed my tail fly , a size 16 Silver Butcher . |
| 13 | Weaver ran through the gap between the houses , waving his right hand almost uselessly as he snapped off a second shot at Bodie . |
| 14 | The silence between them seemed to lengthen interminably , and her nerves were stretched almost unbearably as she waited for his answer . |
| 15 | The Baronne 's gathering frown dispersed almost magically as she espied a flat be-ribboned box on the tray . |
| 16 | Avon 's company secretary , Neil Whittingham , said the 89,000 sq ft scheme which could create 200 jobs , will go ahead almost immediately as planning permission for the greenfield site has been secured . |
| 17 | Though Lyra is small , it contains a number of interesting objects , and of course it is graced by the presence of Vega , the lovely blue star which is almost overhead as seen from British latitudes during summer evenings . |
| 18 | His successor , General von Werder , who served almost continuously as military plenipotentiary in 1869 – 87 , and later as ambassador in St Petersburg in 1892 – 95 , was a key figure in Russo-German relations . |
| 19 | He smiled almost lazily as he studied her across the brightly lit room . |
| 20 | They clung to each other almost fearfully as though they believed that , in the whole of this alien and bewildering world , only the two of them had any real substance ; as if all else was an illusion . |
| 21 | He glanced up at her almost respectfully as he poured himself some tea . |
| 22 | Round these orderly gnarled wooden roots the cold soil heated almost visibly as the incredible bright dawn advanced . |
| 23 | He switched off almost sadly as Hess disappeared into the cockpit clumsily , too big in the leg for such acrobatics . |
| 24 | Few of its members , remembering the success of Lloyd George in 1981 , expected to win against the personal appeal of Winston Churchill , who was regarded almost universally as the principal saviour of the country , not only in the crisis of 1940 but in the years of partnership with foreign allies . |
| 25 | Griffith 's breakthrough came almost accidentally as he attempted to forge a career in a new industry about which he knew little . |
| 26 | These should be set out almost verbatim as they will appear in the offer document ; |
| 27 | House owners should realise that a conservatory can be added almost anywhere as long as the foundation laid is adequate . |