Example sentences of "is almost the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most glider pilots have never experienced anything more hazardous than a bad landing , so reading and talking about other people 's mistakes is almost the only way of becoming aware of the kind of situations which lead to broken gliders . |
| 2 | THE 120 musicians of the great Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra shut themselves up in a secret conclave yesterday and elected a conductor who is almost the exact opposite of the late Herbert von Karajan : the Italian Claudio Abbado . |
| 3 | No longer recruits , but trained servicewomen ; amongst the smiles there is the occasional tear , as it is almost the end of recruit training . |
| 4 | Contrary to Labour 's claims , the report said the proportion of national income spent on education is almost the same now ( 5.1 per cent ) as it was when the Conservatives came to power in 1979 ( 5.2 per cent ) . |
| 5 | The contingent is almost the smallest possible force Britain could meaningfully provide to a major UN force , but Mr Rifkind said it was nevertheless an important contribution . |
| 6 | The evidence relating to her father is almost the only approach to much of Mary Leapor 's life , certainly to the first ten years . |
| 7 | On the SMH he is almost the oldest , at 31 . |
| 8 | Brought on to lowland pastures in kinder climates , it gains considerably in size though in its own environment it is almost the smallest breed in Britain : only the Shetland and the Dexter of Ireland are shorter . |
| 9 | He said of holy relics : ‘ England is almost the only country in the world where there is not some favourite religious spot where absurd lies , little bits of cloth , feathers , splinters , rusty nails and other invaluable relics are treasured up and in defence of which the whole population are willing to turn out and perish as one man . ’ |
| 10 | It is neither complete nor authoritative — the family of Forsey , to take just one small example , being listed separately as Forterishey , Fortersley , and Fortryshey without cross reference , attempt to verify a definitive spelling , or verification of blazon — but it is almost the only generally available starting point , and can not be ignored . |
| 11 | This , of course , is almost the natural management approach of the private sector , exemplified by the manufacturing industry where output of products and costs of manufacture are absolutely crucial information . |
| 12 | Energetically , the spring is almost the opposite of the pendulum . |
| 13 | How they are cracked is almost the least interesting part of the walnut story . |
| 14 | This is almost the same size as a conventional audio cassette . |
| 15 | On the day I spoke to him , his wizened granite-faced skipper Kepler Wessels ( who is almost the antithesis of Rhodes ) had sat down and spoken to the 22-year-old from Natal about his game . |
| 16 | The Lighthouse is almost the same . |
| 17 | ‘ It fits really well … sort of drinking music , which is almost the national pastime ! |
| 18 | This is almost the end of Week 1 and you have nearly done it . |
| 19 | The reprobate mother , who may also be gin-soaked , is almost the only interesting creation ; her , and a louche bitch author called Cassandra , almost up to Dallas characterisation . |
| 20 | But this is almost the reverse of the case . |
| 21 | There is a small category of books where incompleteness , for one reason or another , is almost the rule , so that it is accepted as the norm . |
| 22 | The history of the attempts to prevent cracks spreading or to evade the consequences , is almost the history of engineering . |
| 23 | This is almost the same as the average poll tax bill of £564 . |
| 24 | Plants are closing all over Europe as recession deepens on the continent and particular industries make the painful adjustments to their own private new world orders , but the announcement that Digital Equipment Corp was to close its venerable 22-year-old manufacturing plant in Galway has drawn international attention that far exceeds anything generated by threatened closures such as the even more venerable truck plant that is almost the only employer in the Lancashire town of Leyland , and involved a threat to many more jobs . |
| 25 | Re-using things , re-using things is almost the same as recycling is n't it ? |
| 26 | But this very positive image is almost the exact opposite of the prevailing view about conformity before 1945 . |
| 27 | In 1963 Senator Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania said , ‘ The Senate establishment … is almost the antithesis of democracy . |
| 28 | The position in Wales is almost the same as in the non-metropolitan areas in England . |
| 29 | The legal and constitutional foundations of the prewar state have been destroyed ; the existence of the emperor as the symbol of the Japanese nation is almost the sole relic of the old structure , albeit an important one . |
| 30 | In five of the spellings , the actual sound of the vowel in the unstressed syllable is almost the same when the word is said normally ( see also page 7 ) : lowest damage entered concert domestic |