Example sentences of "[prep] almost a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time relations between the two countries had only just been normalized [ see p. 36631 ] after almost a decade of tension . |
| 2 | French attempts to relieve the pressure failed , and on 4 August 1347 , after almost a year of blockade by both land and sea , Calais fell to Edward III . |
| 3 | In May 1949 , after almost a year of crisis , Stalin conceded defeat and reopened land access to the city . |
| 4 | We even got the better of the 6th at last , with almost a tap-in for birdie . |
| 5 | Himself a farmer , almost for 30 years an MP , now with almost a year as minister under his belt , Sir Hector was his usual affable self , seldom referring to his backing group of Scottish Office specialists . |
| 6 | And then to withhold one 's vote as with almost a matter of habit and routine , that can not be in the best interests of the Conservative party . |
| 7 | JOHN CALE , avant-garde elder statesman and Velvet Underground founder member , whose live panto , guitar and vocals album ‘ Fragments Of A Rain Season ’ is out now on Hannibal Records , plays in his native Wales for the first time in almost a decade as part of his autumn tour , visiting . |
| 8 | The oak-beamed four-bedroom house stands surrounded by apple trees in almost an acre of land in the village of Snetterton , just a mile from a racing circuit . |
| 9 | Again , there was a slight hiccup when the entire Leyland Class 155 fleet were withdrawn for almost a year with door troubles ; they opened while the train was running . |