Example sentences of "[conj] almost [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Had it not been for that publication Sally might have avoided that almost overwhelming sea of troubles which resulted from harmlessly intended praise . ’ |
| 2 | The point is that almost any configuration of events with which an individual is likely to be associated in public carries the risk of a worst possible meaning which might reflect unfavourably upon him , and it is a sign of intact mental functioning that one recognises this risk , without of course being incapacitated by the thought , and at the same time that one is equipped to perform repair work if and when infractions occur . |
| 3 | The reduction of the concept of communication to comprehensible input , in association with the absence of any clear definition of what is meant by comprehensible or any criteria for knowing whether language has been comprehended or not , means that almost any approach to teaching can claim to have the blessing of the theory . |
| 4 | Devlin 's argument is that ‘ exploitation ’ and ‘ corruption ’ are such nebulous terms that almost any field of morality could be defined in a way to allow at least the theoretical intervention of the law . |
| 5 | It has always seemed to me rather sad that almost any move from beat duty is regarded as a promotion . |
| 6 | In the above , some attempt has been made to produce well-sounding harmony , but the whole-tone system has so little conflict within itself that almost any combination of notes can sound tolerable . |
| 7 | a term for a style of type faces having square serifs and almost uniform thickness of strokes . |
| 8 | Mary recalls how they were flat broke and almost living hand to mouth . |
| 9 | The simple and almost revolutionary message of Francis had the fortune to reach the ears and attention of a pope of spiritual vision who , while not able to fill that role himself , recognized the strength and power that might be harnessed to both the papal curia and the Church as a whole . |
| 10 | Not many years ago , it seemed that almost all readability research , and almost all research in linguistics confined itself to the analysis of units no larger than a sentence . |
| 11 | Individuals as well as groups , business corporations and government officials have access to high-speed travel , micro-technology and fax machines , and almost instant information about events world-wide via the news media . |
| 12 | But we reckoned without the persistence and almost obsessive scheming of Airey Neave . |
| 13 | Encina 's unadorned villancico , Trista Espana sin ventura ( Disc 1 , track 9 ) , highlights the Hilliard 's accurate intonation and almost psychic rapport in phrasing . |
| 14 | Earnings per share was traditionally the prime and almost exclusive measure of performance . |
| 15 | The great idea had been to hold Saturday Classes open also to members of the Women 's League and the Keep Fit Association , but in the event we encountered from our Sister Organisations a most unsisterly and almost total absence of support . |
| 16 | The growing numbers of underemployed middle- or upper-class women , for whom unpaid charitable work was one of the very few socially acceptable occupations , supplied a willing and almost endless supply of volunteers for such activity , such as has been available at no other period of British history . |
| 17 | David was not a big man but , like several Palace midfield players and defenders , he excelled under intense and almost continuous pressure in Division One . |
| 18 | The printer has several advantages over conventional printers ; it is almost silent , the printhead is very light and so powerful motors are not needed and almost any kind of paper can be used . |
| 19 | But is this broad and almost pantheistic frame of reference in itself any more valid than , for example , the traditional Christian affirmation of the absolute uniqueness of Jesus as the incarnation of God ? |
| 20 | We usually gained our ends by astute and almost instinctive creation of alliances , for which we provided leadership , and small but professional military forces that were sought by friends and feared by foes for the impact they could make upon contemporary balances of power . |
| 21 | ‘ This regular , increasing , and almost unvaried diet of sensation without commitment ’ would ‘ render its consumers less capable of responding openly and responsibly to life ’ and ‘ induce an underlying sense of purposelessness ’ . |
| 22 | For example , in 1980 the Home Secretary , William Whitelaw , introduced the ‘ short , sharp , shock ’ punishments for young offenders , involving a few months ' strict discipline and almost para-military training in detention centres . |
| 23 | In the last-named work he opened up lines of interpretation which , even if somewhat modified since , set firm foundations on which other scholars might build : the exuberant vigour and almost Niagara-like outpouring of scholarship gave it a memorable quality . |
| 24 | Each must decide as he pleases , according to whether his temperament urges him to prefer the prolific , radiant , almost jovial abundance of Rubens ; the mild dignity and eurhythmic order of Raphael ; the paradisal — one might almost say the afternoon colour of Veronese ; the austere and strained severity of David ; or the dramatic and almost literary rhetoric of Lebrun . |
| 25 | In the following year the President argued that man 's nature had been used by God and that state-imposed collective responsibility was unnecessary : Christian altruism had worked through an ‘ inevitable though almost undetected stimulation of Egoism ’ . |