Example sentences of "[be] almost [art] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the problem of trespass from neighbouring urban areas can be almost a way of life for some harassed farmers with continual problems of damaged or stolen crops , dumped rubbish , damage to fences , gates and farm buildings and machinery and the worrying of livestock . |
| 2 | It seems to be almost a perception of physics as an ‘ arts ’ subject ; indeed , Jane told me that she had been equally good at arts and sciences but had chosen sciences because of the job and university prospects . |
| 3 | That Ross — so handsome , so much older and more experienced than she was — should be interested in her , had seemed to be almost a miracle beyond belief . |
| 4 | Among the acquisitions completed in 1990 are almost a mile of coast at Penparc Farm in Dyfed and a further three-quarters of a mile at Horden , County Durham . |
| 5 | By contrast , the pursuit of grievances through the legal route had traditionally been almost a way of life in RENFE . |
| 6 | Love has inspired more mystical utterances than any other human emotions ; for some saints and mystics , it has been almost the whole of religion . |
| 7 | Mr. Farr 's garden was on the right hand side at the end of the footpath and must have been almost an acre in extent . |
| 8 | Do you see chemistry as being almost the centre of science ? |
| 9 | Now we were almost a mile from shore . |
| 10 | His statement is almost a classic of philistinism . |
| 11 | Form-filling is almost a way of life in these former Soviet republics and Walker , not surprisingly , recommended a streamlining of this practice . |
| 12 | To defuse what is almost a state of lawlessness , the Interior Ministry has ordered the abolition of the workers ' militia in factories . |
| 13 | Wild thing : pricey at £17 , but this hand-painted mug from Honiton Pottery is almost a work of art . |
| 14 | For example , it is almost a requirement for publication in some academic journals that diagrams ( and high-quality diagrams at that ) be included ; in other disciplines , diagrams are simply unacceptable . |
| 15 | There is almost a tinge of predestination in footballers ' reflections on how they came to sport in the first place . |
| 16 | For Robert Thornton , Mrs Gaskell 's honourable industrialist , this indifference is almost a matter of principle : ‘ The masters would be trenching on the independence of their hands , in a way that I , for one , would not feel justified in doing , if we interfered too much with the life they lead out of the mills . ’ |
| 17 | So it is almost a matter of philotimo , honour , that even in the relatively affluent Greece of recent years nobody who can possibly fiddle his taxes has failed to do so . |
| 18 | Occasion is almost a synonym of cause in many contexts : ( 168 ) She asked Mathilda what occasioned Manfred to take Theodore for a spectre . |
| 19 | In fact , I would go so far as to say that there is almost a feeling of relief here that Clause 28 is associated with someone so widely discredited . |
| 20 | 3.7 The expression " pain and suffering " is almost a term of art in so far as the expression embraces different concepts . |
| 21 | Lambeth — whose leader , Joan Twelves , resigned this week — has been run notoriously badly by a Labour-controlled council and is almost a byword for filth and incompetence . |
| 22 | Figes , for instance , says that ‘ there is almost no evidence in favour of nature ’ ( 1972 : 9 ) . |
| 23 | Bribery apart , there is almost no method of persuasion which is considered to be out of bounds . |
| 24 | Small is beautiful is almost an article of faith in Britain . |
| 25 | The history of the attempts to prevent cracks spreading or to evade the consequences , is almost the history of engineering . |
| 26 | In 1963 Senator Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania said , ‘ The Senate establishment … is almost the antithesis of democracy . |
| 27 | No longer recruits , but trained servicewomen ; amongst the smiles there is the occasional tear , as it is almost the end of recruit training . |
| 28 | This is almost the end of Week 1 and you have nearly done it . |
| 29 | Anybody who swears allegiance to United must share the same sense of dismay at what has happened , and what is still going on — for me , it 's almost a sense of revulsion . |
| 30 | It 's something more than a Crucifixion ; it 's almost a piece of slaughter , butchery ; meat and flesh . |