Example sentences of "[be] almost [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consciousness appears to be almost wholly dominated by language as the medium of thought and expression , so that the entire surface of cognitive processes and voluntary responses appears to be channelled through language . |
| 2 | The buildings were damaged by the fall of the campanile but rebuilt , just in time to be almost completely razed by fire . |
| 3 | They are almost entirely produced by damage to peripheral nerves or to roots or to the central nervous system . |
| 4 | Abundance thus rapidly acquired by those who were ignorant of its proper application hastened the progress of luxury and licentiousness , and the lower orders were almost universally corrupted by profusion and depravity scarcely to be credited by those who are strangers to our district . |
| 5 | True drama unfolded in the third round of the Men 's Vauxhall Indoor Tennis Trophy for more than one reason , as reigning champions David Lloyd , Slazenger Heston were almost certainly dethroned by event newcomers Royal Berkshire , and Team Excel Bath missed out on a golden opportunity to displace last year 's Area 8 champions West Hants . |
| 6 | The main source for the history of Jacobitism is the Stuart papers , but they have survived only in part for the period before 1715 , since the Stuart papers kept at the Scots College in Paris were almost totally destroyed by fire during the French Revolution . |
| 7 | Furthermore , verbal communication , the prime way of exchanging meaning between human beings who have acquired spoken language , is almost invariably accompanied by communication in non-verbal channels . |
| 8 | In Nephila , increased male mortality during the adult search phase is almost exactly counteracted by reduction in juvenile male growth stages . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's no doubt at all that the workload of the A&E department at night is almost totally generated by alcohol . |
| 10 | The narrow coastal plain between the mountain rampart and the sea is covered by Eocene flysch , and in the largest area of flat land in Dalmatia , the plain between Zadar and Šibenik , the underlying limestone is almost entirely masked by flysch . |
| 11 | Can you not imagine the world-wide reaction when it is learnt that not only is America responsible for this potential disaster but that it was almost certainly caused by treason in the highest American military echelons ? |