Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] have been almost " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 5 a US Defence Department spokesperson announced that the US contribution to the war costs had been almost US$6,000 million , out of a total cost of US$61,000 million . |
| 2 | ‘ We are very encouraged by the fact that ticket renewals have been almost matched by new applicants . |
| 3 | In Ireland , the coverage of unions is now so extensive that the loan sharks have been almost driven out of business . |
| 4 | Higher education — for the most part — has been an extension of this system whereby education is largely autonomous of commerce and industry , and employer contributions have been almost entirely supplementary and subordinate to state provision . |
| 5 | The formerly important Jurassic ironstones of central and eastern England , the Carboniferous haematites of the Lake District and South Wales and the ironstones of the Coal Measures have been almost entirely abandoned due to competition from high-grade imported ores and the exhaustion of some deposits . |
| 6 | Testing for 14 year olds has been almost as great a disaster : the first pilot scheme was abandoned halfway through at a cost of £8 million . |