Example sentences of "[is] almost [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her birth is almost invariably a disappointment to her family ( because it is not a son who has been born ) . |
| 2 | In chemical calculations this unit is almost invariably the mole . |
| 3 | This schedule sets out the timetable , providing for the giving of notice of the election , the procedures for nomination of candidates and the conduct of a poll where , as is almost invariably the case , the election is contested . |
| 4 | In practice it is almost invariably the Director General who acts , though the Secretary of State initiated the reference of British Gas to the MMC in 1992 . |
| 5 | This sound begins with the enunciation of the letter ‘ m ’ , and can be variously ‘ mama ’ , ‘ mummy ’ , ‘ maman ’ , ‘ mutta ’ , ‘ maaa ’ and so forth ; the feature of the baby 's environment designated by the word is almost invariably the mother . |
| 6 | The modernization/diversification sector is all other manufacturing which is almost invariably the product of regional policy , has no inherent geographical rationale for its location and is characteristically based on industrial estates . |
| 7 | The acquired form of the disease is almost invariably the result of sexual activity with an infected person , while congenital syphilis , as its name implies , is passed on passively while the developing foetus is in utero . |
| 8 | The truth is almost exactly the opposite . |
| 9 | By contrast , the definition of a good frame is almost exactly the opposite ; it should be immediately absorbed without any period of consideration and , rather than being the focus of attention in itself , should direct our attention to the object within it . |
| 10 | And if I could put that half a million pounds in context , as I tried to do in an amendment in Council yesterday evening , that is almost exactly the increase in charging for people going to day care facilities . |
| 11 | It is known that this is almost exclusively the result of the age related increase in the prevalence of H pylori infection . |
| 12 | This is almost twice the size of the only other ultraviolet telescope now in orbit , the International Ultraviolet Explorer , a joint American-European-British satellite . |
| 13 | Covering nearly 13,000 sq kms , Runtu is almost twice the size of its neighbour , the prolific Sanga-Sanga block and shares a number of similar geological features . |
| 14 | David Murray , the club 's multi-millionaire chairman , yesterday disclosed the figure , which is almost twice the amount England were promised to win the European Championship in Sweden last summer . |
| 15 | This is almost never the case with substances such as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine . |
| 16 | No amount of reallocation makes the total reduce and yet the first reaction to bad numbers is almost always a rush to blame someone else on one 's own side ! |
| 17 | It is almost always a fallacy to think that buying now on credit beats inflation . |
| 18 | At the time of marriage there is almost always a sense of , " it could n't happen to us , " but once marital difficulty arises the consideration of divorce as a solution is of itself more easy . |
| 19 | She is almost always a virgin … . |
| 20 | It is almost always a lack of storage space , or the fact that the file is dynamic and so can not be loaded in a single operation , that prevents self-indexing , and not the time taken to carry out the calculations . |
| 21 | Tigers do kill and eat people , but there is almost always a reason . |
| 22 | There is almost always a pro and con view — except when England decide to change their shirt design again . |
| 23 | The period is almost always a calendar year ; the average population size may be the estimated midyear figure as in the UK or the average of the 1 January figures in the year in question and the following year . |
| 24 | The presence of free ammonia or of protein material is almost always an indication of contamination of the water with sewage or trade effluents , such as gas liquor . |
| 25 | While it is probably advisable for the church to aim for a low profile in the small , stable , face-to-face village community , the opposite is almost always the case in the urban and suburban scene . |
| 26 | However , in proceedings under the Children Act 1989 it is almost always the case that the parents are represented by virtue of a legal aid certificate . |
| 27 | In particular , there is almost always the problem of determining whether the ‘ findings ’ are findings about crime and criminals , or about the assumptions , beliefs and stereotypes of those who ‘ label ’ people as criminals . |
| 28 | The beginning of a marriage is almost always the occasion for a transfer of valuables in the form of wedding presents , marriage settlements , token gifts . |
| 29 | It is almost always the woman who says , ‘ Let's sit down and talk about where we are . ’ |
| 30 | However , this is almost more a problem of consistency . |