Example sentences of "[vb pp] almost as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cannery was abandoned almost as soon as it was built . |
| 2 | The prince , who took his force into Wales from Chester in good tight order , and at every mile ensured his lines behind him , was on his guard against his own instinctive enthusiasm as well as against Welsh armies , and knew enough about them by this time to feel no surprise that he should probe ever more deeply and carefully into North Wales , and never touch hands with anything more than a darting patrol , gone almost as soon as sighted . |
| 3 | But whereas junket is made with great rapidity and is eaten almost as soon as the curd has set and without being drained , soft cheese takes longer to turn because less rennet must be used and the milk is barely heated , too much rennet and/or too much heat producing a leathery and acid curd . |
| 4 | When at last a reluctant taker was found he asked to be recalled almost as soon as he had arrived at his post . |
| 5 | As long as there is an abundant supply of water high temperatures tend to be associated with high rates of weathering , although this does not necessarily result in deep weathering profiles for , as we have already noted , where slope gradients are steep the products of weathering may be removed almost as soon as they are created . |
| 6 | Yet the new balance began to be questioned almost as soon as it was put in place , this time by Parliamentary committees . |