Example sentences of "[art] almost universal [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 An example from the 1920s is the almost universal influence of Chaplin and jazz in the avant-garde .
2 ( Why , for instance , the widespread horror of miscegenation and the almost universal belief among whites that ‘ half-breeds ’ inherited precisely the worst features of their parents ' races ? )
3 The idea that the horrors of civilization represent a decline from a golden age of natural virtue in which ancestral man lived in an unspoiled Paradise , is an almost universal characteristic of myths of origin , the story of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden being a very typical example .
4 An almost universal feature of determination is that it involves subtle chemical changes , almost certainly turning on or off genes , and the overt result may not be seen for many hours .
5 Battle , Murder , and Death , Venuses and Psyches , the bloody and voluptuous , are the things in which they seem to delight : and these are portrayed in a cold , hard , and often tawdry style , with an almost universal deficiency of chiaroscuro ; the whole artificial , labored and theatrical .
6 Some form of property taxes are an almost universal source of income for local government , but in many parts of the world they are accompanied by other forms of taxation .
7 This provoked an almost universal howl of outrage in Britain .
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