Example sentences of "the almost [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I Am The Greatest ’ contains 16 songs of cynicism and desperate hope , from the almost venomous diatribe of ‘ I Do n't Care ’ to the gorgeous child-like pleading of ‘ Take It Easy On Me ’ . |
| 2 | The almost complete lack of response , one way or the other , from the Masai , only seems to have encouraged these fantasies , because it provided an environment in which fantasy was rarely tested against reality . |
| 3 | A study by Jones ( Jones , 1983 ) provides detailed evidence on the almost complete lack of communication between examination boards and employers and on the uninformed and arbitrary way in which employers use qualifications . |
| 4 | The most noticeable deficit in the 1980s debate about drug use in the UK is the almost complete lack of accurate information about how many people are using illicit drugs . |
| 5 | Judged on the attendance , the almost complete lack of sectarianism , the productive political discussion in the workshops , and the constructive criticism , the event was more of a success than we had ever dared hope for . |
| 6 | [ T ] he most significant legal development of the past fifty years is the almost complete absorption of administrative law into the fold of the common law . |
| 7 | The castle was begun by Henry de Lacy in 1282 ; Denbigh is also noted for the almost complete circuit of town walls . |
| 8 | This is made more difficult by the almost complete anonymity of the modern laboratory . |
| 9 | What made the pre-1960 period distinctive , however , was the almost complete reliance on this one objective . |
| 10 | Among better preserved examples is the almost complete broch on the island of Mousa , in Shetland . |
| 11 | Undaunted by the almost complete failure of the Fifth Generation project , Japan Inc is now embarking on a $480m 10-year Real-World Computing Partnership with the aim of mimicking the human brain in software . |
| 12 | A feature of the election was the almost complete destruction of the traditional Congress ( I ) support base in the northern " Hindi belt " . |
| 13 | Lying behind this is the almost complete acceptance of the doctrine that if there is no legal proof of guilt , then the act was , in fact , not committed at all . |
| 14 | Whereas the nineteenth-century state concerned itself with the common affairs of all capital owners , the growth of giant industrial corporations and of large financial combines has now led to the almost complete exclusion of other capitalist fractions from influence over the state . |
| 15 | The almost complete absence of neon advertising signs from buildings and shop windows increased my sense of berg in an ancient city . |
| 16 | Bernard Donoughue noted ‘ the almost complete absence of discussion of economic policy . |
| 17 | The fact is that the considerable amount of literature now being produced on ‘ IT ’ and ‘ strategy ’ is notable for the almost complete absence of any mention of external online database systems of the type used by librarians and information scientists . |
| 18 | It is in respect of bad human behaviour generally that the almost complete absence of condemnation from organised religion is so deplorable . |
| 19 | The third model is the ‘ American ’ one , the almost complete absence of feudal relations , ‘ free ’ land , in the initial stages of development , no absolute ground rent , well-to-do farmers and a large home market for industry . |
| 20 | Comparison of the results of this study with those from our previous study shows that the major differences in anorectal function between patients with complete supraconal lesions and those with incomplete lesions are that the almost complete loss of rectal sensitivity and the ability to contract the sphincter at will . |
| 21 | The almost equal inhibition of CCPR by ergocalciferol compared with the active metabolite ( 1,25 ( OH ) 2 D 3 ) argues against a receptor mediated effect , since non-hydroxylated vitamin D 2 binds poorly to the vitamin D receptor . |
| 22 | Of that number considerably less than one-tenth were actually imprisoned for the full period specified , the mere ordering of the execution against the body having produced the almost immediate payment of the debt in nine cases out of ten . |
| 23 | But the technology that permitted the almost immediate availability of match results and reports meant that sport came to occupy a larger place in the daily national press . |
| 24 | The almost immediate effect of the outbreak of war in 1939 , following the almost entirely unexpected Nazi-Soviet pact , was that the Communist party , in France as in Vietnam , announced its opposition to the ‘ imperialist ’ war and , in both countries , this was followed by swift government repression . |
| 25 | This was largely nullified by the almost immediate institution of the network system . |
| 26 | The almost wordless scene in which Ma Joad , packing her belongings for the last time , comes across a pair of old earrings and tries them on , recalling some long forgotten happiness , is as touching as anything he ever directed . |
| 27 | The fact that manipulation was possible even in the almost unadulterated democracy of the congress came as a great surprise to most delegates . |
| 28 | For the most part these arose from the almost heedless manner in which Christians were prepared to identify themselves with the dominant values of secular Roman society . |
| 29 | John Wadham , legal officer for the Liberty Group , a civil liberties organisation , said that banning people from demonstrating , ‘ on the spurious grounds of noise abatement , shows the almost casual contempt for human rights in this country . ’ |
| 30 | When he began the cautious descent down the almost sheer drop into the valley , Sarah clasped her hands together and leaned towards him . |