Example sentences of "be almost the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps most significant , microbiologists now realise that plasmids , once thought to be exceptional , are so common as to be almost the rule among bacteria . |
| 2 | And , beyond that , we ought to see that some of the latest European music is only ‘ fascistic ’ in ways that are almost the opposite of male triumpalism . |
| 3 | Love has inspired more mystical utterances than any other human emotions ; for some saints and mystics , it has been almost the whole of religion . |
| 4 | With a compulsion to work that must have been almost the equal of that of Van Gogh , he plunged into print-making and in too short a time had effectively burnt himself out . |
| 5 | Being almost the colour of the rocks , the Harpies are difficult to spot before they move . |
| 6 | Do you see chemistry as being almost the centre of science ? |
| 7 | Being usurped in Rigby 's life by Duane was especially painful for Gedge because the two men were almost the antipathy of each other . |
| 8 | The history of the attempts to prevent cracks spreading or to evade the consequences , is almost the history of engineering . |
| 9 | This is almost the position in which the Liberal party has found itself in recent elections ( see Table 5.2 ) . |
| 10 | The real search space is almost the cover of the naive one . |
| 11 | Energetically , the spring is almost the opposite of the pendulum . |
| 12 | When you do all the sums and move all the money from pocket to pocket it looks as if there is an increase of between 2 to 2.5 per cent and that is almost the difference between the previous inflation forecast of 3.5 per cent and the present inflation forecast of 5.75 per cent . |
| 13 | But this is almost the reverse of the case . |
| 14 | The pattern for spending on transport by different types of authority is almost the reverse of that for books and equipment . |
| 15 | Contrary to the intuitions of the participants , the anticipated ( j ) , ( c ) ( g ) is dispreferred in favour of the following : The focalisation created through this pattern is almost the reverse of that expected , with a narrowing to the detail of the " leaves ' in the second sentence , followed by an abrupt transition outwards to a general statement about the rain in the last sentence . |
| 16 | On the day I spoke to him , his wizened granite-faced skipper Kepler Wessels ( who is almost the antithesis of Rhodes ) had sat down and spoken to the 22-year-old from Natal about his game . |
| 17 | In 1963 Senator Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania said , ‘ The Senate establishment … is almost the antithesis of democracy . |
| 18 | No longer recruits , but trained servicewomen ; amongst the smiles there is the occasional tear , as it is almost the end of recruit training . |
| 19 | This is almost the end of Week 1 and you have nearly done it . |
| 20 | It 's almost the end of the road for the 900 people who 've worked on widening a 13-mile stretch of the M5 between junctions 6 and 8 . |
| 21 | This act was almost the downfall of Will Darrel . |
| 22 | Monarchy was almost the rule in Europe , which had many republicans , but few republics . |
| 23 | His breathing was almost the panting of a hunting dog . |
| 24 | It was almost the language of the papal chancery itself , but it was asked in such a manner that the pope could not concede . |
| 25 | It was almost the end of the fishing season . |
| 26 | The last verse of Joyce 's song , ‘ Time ’ , was almost the end of the show : |