Example sentences of "for almost [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bramble was forty-five and had not been thus addressed for almost a quarter of a century . |
| 2 | A few days later , immediately alongside the busy M40 , a pause at traffic-lights enabled me to glance at a dense assembly of birds , as closely-packed as starlings , extending for almost a quarter of a mile along the edge of the arable field , and I was able to identify them as a mixture of Lapwing and ‘ goldies , ’ all immobile , and many of the latter with their heads tucked in as if fast asleep . |
| 3 | FOR almost a quarter of a century we have been keeping records of farm fatalities . |
| 4 | When France and Spain made peace in 1659 after a struggle which had lasted for almost a quarter of a century it was agreed that their representatives , Cardinal Mazarin and Don Luis de Haro , should meet on a small island in the River Bidassoa , which separated their territories in the Pyrenees . |
| 5 | Ken appreciated it and for almost a quarter of a century afterwards they would be close friends . |
| 6 | These had been kept intact for almost a century by Louisa Greenough Powers Ibbotson and her descendants . |
| 7 | The narrow gauge line 's diesel locomotive and two former man-rider carriages have been operating for almost a year at a small extra charge to visitors . |
| 8 | Again , there was a slight hiccup when the entire Leyland Class 155 fleet were withdrawn for almost a year with door troubles ; they opened while the train was running . |
| 9 | He was acquitted on the ground that ‘ he had her for almost a year with her goodwill . ’ |
| 10 | So it is particularly refreshing to come across one company that not only recruited its company secretary and main board director when she was four months pregnant , but also waited for almost a year for her to join full time . |
| 11 | BJORN BORG who , at 36 , is still contemplating a return to Grand Slam tournaments , faces Olivier Delaitre , of France — ranked 44th in the world — when he plays his first official men 's singles match for almost a year in Nice tomorrow . |
| 12 | D'Annuzio led a group of men to occupy Fiume for the Italians , lording over the city for almost a year before being ousted by the wartime Allies . |
| 13 | Paula had been dry for almost a year before the taxi fracas . |
| 14 | Liverpool footballer Michael Thomas out of the game for almost a year after rupturing his acheilles . |
| 15 | Consequently , for almost a decade after that , Trevor was never actually seen driving a car in any film . |
| 16 | The rock here , naturally , is limestone , and prodigiously fissured , while the walk through the Gorges is hard-going in places , and rough , continuing for almost a mile until the prepared path , such as it is , peters out . |
| 17 | Slips , trips and falls accounted for almost a half of all major injuries while injuries resulting from exposure to harmful substances in the chemical industry ( 15.8 per cent ) were , not surprisingly , significantly higher than in the manufacturing industry as a whole ( 5.5 per cent ) . |
| 18 | I last visited Mexico for almost a month during May and June 1989 . |
| 19 | Thanks to the Sports Council there are opportunities around the country for almost every kind of sport , with 50-plus beginners especially welcome . |
| 20 | Perhaps his greatest vulnerability was one shared with the great mass of mankind : a vanity which affected many aspects of his life , and which as he grew older increased his claims for credit for almost every activity within human reach . |
| 21 | Before rehearsals started , he got himself in trim by running every day , knowing that he would have to be ultra-fit for each night 's three-hour performance , appearing on stage for almost every minute of it . |
| 22 | ‘ Reparations has been on the agenda for almost every generation of black Americans , ’ said Mr Walter Fauntroy , the District of Columbia 's representative in Congress . |
| 23 | They love the bright , colourful illustrations , the varied activities , the emphasis on games and picture puzzles , and the fact that there is a song for almost every lesson in the course . |
| 24 | The firm has constructed carriages of various descriptions for almost every railway in the kingdom , and for many lines in other countries — amongst others for Egypt , Sweden Norway , Denmark , Holland , Spain , India and Australia . |
| 25 | With controlled prices ensuring excess demand for almost every item in state shops , products can be resold on the black market for huge profits . |
| 26 | These committees make the final decision on publication , although we ask for almost every paper to be revised before publication . |
| 27 | This section of the labour market is also virtually non-unionized , providing for almost no representation on pay and working conditions , or health and safety regulations . |
| 28 | For instance , building-society deposits , bank cash accounts , and National Savings holdings all rose sharply throughout the period , especially with high interest rates prevailing for almost the whole of the 1970s . |
| 29 | And instead of distancing herself from her subject with the language of ‘ scientific ’ detachment , her message is one of passionate commitment to the primates she has studied for almost the whole of her adult life . |
| 30 | For almost the whole of their walk their objective had been in sight : the green copper cupola of the soaring campanile of Arthur Blomfield 's extraordinary Romanesque basilica , built in 1870 on the bank of this sluggish urban waterway with as much confidence as if he had erected it on the Venetian Grand Canal . |