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

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1 Does my right hon. Friend agree that it would be a disaster to adopt a policy that changed almost from hour to hour under Labour , with no constancy or purpose of any sort ?
2 Moreover , they fluctuate in their supposed order of priority , not merely from Government to Government , nor even from year to year , but almost from day to day at the whim of public and parliamentary opinion .
3 Moreover , in dealing with a phenomenon as complex as war — which produces an infinite variety of situations and is conducted by means whose technical features alter almost from year to year — there are inherent difficulties in laying down the law in the form of treaties .
4 He ‘ s had a couple of bumps , as well , one of which has left a long and jagged crease in the body almost from headlight to tail-light ; that one was n't his fault , but he drove away from it fast to avoid the questions that would certainly follow .
5 With all those holidays in which to practise and play — almost from dawn to dusk at times — my handicap rattled down , and I went to university with a handicap of two .
6 Andrea Whitcombe led almost from start to finish to retain her title at the Women 's National Cross-Country Championships at Birkenhead .
7 Frances Grimes , 16 , is still in hospital with a wound stretching almost from ear to ear .
8 Slicing through the building almost from front to rear is the planar glass roof , supported by a simple bowstring steel truss frame .
9 The basic leopard is spotted almost from nose to tail .
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