Example sentences of "almost [art] [noun sg] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is striking is that the responses bear almost no resemblance to the issues being discussed in the election campaign . |
| 2 | During this period the number of people working in the office in Carlisle virtually doubled at almost no cost to the BDA , and valuable contributions were made in all departments . |
| 3 | This is of almost no interest to the managers of the campaign , in the parties and the media . |
| 4 | Yet this apparently admirable material proved to be of almost no use to the party . |
| 5 | And there is almost no limit to the ways you can reorganize the space in some of those old Victorian and Edwardian wardrobes that can still be found . |
| 6 | The practice was as old as the Middle Kingdom itself and formed one link in the great chain of tradition , but it was more than mere ritual , it was a living ceremony , an act of deep respect and celebration , almost a poem to the honoured dead . |
| 7 | I talked to Whittaker almost a year to the day after Nelson Mandela had been released from his Cape prison . |
| 8 | Now , almost a year to the day later the show will finally go ahead at the Frank Matcham designed theatre . |
| 9 | The third and final category is almost a superordinate to the other two in that it asks how all the changes implied in the first two aspects are being handled . |
| 10 | Where until two years ago , the scattering of currants near the door was eagerly awaited by a clamouring mix of blackbirds , starling , robins and a songthrush or two , lately there has been almost an indifference to the largesse . |