Example sentences of "almost [conj] [adv] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were recluses in this age , like St Romuald who resigned the archbishopric of Ravenna almost as soon as it had been thrust upon him by Otto III in order to lead a life of private prayer and asceticism . |
| 2 | The cannery was abandoned almost as soon as it was built . |
| 3 | Almost as soon as it was begun , the College became virtually bankrupt , and it had to be taken firmly under control , notably by Lord Kinnaird , Byron 's banker friend . |
| 4 | He shot through the door almost as soon as it was opened , closely followed by a small , bald-headed individual carrying what looked like a suitcase . |
| 5 | Although , if we wish to test the depth of these mid-Victorian fears and also to judge the constancy of the vocabularies of reaction , then we must edge back a few years to an episode that would bring back flogging as a judicial punishment almost as soon as it had been abolished . |
| 6 | Here , it is enough to note that the adoption , largely at Owen 's prompting , by the trade union movement of the strategic objective of organising manufacturing industry in industrial co-operatives , of adopting Co-operation for its own sake so as to make a revolutionary change in the constitutional structure of society , ended almost as soon as it had begun . |
| 7 | But he rejected it almost as soon as it crossed his mind . |
| 8 | A young wildebeest is able to run almost as soon as it is born , for it must be able to keep up with the other wildebeest when they flee a predator . |
| 9 | The new structure was criticized as over-elaborate — with its three tiers of regions , areas and districts — almost as soon as it was created . |
| 10 | The concert was beset by problems almost as soon as it was announced . |
| 11 | Yet the new balance began to be questioned almost as soon as it was put in place , this time by Parliamentary committees . |
| 12 | Yes … the company appointed to sell Robert Maxwell 's shares in the second division club have announced they intend to adjourn the Oxford United AGM at the Manor Ground tomorrow night almost as soon as it starts . |
| 13 | No wonder the tractor took over almost as soon as it was invented . |