Example sentences of "almost [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The range of bilirubin levels in the patients studied in this way encompassed almost the entire range of the control and oxygen treated groups . |
| 2 | One of his more lasting memorials is the Hattersley domestic loom , which since he introduced it into the islands in 1920 has produced almost the entire output of Harris tweed . |
| 3 | Evidence from satellite photos , refugees and dissident groups reveals that almost the entire flow of the Euphrates has been diverted into a 560-kilometre drainage canal , known as the Third River , recently connected to the sea . |
| 4 | Almost the entire deck of cards — sixty-six of them — were spread out on the floor before the fire . |
| 5 | If that standard was implemented in the city we would be able to designate almost the entire area of north Belfast , ’ he claimed . |
| 6 | He had been Dean of Chichester since 1567 , during which time he had succeeded in alienating almost the entire chapter by his forthright attacks on venality , pluralism and spiritual laxity . |
| 7 | Its highlights were the famous ‘ Vitruvian Man ’ and studies for the Battle of Anghiari , and almost the entire corpus of studies connected with this lost decoration is assembled for the exhibition . |
| 8 | Initially , almost the entire focus of the budget was upon matters of resource allocation . |
| 9 | Sahnoun said in late July that as many as 5,000 people might be dying each day across the country , 1,500,000 were on the brink of death and 4,500,000 were nearing starvation ; together these figures represented almost the entire population of the country . |
| 10 | The division of the stimuli by accident estimates used almost the entire set of 48 stimuli . |
| 11 | He preferred the furtherance of his own prestige over the needs of his kingdom — especially England , from where he was absent for almost the entire period of his kingship . |
| 12 | ALMOST the entire workforce at a Birmingham engineering company has agreed to join a tailor-made group pensions plan drawn up by Royal Scottish Assurance . |
| 13 | He will spend almost the entire time in an isolation cubicle within the unit 's small ward until the new bone marrow becomes effective . |
| 14 | Rhys will spend almost the entire time in an isolation cubicle within the unit 's small ward until the new bone marrow becomes effective . |
| 15 | EASTER remains almost the best time for a family gathering ; far less demanding than Christmas , and more cheering , with the rest of spring and summer to look forward to . |
| 16 | EASTER remains almost the best time for a family gathering ; far less demanding than Christmas , and more cheering , with the rest of spring and summer to look forward to . |
| 17 | Millar and Big Ben , winners of the World Cup in 1988 and 1989 , have almost the best draw of all , last but one , by which time the Canadian will know exactly what he needs to do . |
| 18 | Each regiment still tended to be regarded as almost the private property of its colonel and until 1753 was usually known by his name . |
| 19 | However , for the purposes of the relevant part of the lbw law , the wicket is actually about 37 cm wide — over 38% wider — as you should add almost the total diameter of the ball ( over 7 cm wide to both the off and leg stumps to allow for a ball which would have flicked the stumps — thus fulfilling the criterion of hitting the wicket . |
| 20 | PREVIOUS PAGE : Almost the final blueprint for the Dalek . |
| 21 | For almost the first decade of its existence , the resources of the Modular Course were entirely absorbed by coping with the first-order problems of survival and growth . |
| 22 | For almost the first time since his reappearance in her life Laura found herself wondering whether she and Ross could have done anything to save their marriage all those years ago . |
| 23 | So why is it , for almost the first time in 150 years , Yorkshire can not contribute a single regular member to the England team ? |
| 24 | Suddenly , and for almost the first time in her life , apart from in her dreams , Marie felt that she was in a position of power . |
| 25 | Age at menarche , almost the only indicator of sexual maturity of which we have any historical evidence , is also sensitive to nutritional status . |
| 26 | We have in English a certain gamut of styles : we have the good Chaucerian ; almost the only style in English where ‘ softness ’ is tolerable ; we have the good Elizabethan ; … and the bad , or muzzy , Elizabethan ; and the Miltonic , which is a bombastic and rhetorical Elizabethan coming from an attempt to write English with Latin syntax . |
| 27 | Hasan was almost the only person to whom he spoke . |
| 28 | He said of holy relics : ‘ England is almost the only country in the world where there is not some favourite religious spot where absurd lies , little bits of cloth , feathers , splinters , rusty nails and other invaluable relics are treasured up and in defence of which the whole population are willing to turn out and perish as one man . ’ |
| 29 | For the present , the equations are still almost the only candidate for a system having a well-understood ( topologically and dynamically ) strange attractor in a range of parameter values . |
| 30 | For one thing there have been too many of them already ( Ellery Queen 's Mystery Magazine in America , perhaps the best and almost the only vehicle for the crime short story , no longer looks as new Holmes tales , as I know to my cost . ) |