Example sentences of "almost a [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I mean it 's a co it 's almost a bloody conference centre to be honest ! |
2 | The oral shields range from rounded triangular , particularly in small individuals , to distinctly triangular , almost a regular isosceles triangle , in some larger specimens . |
3 | In an effort to reduce it , the government increased interest rates , which restricted growth to an estimated 6.5 per cent in 1990 , almost a full percentage point down from the 1989 figure . |
4 | I did not try one with the full sixty degrees , which is almost a full airbrake setting and would doubtless produce a still slower stall speed , but the Bölkow is obviously capable of getting into a very short field if required . |
5 | Things like revenge , which you talk about as almost an Old Testament feeling , I see as completely now . |
6 | Using the contour control , it 's possible to change the character of the sound from British bite to almost an American West Coast wash , while maintaining that essential edge which Marshall amps are famed for . |
7 | Nobody decided the length of the journey in what is almost an infinite mapping process . |
8 | The health service members ( principally community mental handicap nurses and therapists ) were almost an exact mirror image — they concentrated on a casework approach — although there is some slight hint in Table 3 of a shift towards more service development activities over time . |