Example sentences of "almost a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reasoning that the very nature of Doctor Who would mean scenes at the beginning and end of serials where only the regular cast were involved , this element became almost a prerequisite to production . |
| 2 | Minkowski worked in a vigorous school of mathematicians whose traditions stretched back almost a century to Carl Gauss . |
| 3 | The major setback to profits came in Sears ' footwear division , about 40 per cent of total profits , where the trading surplus fell by almost a quarter to £31.6m . |
| 4 | It seems almost a pity to subject these lively fancies to the stern test of verisimilitude , but I feel constrained to point out three facts . |
| 5 | ‘ It is a charming village — almost a temple to wine . ’ |
| 6 | Its fourth issue devoted a page to analysis and views of the smaller , 21 July Vietnam demonstration half a page to strike reports from Manchester and London , two pages to a suppressed BBC script on racism , and almost a page to Malcolm X and an excerpt from American black power advocate Julius Lester 's Look Out Whitey . |