Example sentences of "almost total [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In contrast there has been the almost total cessation of the reporting of rape trials by the News of the World , as described above ( see Table 2.3 ) .
2 He puts forward the radical solution that the range be given almost total protection as a wilderness area or area of land where the hand of man is less evident .
3 An almost total strike by the country 's coalminers during the second half of December presented a serious challenge to the Polish government 's economic and industrial policy .
4 This example illustrates how one branch of government , through a minor change in welfare benefit regulations , has developed a policy in almost total opposition to the policy of community care being pursued by the health and social service agencies .
5 The consequence has been an over-concentration on the negative possibilities of LMS to the almost total exclusion of the positive , democratising potential of the delegation of power from LEAs to schools .
6 The report added that the almost total blackout on the issue in the press ‘ speaks volumes for the apathy , fear and misguidedness currently existing in this country ’ .
7 The report added that the almost total blackout on the issue in the press ‘ speaks volumes for the apathy , fear and misguidedness currently existing in this country ’ .
8 Some university administrations give almost total control of the bookfund to the librarian , with suggestions from departments and faculties permitted , but not particularly encouraged .
9 While the agencies maintained almost total control over the enforcement of standards , a control which could be preserved in the absence of publicity , this posed no problem : ‘ A lot of the standards were set by River Authorities ; and the works were n't capable of achieving [ them ] anyway , ’ a senior official said .
10 On the basis of the MAFF-DoE memo this would seem likely to include the farming and fertiliser industries , and would give the Ministry of Agriculture almost total control over the policy .
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