Example sentences of "[conj] was almost " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marx and Engels and , for that matter , Morgan and their other sources , were in no way peculiar in this belief ; they were representatives of a current of opinion that was almost universally accepted by the end of the nineteenth-century . |
| 2 | Two aspects of Morgan 's discussion of this question , a discussion that was almost as radical as that of Engels , must be distinguished , first the proposition that people with simple technology accord a high status to women , and second , that matriliny implies a high status for women . |
| 3 | Love and death have always been themes exciting the imagination of poets ; but in the last century they figured in works of art and literature to an extent that was almost obsessional . |
| 4 | She seemed to be staring back at him with a smile that was almost a grimace of pain yet somehow full of mockery . |
| 5 | To my dismay , the whole entrance to Clonmacnoise had been concreted over in a multi-lane car park that was almost totally empty . |
| 6 | They created a dust that was almost suffocating . |
| 7 | But eventually he found one that was almost empty with tall arch windows and broken tiles about the floor . |
| 8 | She clapped her hands over her ears waiting for the water that was almost upon them , aware of the damage it was going to cause . |
| 9 | The Prince either stormed through life like a tornado or idled with a lack of haste that was almost feline . |
| 10 | Jo acquired a British accent that was almost flawless , and considerably more genuine than her father 's ; she dated the son of a famous playwright , and discovered that the dramatic societies of the great British universities were an excellent entré into the acting profession . |
| 11 | Unlike television , radio had an effect on literacy that was almost entirely positive . |
| 12 | It acquired an impossible sweetness , a tenderness that was almost sinister . |
| 13 | He unclipped a plastic water-bottle from his belt and held it out with a smile that was almost a grin . |
| 14 | But there was a feeling of peace and quiet in those old towns , a silence that was almost tangible , and it was impressive to stand alone beside the fast flowing river and know that one was surrounded by deep forest for hundreds of miles in all directions . |
| 15 | The onset of drought in the 1970s simply compounded and brought to a head a situation that was almost inevitable from its inception , the root of which was fuelled by European interests to counteract competition from soya bean imports from the USA . |
| 16 | Luke gave a shuddering sigh that was almost a sob and a tear rolled down his cheek . |
| 17 | Roy Bailey made his Palace debut at the age of just 17 years , but he only became our regular goalkeeper after his spell of National Service had ended early in 1953 , and then it soon became clear that Roy was a goalkeeper of the highest quality , even though he was performing in a Palace side that was almost invariably struggling . |
| 18 | The yard was a desert of flint chips and rolling stock that was almost extinct . |
| 19 | The company of the other women created a medium in which we felt happy and fulfilled , a medium that was almost tangible , like water or air . |
| 20 | The final verdict has to be that the underlying intelligence of the man , for all his shrewdness , combativity and skill in a car , was insufficient to match an ambition that was almost forced upon him by his milieu , by his family and by his status as a Brazilian national hero . |
| 21 | He faced a prison sentence , and in his eagerness to keep his client out of prison , defending QC Mr Christmas Humphreys claimed that Trevor had been overworking and was drinking ‘ to give him the energy to carry on a task that was almost more than he could bear ’ . |
| 22 | Nigel was almost as impressed with the fireplace as I had been , and really it inspired a feeling that was almost reverent . |
| 23 | Angalo had found a pebble that was almost the right shape to attach to a twig with strips torn off his coat ; he 'd never seen a stone axe in his life , but he had a definite feeling that there were useful things that could be done with a stone tied to the end of a stick . |
| 24 | It had given her a sense of power that was almost ethereal . |
| 25 | The new arrivals — Parsons and Burchill on the staff , and Morley as a freelancer — were , at first , minor members of the NME oligarchy , but almost by default stamped the paper with an attitude that was almost entirely of their own creation . |
| 26 | He cut a dashing figure at the many conferences he addressed , raising his hand from time to time to stroke his dark curly locks as he poured out pure reason in soft well-modulated tones with a sincerity that was almost painful . |
| 27 | Even in the dreary beginnings of a rainy dawn the newly sprouting vines dotted the hillside with a green that was almost luminous , but the olive trees were the same ghostly grey as the fog . |
| 28 | Trained at Princeton and Harvard as an art historian , Roth brought to his dealing activities a precision and expertise that was almost unrivalled . |
| 29 | The zoo curators at the conference had news that was almost as bleak . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've come to find you ! ’ he cried , struggling back to his feet ; but the words seemed to blur into a shout that was almost meaningless . |