Example sentences of "[is] almost an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one on the bass side is almost an inch long and it really shows , especially under strong lighting . |
| 2 | She is almost an inch long , twice the length of any other individual in her army . |
| 3 | This is almost an inversion of the procedure examined below in the case of similes which introduce underlexicalised terms used with special meanings in the fiction . |
| 4 | The Times literary supplement ( TLS ) is almost an institution in itself , and is unusual in being designed specifically for librarians , although read by large numbers of other people as well . |
| 5 | ‘ In my opinion it is almost an encouragement to players to behave recklessly and if he 's been quoted correctly , he has brought the game into disrepute . |
| 6 | Port land is almost an island , a great hump of limestone linked to the mainland by the shingle stretch of Chesil Beach . |
| 7 | Small is beautiful is almost an article of faith in Britain . |
| 8 | And they also know he can shrug off pain , a useful attribute when crashing is almost an inevitability in a six-month GP season . |
| 9 | If confusion and resentment are to be avoided the change-over must be simple to understand and must have been heralded so far in advance that it is almost an anti-climax when it finally comes . |
| 10 | I think that , that , that is , that 's almost an insult , is n't it ? |
| 11 | It 's almost an endorsement for the single-brand path which guarantees compatibility , even though — as I mentioned above — no manufacturer excels in all areas . |
| 12 | I think it 's almost an impossibility to stamp out deformed genes , new defective genes are arising in the population all the time . |
| 13 | He says this last in a tone of frustrated anguish : it 's almost an appeal for somebody to enlighten him . |