Example sentences of "[was/were] almost " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the two girls compare notes one day , the New Yorker will complain about the useless articles she read ; the newspaper articles were almost always short , written maybe by hard-pressed critics who were only allowed short articles , further cut down by sub-editors . |
| 2 | While Janet 's plants stayed strong and proud throughout the bad weather , mine were almost horizontal by spring . |
| 3 | That Meninga would receive overtures from Knowsley Road was one of the more predictable consequences of Canberra 's qualification for Old Trafford , but Hull were almost as quick off the mark with an approach for Chris O'Sullivan , and other players have apparently been contacted . |
| 4 | Pre-tax profits showed a more modest 2.5 per cent increase to £6.3m in the absence of last time 's £409,000 of property profits , and after a slightly higher tax charge earnings per share were almost unchanged at 6.22p . |
| 5 | It was very difficult for a court to say what a reasonable mother would have done in circumstances which were almost hypothetical . |
| 6 | Mehew 's contribution probably surprised the scouts , who were almost certainly in Bath to watch Penrice and Nigel Martyn , but it is a fair reflection of his part in pushing Rovers into second place . |
| 7 | Oddly enough , these characteristics were almost wholly lacking in his cleverly designed sets , which were , none the less , imaginative and alluring , and still perfectly in keeping with this lyrical production . |
| 8 | Recent national day speeches in the two countries were almost interchangeable . |
| 9 | Alison was n't keen to take hers , but I managed to persuade her , pointing out that since I had n't been asked for any more money these were almost certainly aspirins . |
| 10 | By noon the rain had stopped and already the trees and grass in the orchard were almost dry as the hot sun shone through the leaves . |
| 11 | There were almost identical correlations ( and trends in correlations ) between being Labour and alleging anti-Labour bias on the BBC . |
| 12 | The factors influencing ratings given to television for providing information on personalities and issues were almost identical to each other . |
| 13 | At the start of the campaign , constituency candidates were almost invisible to the electorate : very few electors claimed to have heard anything about them . |
| 14 | Its traditional ally , newly settled city-dwellers , were almost completely lacking in Belorussia , as we have seen . |
| 15 | Education and socialization were almost synonymous in his view . |
| 16 | Its working methods were almost a caricature of those prevailing in high political bodies in Moscow . |
| 17 | In Russia there were almost no major broadcasts until 1922 . |
| 18 | The imposition of a severe censorship and the sacking of all hostile editors ( there were almost no spetsy in the press ) immediately upon the seizure of power in October 191 7 had ensured its smooth running from the political and administrative point of view . |
| 19 | The night raids were almost non-stop , with Mosquitoes sometimes carrying out two sorties in a night thanks to the quick re-arming and re-fuelling at bases such as Marham , Upwood and Bourn . |
| 20 | If anything the Land Campaign and the Liberal plan to abolish plural voting before a possible 1915 general election offered the prospect of another Conservative defeat , and the Conservatives themselves were almost certain this would be the case . |
| 21 | Its ancient and mischievous eyes were almost tender . |
| 22 | In a few months Rose 's home place and Moran 's house were almost interwoven . |
| 23 | The hospital staff I spoke to were almost without exception complacent on the subject of interpreters . |
| 24 | The women I spoke to were almost always subsidiary wage earners ; the money they brought in was essential for survival but was not the main wage of the family and their jobs were often far more unpleasant than their husband 's . |
| 25 | The Act divided holders of British passport into two categories — those who had ‘ substantial connection ’ with the UK , who could enter Britain without restriction , who were almost all white , and those who could not . |
| 26 | An Indian teacher said that in his school Asian children 's names were almost invariably mispronounced . |
| 27 | Despite relegation to the Third Division the club kept a playing staff of thirty-eight , twenty-five of whom came from the Barnsley area and were almost all miners or the sons of miners . |
| 28 | I noticed that my mother kept asking my boyfriend and my brother 's girlfriend to move further and further over until they were almost standing on their own . |
| 29 | However , in the latter city , building costs were almost as high as those of London , so some form of subsidy was necessary . |
| 30 | Conscious that British audiences were almost wholly uninterested in British films , some members of the industry increased their efforts to secure through persuasion and publicity what the films so patently could not . |