Example sentences of "almost as [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I found it almost as ridiculous as trying to sort of say , well half of my clerical staff are fairly incompetent so I think we should have a sort of incompetency rating for each of |
| 2 | Once upon a time , of course , when you craved new clothes , you had to save for them — a quaint custom almost as outdated as horsedrawn carriages and farthingales . |
| 3 | That was almost as good as swimming . ’ |
| 4 | That seemed , when she thought about it , almost as good as saying for ever . |
| 5 | They ate on the terrace and Constance found it almost as sensual and satisfying an experience as the previous night 's love-making . |
| 6 | Bursting a good big dam , or even just letting it overflow , is almost as satisfying as planning and building it in the first place . |
| 7 | Calling St Petersburg is almost as easy as calling St Albans |
| 8 | Drawing three-dimensional objects is quite difficult , but for computers the task is almost as easy as drawing a two dimensional object . |
| 9 | Punch lace ( as I shall call it ) is almost as easy as knitting Fair Isle . |
| 10 | Like Mr Nicholson , I have been commuting for more than ten years from Fife , but hardly ever by car , which I find is too nerve-wracking and frustrating an experience and almost as bad as commuting by bus . |
| 11 | Dwarfs are a touchy , proud race and to suggest to a Dwarf King that he should beg for anything was almost as bad as suggesting he shave off his beard . |
| 12 | To try and explain this one is almost as bad as to try and explain Hegel erm my ignorance is even more crying in this case than in the other . |
| 13 | Everyone likes fun and pretty things , but — having too many frocks must be almost as bad as having too few , and if you go out somewhere every day , and razzle every night , you would get stale . |
| 14 | King is currently on holiday but Mr Corfe added : ‘ John will be delighted when he hears about this because he feels that getting into the Pontins League is , in the long-term , almost as important as getting into the Premier League . ’ |
| 15 | Providing the right foods to the player on the course can be almost as important as giving the correct playing advice . |
| 16 | ‘ It hurts , ’ she said , sounding almost as surprised as complaining . |
| 17 | However in America , where addictions are almost as mandatory as seeing the ‘ shrink ’ , a new wave of ‘ ca n't do withouts ’ has unleashed itself on society . |
| 18 | Soft-centred milk chocolates that came as one bit them seemed almost as exciting as dancing with someone you knew you were about to sleep with used to be . |
| 19 | The sufficiency of British literature is almost as remarkable if contrasted with the other arts . |