Example sentences of "but [pers pn] is almost " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bellamy was the more prescient ; but he is almost forgotten , while the work of William Morris is still widely read today . |
| 2 | This last point is sometimes regarded as a bad fault in basic training , but it is almost inevitable in a long-ranging competition reverse punch . |
| 3 | British Aerospace , the lead British contender , may have the backing of the Department of Trade and Industry but it is almost certain to face fierce opposition from the Ministry of Defence . |
| 4 | Nobody knows exactly who built South Luffenham , but it is almost certain that an architect called John Sturges supplied the drawings . |
| 5 | It has to be crossed because it offers the second-greatest prize in nomination delegates , but it is almost impossible to clear the field without some casualties . |
| 6 | Not all problems have gone away of course : yesterday 's £6.4 billion public sector borrowing requirement is not much higher than expectations , but it is almost as large as the deficit for the previous 11 months and — with this year 's deficit forecast to be double last year 's — shows why the Bank of England so eagerly sold £2 billion or more of gilts on election night and why it needs a regular stream of massive sales . |
| 7 | The precise reasons for this apparently surprising appointment are not entirely clear as there appears to be no detailed documentation , but it is almost certain the initiative came from Harold Shearman , then District Chairman . |
| 8 | It is neither complete nor authoritative — the family of Forsey , to take just one small example , being listed separately as Forterishey , Fortersley , and Fortryshey without cross reference , attempt to verify a definitive spelling , or verification of blazon — but it is almost the only generally available starting point , and can not be ignored . |
| 9 | There is no record of John having been apprehended and/or fined at that time , but it is almost certain that he would be dealt with in some way . |
| 10 | But it is almost always interesting , and sometimes quite beautiful . |
| 11 | It is estimated that two-thirds of those with impaired hearing suffer from tinnitus , but it is almost unknown in the born deaf who have never experienced sound . |
| 12 | But it is almost impossible to produce such images without someone raising the cry , ‘ pornography ’ . |
| 13 | With the current state of play , what you want in the way of networking may not be easy or cheap but it is almost certainly possible . |
| 14 | It did n't , but it is almost exclusively an independent sector these days . |
| 15 | Unusually for dreaming , the plot is not in this case being driven by the visual imagery , but it is almost as if the feeling of terror is primary , and the process of dreaming is to interpret the somewhat mundane imagery to accommodate the emotion . |
| 16 | It is clear that in reading a novel one can not influence its development ( that can be the pleasure or pain of reading ) , but it is almost equally hard for a criminal to influence the direction of a trial , or for a primary school pupil to prevent the lesson progressing as the teacher intends . |
| 17 | One shows drapery-folds stacked in a way , based on observation , that becomes regular in Greek art around the middle of the second half of the century , but it is almost impossible to believe that the original date of these carvings is so late . |
| 18 | But it is almost immediately obvious that Braque had begun to study Cézanne in a much more intellectual and thoughtful way , and that this was resulting in the creation of an entirely new type of painting . |
| 19 | Parts are still at this time being occupied but it is almost certain before long that the whole of the building will be condemned and we hope that this old building will be preserved and not allowed to fall into decay . |
| 20 | This had been described as a thrust , but it is almost certainly a submarine landslip deposit like those in Italy . |
| 21 | There are minorities in almost every republic — that is not wholly true but it is almost true . |
| 22 | But it is almost certain Middlesbrough manager Lennie Lawrence , who has plans to strengthen his squad for the Premier League next season , will want to hold onto Ripley . |