Example sentences of "are almost a " in BNC.
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1 | The inference in this was not really about the career chances of the still tiny percentage of graduates ( who are obviously well aware that their chances of reaching the highest echelons are constrained by the limitations in the numbers of top posts ) , rather it was a reassertion that those with a degree are almost a different species and remain a threat to the stability of the institution . |
2 | Press interviews with the rugger-buggers are almost a contradiction in terms — even the official , collective , post-match post-mortems after home internationals , down in the bowels of Twickenham or Cardiff , say . |
3 | Press interviews with the rugger-buggers are almost a contradiction in terms — even the official , collective , post-match post-mortems after home internationals , down in the bowels of Twickenham or Cardiff , say . |
4 | Hot air , or ‘ heat ’ guns are almost a disposable tool amongst tradesmen who carry out a lot of paint stripping and decoration . |
5 | Among the acquisitions completed in 1990 are almost a mile of coast at Penparc Farm in Dyfed and a further three-quarters of a mile at Horden , County Durham . |
6 | The top two sheets are almost a summary , for all the staff that I never actually got sent out , but it has been to the staff consultative committee , who who gave it a nod . |
7 | ‘ The northern mountains , ’ Bicker said , ignoring Murtach 's comment , ‘ are almost a thousand miles away . |
8 | Of course , extra space-time dimensions are a commonplace of science fiction ; indeed , they are almost a necessity , since otherwise the fact that relativity implies that one can not travel faster than light means that it would take far too long to travel between stars and galaxies . |
9 | In practice the changes in crypt structure along the stomach are almost a continuum . |
10 | There are almost a thousand set of bones in all . |
11 | Japanese kites , and there are almost a score here to set beside nearly 90 examples from China , tend to be either square or diamond-shaped and to be emblazoned with fearsome images of the heads of actors from the Kabuki stage . |
12 | but , I ca n't see him authorising bank holiday workings and so bank holiday exhibitions are almost a thing of the past . |
13 | We are almost an affront , flamboyant voyeurs . |