Example sentences of "it is almost [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , when the academic discipline of ‘ criminology ’ is referred to it is almost invariably taken to mean only positivist criminology in this wider sense , with its extensive research and literature and established ( though competing ) theories . |
| 2 | Although olsalazine was the most potent inhibitor , in vivo measurements have shown that it is almost completely metabolised in the colonic lumen . |
| 3 | It is almost completely obscured by the tree which surrounds it and hides the light under its foliage . |
| 4 | The compromise is symbolized by Lysias ' mention ( xxiii.3 ) of ‘ the barber 's shop by the Herms in the Athenian agora where the demesmen of Decelea congregate ’ — an evocative phrase which evidently described a well-known social phenomenon , since it is almost exactly reproduced in an inscription from Decelea ( Syll. 921 , lines 63–4 ) . |
| 5 | While the earliest sources give no clue to the date of Molla Fenari 's appointment to the Muftilik but simply state that he was Mufti , later Turkish tradition has asserted that the Muftilik was created in the time of Murad II ; and as it is almost universally held that Molla Fenari was the first Mufti , his appointment , if the tradition is to be believed , must have occurred after 824/1421 , the year of Murad II 's accession . |
| 6 | VIA also has to pay heavily to use the tracks and it is almost universally agreed that CP in particular has spent the last 12 years over-charging and trying to find ways of clearing the passenger trains from the path of its lucrative freights . |
| 7 | Consequently , the term ‘ modular ’ is now in wide use , indeed usage is such that it is almost indiscriminately applied to every aspect of the software industry . |
| 8 | Among the Buid , momentary expressions of anger may be viewed in the first instance as indicative of a momentary desire to harm another , but if such conduct becomes persistent or habitual it is almost always reinterpreted as being caused by hostile mystical forces and thus as not being under the deliberate control of the individual . |
| 9 | It is almost always determined by commercial considerations . |
| 10 | It is almost always based on the four zero foods , and if we attempt to resist it , our friends insist that ‘ a little wo n't hurt ’ . |
| 11 | Furthermore , when Creole is used by the younger generation , it is almost always used in conjunction with London English in a code switching mode . |
| 12 | It is almost always paid to a woman . |
| 13 | It is almost always paid to a woman . |
| 14 | It is almost always paid to a woman . |
| 15 | It is almost entirely made up of Issaq people , the clan of northern , formerly British , Somalia . |
| 16 | In Britain , it is almost entirely made up of upper-middle class , late-middle aged , white men . |
| 17 | Contamination of water supplies by oily mists threatens agriculture in the region since it is almost entirely based on irrigation . |
| 18 | You are very unlikely to be suffering from it , as it is almost entirely confined to males . |