Example sentences of "[prep] almost the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This aroused the resentment of almost the whole front bench , but Wigg 's hostility was not evenly spread . |
| 2 | During his address , Walesa departed from his prepared text and asked Jews to forgive centuries of Polish anti-Semitism , especially the collaboration of some Poles in the annihilation by the Nazis of almost the whole of Poland 's 3,000,000-strong Jewish population during the Second World War . |
| 3 | Planting began in 1969 , but in 1981 , 15 years after the scheme had begun , the whole was sold off for a fraction of almost the billion dollars that had been invested in it . |
| 4 | And you can not have a situation where the the sort of almost the norm is , Any difficult decision the government is gon na have to take , there 'll be a dozen colleagues who say , not for us . |
| 5 | Unlike almost the whole of the rest of Roman law , trusts had by the end of the classical period been actionable in cognitio for centuries . |
| 6 | Throughout almost the whole of this period the industry depended on supplies eroded by the sea and cast up on shore . |
| 7 | With the same amp settings the low hum single coils sing with almost the character of a Gibson P90 . |
| 8 | Newry clinched the points with almost the last kick of the game , Ralph scoring after sub Gary Hughes put him clear . |
| 9 | Newry clinched the points with almost the last kick of the game , Ralph scoring after sub Gary Hughes put him clear . |
| 10 | Along almost the whole of one wall was trained a cultivated blackberry bush . |
| 11 | She raised her hand as a dubious Herr Nordern forced the car into almost the right gear and drove off with a curious jerking motion , then turned and went into the Centre with a look on her face which boded ill for anyone who crossed her path that day . |
| 12 | The pie committee saw all their stipulations were met but attempts to stop it were made until almost the last minute . |
| 13 | With that Baldwin had to be content until almost the Monday noon . |
| 14 | England until almost the 1850s , when sometimes labouring men , particularly in country districts , might never have a fire in their hearths or taste meat all week , and faced death if they trapped a rabbit on the local lord-of-the-manor 's land . |
| 15 | The Third Class ‘ Parly ’ half of the Excursion Return was issued until almost the closing of the line . |
| 16 | This one can be made in almost the same way as the Diamond , except that the cross-spar or spreader has to be bent at the centre . |
| 17 | In almost the first 12 months the locomotive is back together again in one piece although some parts had been re-engineered and considerably altered so that the whole locomotive would take on the appearance of its British counterparts . |
| 18 | I was in almost the last batch to receive the award . |
| 19 | The notes are reproduced in almost the exact form in which they were scribbled ( any editing is to preserve anonymity ) : |
| 20 | But this basic situation , in order to be made into something which people will have pleasure in reading , has to be seen in almost the exactly opposite light , as the gradual making clear of things . |
| 21 | Normally , one is not able to see stars in the sky that are in almost the same direction as the sun . |
| 22 | In almost the same moment Alexei recalled that his father had been at the same briefing . |
| 23 | Apart from a small stain on the edge this came up in almost the bright and shiny condition that it appears in the illustration . |
| 24 | Children whose parents are not married to each other are in almost the same position as children whose parents have married each other , but some differences remain . |
| 25 | A big man using a very light club is in almost the same situation as with the experiment of swinging the stick . |
| 26 | france crashing out at almost exactly 90 minutes with a great goal from kostadinov ( FC Porto , Portugal ) — that was fucking amazing when you think of that they went down to israel also at home in almost the same manner ( the other goals in this match was also a joy to watch — canto who said he never play in paris again was seen playing and scoring at least on my telly ) |
| 27 | The Loctite Fast Orange team of Rob McElnea , and new British 750 Champion Jamie Whitham , confirmed their intentions in almost the same breath as they withdrew from the Coleraine meeting . |
| 28 | Henceforward these prisoners could be routinely considered ( and the process is long , costly and complex , involving interviews , a local review board and then the national Parole Board ) but would only be released before almost the end of their sentence in very exceptional circumstances . |
| 29 | But these activities occupied him , one may well think , because he could see he had painted himself into a corner : the purely literary reason for not finishing The Silmarillion is deducible not only from that work itself , but from almost the whole of Tolkien 's professional career . |
| 30 | What that word represented had begun to grow in her from almost the very first moment she had seen him . |