Example sentences of "[is] almost a " in BNC.
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1 | Some were the direct result of campaigning by the Railway Development Society and the list is almost a tribute to it . |
2 | But the quality and quantity of the skiing to be done in these places is almost a secondary consideration . |
3 | sending tapes to the A&R departments is almost a total waste of time . |
4 | As there is a trio of high and narrow lights in each main gable , the problem of reconciling this glazing with the added upper floor was less critical than in a case where large windows , surmounted by pointed arches , occupy the gables — this is almost a standard feature of Victorian village schools . |
5 | To defuse what is almost a state of lawlessness , the Interior Ministry has ordered the abolition of the workers ' militia in factories . |
6 | The results may look conservative , but in this century it is almost a novel idea — even if born of necessity — to restore romance and comedy to ‘ The Merchant of Venice . ’ |
7 | Lambeth — whose leader , Joan Twelves , resigned this week — has been run notoriously badly by a Labour-controlled council and is almost a byword for filth and incompetence . |
8 | COMPLACENCY is almost a sacking offence at Hunslet Transportation Projects , the Birmingham-based firm which in June 1990 startled railway experts by winning a contract to supply 37 electric passenger trains to Regional Railways . |
9 | It is almost a rule of Middle East politics that democracy in Arab states means the emergence of a strong Islamic movement . |
10 | COMPLACENCY is almost a sacking offence at Hunslet Transportation Projects , the Birmingham-based firm which in June 1990 startled railway experts by winning a contract to supply 37 electric passenger trains to Regional Railways . |
11 | BY petrol engine standards , a small diesel is almost a contradiction in terms . |
12 | ( A couple of drunks do eventually square up in the third base bleachers , but by Stamford Bridge standards it is almost a mating ritual ) . |
13 | Dancing in Keller bars is almost a nightly event . |
14 | At present an ethology of cognition is almost a contradiction in terms . |
15 | The mill 's chequered history is almost a Who 's Who of eminent local individuals and families of clothiers . |
16 | The prospectus is almost a written specification of what you have on offer at school and its preparation deserves a great deal of careful thought . |
17 | Yet , even the most unfussy eater must feel uneasy about the effect of what is almost a daily litany against eggs/chicken/ ‘ E ’ numbers/growth hormones/chemical cocktails and so on . |
18 | It is almost a proof that you are not willing to think about things . |
19 | His statement is almost a classic of philistinism . |
20 | There is almost a tradition of taking the family to the links , and introducing off-spring to the ancient game , as my own father did with me ; very akin to the Scottish fishing tradition . |
21 | Apart from dialect or accent or social class indicators , the specialist vocabulary in certain occupations and professions is almost a ‘ language culture ’ . |
22 | It is almost a Robin Hood notion : ‘ you do n't feel so guilty with big stores … they allow wastage ’ . |
23 | The third and final category is almost a superordinate to the other two in that it asks how all the changes implied in the first two aspects are being handled . |
24 | When you 're my age , 92 , you feel that 75 is almost a chicken ! ’ |
25 | We must correct this tendency which is almost a cultural problem , ’ Louis Gallois , a leading civil servant told a conference last month , so revealing that planners have at last caught a whiff of their inbuilt handicap . |
26 | Whether you are perceiving the planet from only a few feet up or from around the lofty peaks of mountains and hillsides , excellent sight ( or sonar ) is almost a prerequisite : there are hosts of obstacles to circumnavigate and far distances to discern if you travel by air ! |
27 | It is almost a truism to say that the great danger for Christians is to become settlers and no longer to do anything that requires any risk . |
28 | People in Western Europe , for example , rarely dispute that Jesus lived , but in Eastern Europe the denial of his historical existence is almost a canon of Marxist dogma . |
29 | There is almost a temptation to accept Clarke 's distinction . |
30 | In fact , I would go so far as to say that there is almost a feeling of relief here that Clause 28 is associated with someone so widely discredited . |