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 .
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