Harare's two biggest hospitals have almost ceased to function.
"Conservatism in the spirit of Madison" has almost ceased to exist.
But by the 1980s westerns had almost ceased to be produced in the United States.
In fact, since the multitude of road blocks and the walls, terrorism has almost ceased.
These are voices that have almost ceased to be heard in the US.
Some immigrant streams, from countries such as Vietnam, Laos and Mauritius, have almost ceased.
But by 1996, the year he enrolled, the university had almost ceased to exist.
Instead, happiness frequently eludes these figures; so much so that they have almost ceased to believe in it.
After the great world slump, which started in 1929, international investment almost ceased for lack of profit opportunities.
But grammars are one of those subjects, like the Iraq war, where the evidence has almost ceased to matter.
And while a few trusty staples such as Kate Moss and Gisele Buendchen persisted, the professional supermodel almost ceased to exist.
