Sentence examples for a vote of almost from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a vote of almost" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a nearly unanimous decision or opinion, but the wording is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The committee reached a vote of almost unanimous support for the new policy."
Alternatives: "a near-unanimous vote" or "a vote of nearly all."

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This year, disclosure resolutions on campaign spending averaged a vote of almost 32percentt.

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But a plurality vote of almost 2 million votes showed that the people on the whole, want a top that you can let down, and they are willing to take the consequences (the sunburn, windburn, lacerations and contusions, and all the other things that go with an exposed position) They are quite happy about it.

The bill, which passed by a vote of 225 to 195 almost directly along partisan lines, will have an uphill battle in the Senate; the White House, while stopping short of a veto threat, has made clear its lack of support.

A Supreme Court where the majority of decisions now seem to be decided one way or the other, by a vote of 5 to 4 almost every time.

It passed the House by a vote of 224 to 200 but has almost no chance of becoming law.

A28 A Winner by 42 Votes Dino Rossi, the Republican candidate for governor of Washington who was declared the winner last week with a 261-vote margin of victory, won the recount by a mere 42 votes, of almost 3 million cast.

In Robeson County, McCready bested Harris by 4,728 votes of almost 31,000 cast.

David Prosser, an incumbent justice who some view as part of the court's conservative bloc, won — but by only 7,004 votes of almost 1.5 million cast.

The list is organised and published by William Reed Media, which says that the final rankings are derived from the votes of almost 1,000 "influential" people within the restaurant community.

This will win them the votes of almost every economist in the country, while costing them the votes of almost everyone else.

"I was part of a vote that actually almost killed her business for a period of time," Atkins said.

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