Sentence examples for almost a drop from inspiring English sources

And their total profits were less than $5 million, according to the complaint, almost a drop in the bucket compared with what Level Global is accused of realizing.

The day of the news, Internet Initiative's share price fell to less than $5 from almost $8, a drop of almost 40%.

The good economic news caused the Nikkei stock average to bounce up 2.6percentThursdayalmostmost erasing a drop this week below the psychologically important 10,000 line.

"We've been so far behind in everything that the money we're getting is almost like a drop in the bucket," Mr. Antone said.

"The earnings shortfall is just staggering," says analyst Bob Bartels, who follows CTS for William Blair & Co. "From 68 cents to a range of 4 [cents] to 8 cents that's almost a 90% drop".

Almost a third drop out -- and that includes half of the kids of color and half of the kids that grow up in poverty.

Cindy remained nearly stationary for almost a day, dropping copious rainfall over the Texas coastal plain, before finally turning west-southwestward and dissipating west of Corpus Christi on 20 September.

"I thought Tom Croft's try was outstanding but credit to France, they came back and almost fashioned a drop-goal [in the dying seconds] but I thought we deserved it to be honest.

From 1994 to 1999 the number of murders fell by almost two-thirds, a drop widely attributed to a vastly improved and enlarged police department.

But instead he claims to have found almost no oil  — "a drop or two here and there," as he put it — along the coast between New Orleans and Panama City, Florida. .

It's almost a trigger system: drop the shoulder, as soon as you touch the ground, automatically knees to chest and then roll.