Sentence examples for almost a thing of from inspiring English sources

Debates are almost a thing of the past.

Its awkwardness, which is almost a thing of beauty, survives in mine.

The recurrent power cuts, which plagued Grand Yoff in Wade's day, are almost a thing of the past.

The light tan outer skin bears no resemblance to anything that could be described as a crust, which is the hallmark of traditionally baked bread and now, sadly, almost a thing of the past.

Today, the biological landscape has changed so radically, with somatic cell nuclear transfer now almost a thing of the past, that it's hard to remember the excitement this singular sheep caused.

Eventually, maybe, we will all become so accustomed to time-shifting our television consumption that "live" television will become almost a thing of the past, bar maybe major sporting events.

Petrol queues stretching for kilometres may almost be a thing of the past, but electricity generation has not improved noticeably since the summer of 2003.

Put Argentina and Italy on the same park and you're almost guaranteed a thing of beauty; backs straight, hips and shoulders level, the only dip coming before the surge of power.

The old model of policy maker on the spot in the middle of a crisis is almost wholly a thing of the past.

But during World War II, for the families of servicemen, which included almost everyone, telegrams were a thing of dread.

Almost throughout, it's a thing of small, light formal gestures, unemphatic in tone and socially engaged, though in an unperturbed way that accommodates friendliness and wit.