They almost belong on the ice.
"Some are so ingrained in us that they almost belong in the English dictionary," she said.
Many of his published papers have titles that might almost belong to Dave Eggers novels: "On the Possibility of Gas-Rich Dwarf Galaxies in the Lyman-alpha Forest," "The Faint-End Slopes of Galaxy Luminosity Functions in the COSMOS Field").
But the extraordinary structural virtuosity of the winery almost belongs in a vast display case; and despite the calm elegance of its spatial connections, the Maggie's Centre has the unmistakable ambience of an architect's dream home in Fulham Palace Road.
A nearby shopping centre, home to Kentucky Fried Chicken, could almost belong to any city on earth: pedestrianised streets, boutiques and fast-food outlets, a giant screen blaring out pop jingle ads, a monorail train running overhead.
"Big Day" is marvelously cast, and the actors, especially Wendie Malick, manage, like the cast of "24," to convey a sense of urgency that almost belongs on the stage.
A pale, moonlike mask with a woebegone expression and a pale, angular, grinning visage next to it — both in carved, painted wood — might almost belong to the same comedic drama.
To be confronted, 10 years later, with the physical evidence that my son, this generous soul I loved so deeply, almost belonged to someone else, and almost was someone else, brought tears to my eyes and a knot to my stomach.
Over the last 15 years I've used it almost once a month, making my mother's macaroni and cheese, or her New Year's Day Hoppin' John, each and every time marveling that this object almost belonged to someone else.
I had so much I wish I could have fit into this photobook, but because of the constraints I put on myself the concept of it being a book that almost belonged to the fraternity itself that I couldn't have too much outside material.
