Sentence examples for almost calculating from inspiring English sources

"It all looked very sincere but also very deliberate, almost calculating".

Where before we'd have been struck dumb with shock about such events, now we are almost calculating about them.

No longer (see article).Mr Blair's legislative programme seems almost calculated to irk his party's rebels.

Cameron's words, bringing to mind Mandelson's 2008 admission that he was "incredibly relaxed about people becoming filthy rich", seemed almost calculated to stir resentment.

Adrian Lesher, a lawyer appointed to represent Mr. Ivanov, said at the arraignment that his client "basically led police to the apartment in a situation that was almost calculated".

Scored for a cast of 11, an orchestra of 18 and an off-stage chorus, the music seems almost calculated not to rattle listeners wary of contemporary music.

It seems almost calculated to create panic and terror in people's hearts, starting with the very parents of those children, and ending with all members of society.

(Ms. Dorval's Chantale often wears a mask of opaqueness, which seems almost calculated to set Hubert off, yet she still manages to convey weariness, indulgence and worry).

But for Indian politicians and commentators it all amounted to a scandalous breach of diplomatic protocol and an almost calculated insult to Indian dignity.

Both feel almost calculated to offend, but like many other action movies of this blithe type, "2 Guns" doesn't take place in the here and the now but in a burlesque version of the same.

The way the American media suddenly switched from politics to gun control seems almost calculated to me.