"Now I can say, I am almost free of it".
The Lisbon coast is almost free of the tackier kind of tourism.
But the detailed work on the old Imperial seems almost free of such problems.
Sound, realistic novels, almost free of excess moralism, were written by at least a dozen reputable authors.
But this week, as the last of Rwanda's 20,000-or-so troops pulled out, Congo found itself almost free of foreign invaders (see article).
For much of its history, Brazil has been blessed like almost no other country of its size to be almost free of such calamities.
Out of suburban drabness and art school rebellion came the fully formed power of her voice that, as Pete Townshend noted, was almost free of vibrato.
The second patient has been off immune suppressing drugs for a year and a half, and a third has been almost free of such drugs for eight months.
By the time they reached their table, Natalie was quite giddy with the power of being young, almost free of a man who bored her, and soon to embark on a meal of more than two courses.
Almost free of dialogue, the relationship between the characters grows increasingly bizarre, as it settles into a threesome in which the husband is simply unaware of the presence of the intruder.
But with the midnight sun still a couple of months away, crowds are sparse at this time of year, and the city center of stone-paved streets and brightly painted peaked-roof buildings can feel almost free of tourists.
