Sentence examples for almost rival from inspiring English sources

As an economic force, this could almost rival London, he suggested.

ARDENT, even obsessive, fans of the novelist David Foster Wallace almost rival their idol in the torrents of words they use to detail their devotion.

The show came right after the couple's honeymoon in the Seychelles (a spot that William and Kate also chose for their honeymoon), giving the princess a tan to almost rival the one sported by the permanently bronzed Mr. Garavani.

It's high time that he had a book to himself, since his stories can almost rival the wider-ranging show business lore recalled by Jerry Weintraub in "When I Stop Talking, You'll Know I'm Dead".

And New York and London's houses evolved to (almost) rival the primacy of the French — the very idea of couture as a business was, in fact, arguably invented by the Englishmen Charles Frederick Worth in 1858.

(All ages) THESE days there are so many visual stimuli in so many different media that the paper engineering that goes into a superlative contemporary pop-up or movable book must almost rival video games with interactive bells and whistles.

The litany of O'Neillisms almost rivals the Bushisms of his boss.

With the accession of 10 countries on May 1, the EU almost rivals the US arms industry.

The first, "Aquarius Sabotage", almost rivals Japanese tribal punks the Boredoms for roiling drum power.

Add the years Heynckes spent coaching in Spain and Portugal, and his record of longevity almost rivals Ferguson's.

In the financial year to March 2008 its sales reached £8 billion, almost rivalling BT's traditional business.