And sometimes you are almost taken aback by what appears to be a certain naïveté.
We're going to have members of our teams' lives threatened or almost taken.
It matters for adults, too, but we've almost taken too much power away from ourselves.
His favourite, Agu, is almost taken into the Commandant's confidence about all this.
Yet from there the music of hip-hop is almost taken for granted.
"It's one of those titles everybody knows and it's almost taken on this mythical status.
John Kennedy had almost taken the Vice-Presidential nomination from Senator Kefauver.
Now it is almost taken for granted that new offerings will soar.
An American in Rome is almost taken in by an Italian confidence racket, aimed at getting American dollars.
The peers warn that the "collection and processing of personal information has become pervasive, routine, and almost taken for granted".
"It's almost taken for granted -- compliance is inherent in the organization," a senior fund industry executive said.
