(Of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.
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Examples for "about "
Examples for "about "
1 It's not just about state violence in the form of police violence.
2 Water services assets book value is about 15 million euros, he said.
3 The Health Minister David Clark said he was concerned about the situation.
4 At present about 25 per cent of confirmed cases are health workers.
5 Photo: Supplied New Zealand police would not answer questions about the case.
1 However, most energy industry experts think the future involves some new nuclear.
2 However, most market participants are able to access open-outcry trading, Duffy said.
3 Right now, that's a problem without a good solution for most people.
4 However things are different in most of modern-day Europe and North America.
5 WANT to know the most dangerous words in the market right now?
1 Therefore, companies offering content will be in demand in the near future.
2 Incidents of violence were reported as demonstrators confronted police near government offices.
3 Europe in particular will be keen to near - source as much as possible.
4 However, the 2008 winter ice extent was near the year long-term average.
5 Go and direct traffic; let no press or public near the house.
1 The condition leads to nearly 1 million hospitalizations per year, Medtronic said.
2 Nuclear power produced nearly 30 percent of Japan's electricity before the crisis.
3 Violence is growing in Afghanistan nearly six years after the U.S.-led invasion.
4 Today, nearly 80 per cent of its electricity comes from nuclear power.
5 It's been the case for nearly 20 years, the prime minister said.
1 Exasperated, Bryce said, Listen, Jenny, this is virtually a martial law situation.
2 But some experts say the task for law enforcement is virtually impossible.
3 He therefore agreed it was virtually impossible for Mr Trump to win.
4 But that's the problem: It's virtually the same movie with new locations.
5 Since then, GM products and crops have virtually disappeared from that market.
1 Shipman quoted one unidentified cabinet minister as saying: The end is nigh .
2 He's going particularly well this time in and his turn is nigh .
3 The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart.
4 In some States the size of the precincts made voting well - nigh impossible.
5 In seven years the translation of the wilderness had been well - nigh complete.
1 In some States the size of the precincts made voting well - nigh impossible.
2 In seven years the translation of the wilderness had been well - nigh complete.
3 He laughed aloud in his mirth; for his anger was well - nigh gone.
4 Thanks, father; indeed I was well - nigh reeling in my saddle with heat.
5 The fascination which hangs around the latter has well - nigh obscured the former.
1 It's not just about state violence in the form of police violence.
2 The First Amendment isn't just about protecting the right of free speech.
3 It's just about impossible to get a good job here, Carey said.
4 It's not just about working hard however, it's also about working smart.
5 Access to reliable energy is not just about providing electricity, he said.
1 The vote will be a referendum on Europe in all but name.
2 Yet the deal all but guarantees that cannot happen before next year.
3 In New Zealand the media all but ignored the international workers' day.
4 Information withheld from all but a few Forerunners for thousands of years.
5 New York Heart Association functional class improved in all but 1 patient.
1 Question: Myself and my wife met through work almost 20 years ago.
2 THE question is almost impossible to answer: why is Winx so good?
3 However, as before mentioned, the result was at first almost exactly opposite.
4 The last few minutes almost offer a sliver of hope to Europe.
5 Question: I have worked in the same industry for almost 30 years.
6 Palm oil markets, however, are still down almost 4 percent this year.
7 But the New IRA will almost certainly continue its campaign, she said.
8 I was home free, and I would almost certainly remain that way.
9 It is as good as the sea: in some ways almost better.
10 I'd seen almost exactly the same thing happen once before, years ago.
11 Their citizens almost always have the legal right to refuge in Europe.
12 Poultry slaughtering totals almost 900 million a year, the vast majority chickens.
13 For once, the French left and right used almost the same words.
14 The original plan, first agreed almost 15 years ago, comprised five parts.
15 Future increases will have to be almost entirely new money, he said.
16 Thirty-two years later we are still saying almost ten years, he said.
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