(Of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.
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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 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.
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 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 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.
6 The hill itself was well - nigh boundless in its capacities for juvenile occupation.
7 In the old days buying clothes was well - nigh as irrevocable as marriage.
8 And yet they had travelled well - nigh half the length of the bow.
9 These qualities, though most noticeable in the leaders, were well - nigh universal traits.
10 Dirk had heard them in the town, and returned home well - nigh weeping.
11 The power of self-torture which the human heart possesses is well - nigh infinite.
12 The words tumbled over each other, well - nigh incoherent in their fevered utterance.
13 I had no time, sire; and London is well - nigh palsied with dismay.
14 This method is well - nigh universal among animals as well as in man.
15 In any case, it is well - nigh impossible to make rules for genius.
16 It was well - nigh as large as the egg from which he came.
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