Whereas technology companies instantaneously transmit terabytes of data to remote continents, local transport proceeds at an almost medieval pace.

They can t restructure their economy instantaneously.

What happens if an apparently minor system such as social media sparks a major geopolitical crisis? With the growing reach of social networks, information can spread worldwide almost instantaneously.

Anything moving along this dimension's direction would return to its starting point almost instantaneously, and the fact that the dimension is smaller than the smallest particle means that it cannot be observed by conventional means.

Neighboring Syria and Turkey would probably be dragged into such a conflict instantaneously.

Regulations for slaughter generally require that animals be rendered instantly unconscious before they are killed, or death should be brought about instantaneously, or, in the case of ritual slaughter, as close to instantaneously as the religious doctrine allows.

Unfortunately, Mr. Chairman, as I said earlier on, my supervisor, Robert Luaces, who represented the United States at the 8 July consultation, did not really shop the original version of your proposal around too widely in Washington, because it was almost instantaneously amended on 8 July.

Visual journalism incorporates ancient symbols that resonate with humans across cultures and time and conveys meaning instantaneously at a deep level.

Whether evaluating an assumption about the rise of house prices or whether a news story is true, the market does not provide a definitive answer instantaneously.

Two Palestinians were killed instantaneously, and a third wounded Palestinian was taken by the illegal settler to another area where he shot him dead at point blank range.

You probably think the electrons in an electric wire move instantaneously down a wire, don't you, at the speed of light when you turn the light on. They don't.

But they are very different. Longer working time can be achieved nearly instantaneously, whereas employing more people is time consuming and expensive, as it typically requires new physical investment.

Most recently, the Internet has become a means of public control over civil rights violations by the authorities, as images taken with mobile phones become available instantaneously to all.

23.5 Increased use is being made of the latest technology, in both the traditional and electronic media, including the Internet, to deliver news directly and instantaneously to the media worldwide.

Almost.

Almost.

Almost no overlap. Almost no overlap. And what has happened?

Emphasis will be placed on taking advantage of the latest technology, in both the traditional and electronic media, including the Internet, to disseminate information, directly and instantaneously to the news media worldwide.

One of the inherent features of an ERA is that it enables current information about the status of the auction to be provided to bidders automatically and instantaneously as an auction unfolds.

Article 54(6) of EU Directive 2004 18 EC requires contracting authorities to instantaneously communicate to all tenderers at least sufficient information to enable them to ascertain their relative rankings at any moment.

SJ Mmm, almost.

HE Almost none.

It's almost like ...

It's almost six.

She almost fainted.

She almost fainted.

You almost died.

Sami almost fainted.

Sami almost died.

It's almost 10pm.

But the growth has been from almost nothing to slightly more than almost nothing.

Such a tax would instantaneously kill the intra day trading that takes place in pursuit of profit margins much smaller than this, as well as the longer term trades designed to exploit minute differentials across markets.

Almost from the moment of Saddam s fall, Saudi Wahhabi jihadis poured into Iraq almost unimpeded.

Tom almost got fired.

Tom almost convinced me.

It is almost three.

Setbacks occurred almost immediately.

Almost everybody complains, almost everybody aggressively defends their own narrow and short term interests, and almost everybody abandons any pretense of looking ahead or addressing the needs of others.

The box is almost empty.

The boy was almost drowned.

Tom almost forgot the conference.

Hang on we're almost there.

Almost everybody here speaks French.

Sami almost lost his life.

But he almost did not.