almost a year

It took me almost a year to be able to stay calm enough to get my lucid dreams to last more than a minute.

Almost a year later, the Chinese stock market was the first to turn and then lead the world's markets out of their post-Lehman slump.

My boyfriend and I had been dating for almost a year and both felt the time was right to join our lives together in holy matrimony.

Rapprochement with pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be going well since she was released from prison almost a year ago.

Almost a year and the flow of the Yellow River is a modern Grand Canal -- diverting water from the broken line project will be built .

It had been almost a year since I gave birth to my son, and I was still 30 pounds overweight.

ALMOST a year has passed since the credit crunch burst into the public consciousness.

When I decided to come to the USA graduate school , I spent almost a year to prepare for the GRETOEFL examine the application process done.

For almost a year now, the Fed's been dropping interest rates, trying to pump money into the banking industry.

Almost a year ago at the height of the credit crisis, Bank of America bought troubled rival Merrill Lynch in a rushed deal.

He took almost a year attending language classes and working part time to prepare.

The book, titled simply "Steve Jobs, " also achieved the biggest week of sales for any book in the U. S. for almost a year.

Finally got to see him after 10 months of waiting -- almost a year.

I was in a wheel chair for a few months and on crutches for almost a year.

Since the inception of the Practically Groovy series almost a year ago, I've given you several opportunities to get to know closures.

For almost a year now he had been staying at Le Havre, going through the money that he had accumulated during his bootlegging days.

I suffered a curious sensation of disappointment that this was not the terrible man who had tried to hurt me almost a year ago.

Apple defined the tablet market almost a year ago with the iPad and is about to release its next-generation model .

Hurry back, hurry to leave, almost a year away from home, home has become what the other side?

The next day do not know how to, the twinkling of an eye to the United States almost a year, ranging from the passage of time you people!

For almost a year they had waged a war of nerves on their neighbours; now it was to be war in earnest.

The American hostages in Iran had been held by the Ayatollah Khomeini for almost a year.

In his blog post, however, Navar argues that this was "almost a year before the start of podcasting. "

It's been almost a year since I introduced you to Groovy with the article " Feeling Groovy" in the alt. lang. jre series.

"We have been trying to issue (the notes) for almost a year and the market just wasn't favourable, " says James Lewis, the state treasurer.

I currently have a website that is not happy with the company that designed it almost a year back and keep overcharging me for it as well.

Steve: it's got to be almost a year now.

It is now almost a year since a cataclysmic week for quantitative funds heralded the beginning of the credit crisis.

After the city had been surrounded for almost a year, the Nationalists tried to break out and were defeated.

As they receded from view, health took centre stage and continued to hog the limelight for almost a year.

After almost a year, I got an information-free reply, thanking me for my interest.

Although it has been almost a year since the earthquake, psychological problems, if unresolved, tend to persist.

Annapolis was the culmination of a patient and painstaking diplomacy of almost a year.

I've been subscribing to his ezine for almost a year now, and I've learned many great tips for making my presentations more humorous.

Dealers have been defecting, and a push into the U. S. electric-car market is almost a year behind schedule.

Almost a year later, sales again dipped when a key global product had to be recalled.

As well as "bra" , Tom has been able to say "dada" and "mama" for almost a year now, but I'm not counting these as proper words.

So we did take some time until we found out that was almost a year and a half later.

For almost a year, the currency's increasing strength weighed heavily on the results of American IT firms by devaluing foreign revenues.

This was almost a year ago, I do remember feeling pretty silly going through with it.

The greenback has fallen to its lowest level in almost a year against a basket of currencies.

Against all the odds the brothers today celebrated their first birthday together despite one having spent almost a year in hospital.

It is now almost a year since the US subprime crisis went global.

When Mr. Apotheker's hiring was announced almost a year ago, it was a surprise.

Rationing made textiles scarce and for almost a year, the costume operation shut down entirely.

So it did take us some time until we found out, almost a year and a half later.

Almost a year later, I'm able to sell products I support every month.

For almost a year now, my wife Eva, my six kids and I have been walking and riding mass transit almost exclusively.

These kids were used to live in a small village. It took them almost a year to get used to living in a large city.

It's now been almost a year since I graduated, and what my life looks like today is a completely different story.

By the time they returned almost a year later, his belongings and neighborhood were destroyed.

It's been almost a year since the oil industry had its last major disaster.

I have been teaching English for almost a year now and I find it enjoyable and fulfilling.

The decline comes in spite of a strategic review conducted almost a year ago that considered selling the UK life business.

We've begun to do that, by eliminating a backlog in background checks that at one point stretched back almost a year.

Leaders from the two countries have no met in almost a year.

He is serving as a caretaker and remains involved in U. S. -brokered negotiations launched almost a year ago.

If so, that's almost a year since the campaign ran up against a nasty surprise from China's dairy industry.

Almost a year later, I purchased another car; it was a teal 1989 Honda Accord LXi.

I spent almost a year searching for gold with another former soldier, Captain James Powell, also of Virginia.

That decision came on November thirteenth, nineteen fifty-six, almost a year after Missus Parks's arrest.

The last release of the project came in November of 2006 with their RC2, much has changed since then with almost a year full of changes.

Things just passed almost a year , but Ling in my mind is still as important .

Its decline -- the first in almost a year -- appears independent of broader movements in equity or bond markets.

Today, my boyfriend of almost a year invited me over to dinner at his house.

A report tomorrow is expected to show that Canada's GDP matched the fastest pace in almost a year.

Almost a year after it filed for bankruptcy, the value of Lehman Brothers shares has soared amid a surge in trading activity.

For almost a year he pondered what the sound of one hand might be.

For almost a year, WikiLeaks has been run from Ellingham Hall, the Norfolk manor where Mr Assange has been living while on bail.

Want to become a barber in California? That will require studying the art of cutting and blow-drying for almost a year.

To make matters worse, these critters are incredibly difficult to kill and can live for almost a year without food.

There were vast distances to be covered but with almost a year's notice, every area would know what had to be done by the chosen date.

Almost a year after its bankruptcy, the value of Lehman Brothers shares has soared amid a surge in trading activity.

Almost a year on from the election, reformers are more sanguine.

The women with elder brothers had started their periods almost a year later than others.

He drank breast milk for almost a year, and Pamela introduced other foods gradually.

Almost a year passes without signs of the disease. But during that time the worm develops inside the person's body.

And what has happened is that the verification procedures have not been in place for almost a year, " she said. "

The 1984 miners' strike lasted for almost a year, before Mrs Thatcher defeated the National Union of Mineworkers.

Pepe has not scored for the Under-21 side in almost a year and wasted a golden opportunity after 29 minutes.

After graduation, I am also a clothing accessories trading company for almost a year, is responsible for materials procurement.

After almost a year of physical therapy, I still had the limp.

After almost a year of the Korean life, I almost fell in love with here.

This world of difference continues almost a year in Shenyang labour market of migrant workers.

Damn place has been closed up for almost a year.

The effect was incredibly pleasant and social, so much so that me and my friends all used it instead of booze for almost a year.

Leaders from the two countries(countries) have not met in almost a year.

In other words, almost a year for a month, 12 years less on the whole year!

Justine hasn't played anymore for almost a year. It's not possible to say what to expect the following weeks. . .

The retailer opened stores in Shanghai and Beijing almost a year ago.

The Obubra course began almost a year after the militants had laid down arms.

In truth, the critical shift was made almost a year earlier at the Washington summit in 2008.

It launched Ovi in 2007, almost a year before Apple opened its highly successful App Store.

I've wasted almost a year on an abort.

He has been clerking for almost a year and now is looking for a new job.

B: Push five, please. I've been working here for almost a year.

I remember that one striker waited to break a similar record for almost a year. I hope that will not happen to me.

Chatting with Mango for almost a year, but we still have a lot of words to say.

The 13-time Grand Slam champion's absence from tennis could stretch to almost a year.

We inseminated at home and it took us almost a year to get pregnant.

Finally, there's a 3D animation film which took almost a year to complete.

Like almost a year back it was $2 a gallon [i. e. , about 53 cents per liter].

It took Wayne almost a year to adjust to army life.

Panasonic has had to wait almost a year while anti-monopoly authorities in China and the EU examined the bid.

My view is coloured by a continuing conviction about the case for investing in China, where I have been living for almost a year.

So I blocked all contact with them for almost a year.

G: Almost a year. But it's over now.

I left Baghdad almost a year ago after a long tour there.

It took him almost a year to get the monkey off.

Almost a year. But it's over now.

John: Yep. Almost a year now.

It's been almost a year since we've seen each other.

It stared almost a year ago.

The much anticipated Castle Project 1. 0 RC3 is finally here after almost a year in development.

Ah, it's been almost a year now.

After almost a year of time all has become the past, a period without a story play so the picture it!

Of course. I haven't met my classmates for almost a year. I miss them very much. What did you do on the reunion party?

This is the fifth confirmed case in Cambodia and the first in almost a year.

You've been together for almost a year. |Why didn't you tell me?

Rachel: Honey, why is it hard, I mean we've been together for almost a year now?

Texas followed America into the downturn in September last year, almost a year after the rest.

My brother, Tom, was in country almost a year and fighting with the 101st.

Almost a year after I moved to Hong Kong to run a China investment fund, I am struck by a shift in the mood music.

Dear Annie: I have a very close friend who's been out of work for almost a year now.

"I like learning Chinese, " says Marianje Ayinkiamiye, who's been studying here almost a year.

Now, almost a year since he passed, I'm not entirely over that loss; and my grandmother is sick and not doing well, herself. *

It was almost a year before she called him up

FTSE 100 closes above 5000 for first time in almost a year