Almost half of the Allied soldiers on D-day were British.

Almost a half of the country's land is covered by forests, though only 3. 5 % is covered by primary forests.

Almost half of the Psalms are headed " A Psalm of David ", although the phrase can also be translated as " to David " or " for David ", but no psalm can be attributed to David with certainty.

Almost half of all the Italian forces in East Africa were concentrated and engaged the Ethiopians who defeated them decisively.

* The incoming radiation from the Sun is mostly in the form of visible light and nearby wavelengths, largely in the range 0. 2 – 4 μm, corresponding to the Sun's radiative temperature of 6, 000 K. Almost half the radiation is in the form of " visible " light, which our eyes are adapted to use.

Almost half of Shakespeare's plays are set in Italy, many of them containing details of Italian laws, customs, and culture which Oxfordians believe could only have been obtained by personal experiences in Italy, and especially in Venice.

Almost half of the patients with optic neuritis have white matter lesions consistent with multiple sclerosis.

Almost half of respondents identified their ethnicity as " Canadian.

Almost half of the overall student body represent diverse groups, in 2009 – 10 the makeup of the university was:

Almost half of the population is under 15.

Almost a half of the population is under 15.

Almost all heavy truck transmissions are of the " range and split " ( double H shift pattern ) type, where range change and so &# 8209 ; called half gears or splits are air operated and always preselected before the main gear selection.

# Improve Maternal Health: Almost all of the half million women who die during pregnancy or childbirth every year live in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

Almost one in five adult Americans now report eating at least half a serving of white or brown rice per day.

Almost half the children born in Britain throughout the 19th century died before the age of 5, and in the crowded living conditions of early 19th century Lyme Regis, infant deaths from diseases like small pox and measles were particularly common.

Almost half of the water locks maintained by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers are functionally obsolete.

Almost half of the business tax for the city comes from the perfume sector and that is ahead of tourism and services.

Almost half ( 13. 3 million hectares ) of New Zealand's vegetated land is under some form of possum control, either for conservation reasons, or to reduce the spread of bovine tuberculosis.

Almost a half mile long border exists with Berkshire County, Massachusetts in the extreme northern end of the county.

Almost half of the company's around 130 patented inventions were developed by the first and second generations of the Steinway family.

Almost half were grown in China.

Almost half ( 48 %) of Medicare Advantage enrollees had incomes below $ 20, 000, including 71 % of minority enrollees.

Almost half of all troubadour works that survive are from the period 1180 – 1220.

Almost half the population of Sarpsborg stayed behind, and rebuilt their old town at its original site.

Almost half were trafficked illegally, breaking a 1787 state law prohibiting residents of the state from trading in slaves.

Almost whole area is located in the Vistula Basin, with the exception of western and southern parts, belonging to the Odra and Dunaj Basins.

Almost all of Lesser Poland lies in the Vistula River catchment area.

Almost 60 % of the country's area is located within this region, ( or ) giving Peru the fourth largest area of tropical forest in the world after Brazil, Congo and Indonesia.

Almost all trucks share a common construction: they are made of a chassis, a cab, an area for placing cargo or equipment, axles, suspension and roadwheels, an engine and a drivetrain.

Almost 40 % of the park's area ( 79, 579 acres / 322 km < sup > 2 </ sup >) has been designated as wilderness under the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Almost three centuries later much of the area was hit hard in the Great Hunger, especially the west.

Almost 80 % of the county's total area is agricultural land.

Almost 80 % of the island's area is volcanic rock from the Cretaceous period.

Almost the entire Svalbard population of Barnacle Goose overwinters in the Solway Firth area, with many of the birds often at Caerlaverock for part or all of the winter ; their protection by the reserve has enabled the population to recover from just 500 birds in the 1940s, to over 25, 000 now.

Almost the entire land area of Longboat Key is now occupied.

Almost 40, 000 children of school age are in its area.

Almost immediately, people began exploring the area between Manistee and Traverse City, looking for prime farmland.

Many people in the area use the lakes for activities such as swimming and many different boating activities and a band called " Almost Perfect " which, by all accounts, has existed largely unnoticed by the music community, owing that relative anonymity to a lack of ostensible musicianship.

Almost all of it is drained into the Lehigh River ( mainly by the Jordan Creek which starts in Heidelberg ,) except for a very small area in the southwest portion that is drained by the Maiden Creek into the Schuylkill River.

Almost all of the city's land area is located east of US 377, though a portion extends west of that highway and includes homes and some city offices.

Almost 35 % of the approximately 26, 000 permanent inhabitants are from the Netherlands, the UK, France and Scandinavia, whose children attend international schools in the area.

Almost £ 50 Million pounds was available to invest in the area over a 10 year period which commenced in 2000.

Almost one-third of the present area of the American Nation, nearly a million square miles of territory, changed sovereignty.

Almost every rural area now have at least one Kinder Garten School now.

Almost every pre-existing state in the area later covered by French West Africa was placed under protectorate status at some point, although direct rule gradually replaced protectorate agreements.

Almost any area of the body can be waxed, including eyebrows, face, bikini area, legs, arms, back, abdomen and feet.

Almost half of the filles du roy were from the Paris area, 16 % from Normandy and 13 % from western France.