Almost at once dozens of displaced civilians started taking their staple dry rations to town.
Much of this, including a (20%, but still below-inflation) pay rise for public servants, will take effect almost at once.
After Harold Washington died suddenly, in his second term, his achievement, such as it was, fell to pieces almost at once.
And almost at once the people came, to lodge their wages and any savings they had, and to take out loans.
Norwegian rescue divers found the craft to be flooded, and it appeared that all crew members had died almost at once.
Almost at once, the rumor flew that we were gathering to learn about the invasion, though precisely what no one could even guess.
Almost at once the area was thronged with wealthy British tourists, who saw in these peaceful, grand valleys the bucolic idyll they had lost in smoky, crowded Britain.
By rushing to give its approval to the result, which was challenged almost at once by the opposition, the main international observer group showed disturbing haste in coming to a convenient judgment.
You wait a hundred years for one commission on devolution and then several come along (almost) at once.
Shelly Stoops, a project worker in Liverpool, reckons about three-quarters of street prostitutes there have been assaulted and almost half have been raped at least once.
It is interesting that almost at the same time as the dinner the president's people once again begun warning of doom.
The campaign went viral, and sales at the once-obscure Utah blender-maker jumped 700% almost overnight.
It has grown so fast that central Nairobi, once a hive of restaurants and night-clubs, feels almost deserted at night.
Once you actually take the job at Firm A, you'll almost surely stop comparing your salary with the salary you might have earned at Firm B.
Almost half never use the internet to contact their families, while nearly a third use it at least once a week.
Cunningham unflinchingly decided that his company almost sixty years old, and an enormous force, abroad as well as at home should fold once he was gone.
Sybase NA Survey 04-17-12-BDespite their afore registered lack of confidence in the system, almost half of the North American respondents (46 percent) indicated that stress testing should take place at least once every six months.
Early phone books offered tips on how to use the receiver - "the lips should be almost touching the mouthpiece and there is rarely need to shout" - and to "announce your identity at once upon receiving a call".
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