But Sweden were almost level in bizarre circumstances nine minutes later when defender Jose Francisco Molina hit his own crossbar with a back pass.
Blackpool were almost level in the blink of an eye as Phillips sprung Birmingham's offside trap to meet Adam's whipped free-kick but he could only glance his header wastefully wide.
Tyrone Mears missed with a Burnley free-kick after the restart and Villa were almost level seconds later when Burnley failed to deal with Friedel's long clearance and Agbonlahor forced a good fingertip save from Jensen.
An independent report identified failings "at almost every level" in the handling of the case.
It has broken out at almost every level and in every country.
She has since had to rebuild the company on almost every level.
Despite the setback, County maintained their workrate and almost drew level when Craig Westcarr latched onto a flick by Lee Hughes and forced Schwarzer into a full-stretch save.
Philips dubs the base "The SmartErgoBase" as it can be lowered to almost desk level, and allows users to tilt, rotate, swivel, and make angle adjustments to the screen.
Everton almost drew level two minutes later when Jeffers took on Dean Blackwell, wrong footed the defender and fired a low shot inches wide across the face of the goal.
Tottenham almost drew level before halftime but winger Gareth Bale's powerful shot was well saved by David De Gea, after it had taken a slight deflection off defender Rio Ferdinand.
Over a distinguished career that spans three decades, Judge Sotomayor has worked at almost every level of our judicial system, providing her with a depth of experience and a breadth of perspective that will be invaluable as a Supreme Court justice.
"Over a distinguished career that spans three decades, Judge Sotomayor has worked at almost every level of our judicial system, providing her with a depth of experience and a breadth of perspective that will be invaluable as a Supreme Court justice, " Obama said.
The shipping container has done this again over the past 50 years: there is almost no level of legal or tax trade protection that could have stopped foreign goods getting ever cheaper as the costs of hauling things from country to country fell ever lower.
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The justification of a Reagan gamble is the prospect that the Republican governing establishment available from four years ago is, at almost every level, more impressive and more reassuring than the central coterie and the usually powerless cabinet generals Mr Carter has used these past four years in Washington.
It owns 18% of all government bonds, almost double the level of two years ago.
This is quite obviously market manipulation: and at the larger economic level almost entirely unimportant.
The new Disney ships feature almost Michelin-level fine dining, elegant on-board spa services, and adult-only tours, says Brown.
He's getting almost precisely the level of support among them that George W. Bush got in his 2004 run for re-election.
The deficit is currently running at almost twice the level permitted under the stability pact for countries within the euro zone.
Last year, about one in four of the A-levels awarded were A grades - with independent schools achieving almost twice that level.
Since Hurricane Katrina, the global accumulated cyclone energy index has declined to almost the lowest level since we started measuring such phenomena in the early 1970s.
The United Nations Children's Fund said recently that around 750, 000 children under the age of 5 suffer from malnutrition in Yemen, almost double the level before the uprising began.
This brings it almost up to level with Hungary, long a good performer but one which has now been warned over discrimination against the large Roma - or gypsy - minority.
Last year, despite plenty of talk about "tightening, " Chinese banks lent nearly RMB 8 trillion, almost double the level of any other year before their unprecedented RMB 10 trillion blow-out in 2009.
And polls constantly show that around four-fifths of Americans are happy with the reality of their managed care: a satisfaction level almost as high as for those Americans receiving care of the traditional sort.
The build-up to Friday's cup opener saw expectations raised to an almost dangerously high level, with recent impressive form in the Magners League providing cause for optimism and a new-found faith in Brian McLaughlin's rapidly improving young guns.
The regional transport studies on which Mr Darling's new road-building plans are based, concluded that demand is so intense around London that charging must be introduced if the new road capacity is not to fill up with traffic at almost the same level of congestion.
At this level, almost every company screens for the proper skill set, motivation, and track record.
Taylor assumes that we can boost that ratio back to its 2000 level of almost 65%.
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