Example sentences of "nearly [num] [num] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A specially-mined hole lined with plastic forms a tank for nearly 10 000 tonnes of water , or in the region of 10 33 protons . |
| 2 | Burning of the Amazon forest produces nearly 720 million tons of carbon dioxide annually . |
| 3 | Few will ever get rich , but between them they 've produced , in recent years , nearly five hundred tonnes of gold in the Tappajoss region alone . |
| 4 | Bulmers have nearly two thousand acres of cider orchards … and they also supply trees from their nursery to contract growers too . |
| 5 | Northamptonshire County Council is bringing in the ban on nearly four thousand acres of farmland where fox hunting could take place . |