Example sentences of "[vb pp] nearly [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	A NORTH-EAST double glazing firm has been fined nearly £3,000 for breaches of work safety procedures .
2	The advance gathered momentum and within the month , Brusilov had penetrated nearly 16km/60mls along the entire front .
3	A Perot clone is in the race already : among the 24 registered candidates , one man has pumped nearly $1m of his own money into the campaign .
4	Japanese trading companies are owed nearly $400m for exports and can not get an answer about when they might be paid .
5	Nevertheless , the shooter was offered nearly £4,000 for his trophy , and he got his name in the paper , although police now say they ca n't trace either him or the bird .
6	At the beginning of May he had had nearly £300 in his bank account ; the balance was now down to double figures and falling fast .
7	The Warwickshire-based Tubeworkers , which provided 1,000 tons of steel , also invested nearly £130,000 for the right to be named as one of the sponsors of the British pavilion .
8	It concluded ‘ that there would be little trouble in finding someone to take up the unassigned bonds when it is known that bonds in Sunningdale and other golf links have increased nearly 50% since their issue ’ .
9	The losses for the bottom 50% average out at nearly £8.50 per family … while the top 10% have gained nearly £40 per family … the bottom half of the population has lost £6.6 billion , of which £5.6 billion has gone to the top 10% ; indeed –4. – billion has gone to the top 5% .
10	And finally the supporters have not wasted nearly £100,000 of the Club 's money !
11	A WIDOW has left nearly £135,000 to an animal charity on the condition that her cats are well looked after for the rest of their lives .
12	According to official sources , over the last twenty years the country has already lost nearly 80% of its icons or about 24 million pieces , some of great importance to the national heritage .

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