Example sentences of "nearly [n mass] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pre-tax profit of nearly $42m for the quarter represents an improvement of almost $71m in what is traditionally a difficult winter quarter . |
| 2 | THE Lennox Lewis-Frank Bruno world title clash has received a single box office boost of nearly £28,000 for the fight at Cardiff Arms Park on |
| 3 | Michael Palin , top selling Christmas author with Pole to Pole ( BBC Books — see Christmas in the Bookshops , page 27 ) , played to a full house and raised nearly £3,000 for the Playhouse in Oxford when he gave a talk about his travels , organised by Blackwells in December . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The competition raised nearly £4,000 for the RAF Benevolent Fund . |
| 6 | ‘ Under 13pc of income on average was spent on initial mortgage repayments in Northern Ireland in comparison with nearly 18pc for the UK as a whole . ’ |