Example sentences of "for nearly [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She soaked herself with petrol before locking herself inside the back of the van for nearly a day . |
| 2 | The anthem , flower-presentation , long walk and interminable announcements all took place after the teams had taken the field , where they were forced to kick their heels in a neat line for nearly a quarter of an hour during which the chanteuse and the French Army choir six times exhorted the crowd : ‘ To Arms ! ’ . |
| 3 | PC superstores account for nearly a quarter of the total market in the US , and they 're beginning to make inroads into the UK market as well with the likes of PC World and the Business Superstore . |
| 4 | ‘ We have also had excellent services from our printers , Portsmouth Publishing and Printing , for nearly a quarter of a century . ’ |
| 5 | There has been no major study of prisoners ' families for nearly a quarter of a century , and what has been done tends to remain firmly outside the prison walls . |
| 6 | Japanese companies already account for nearly a quarter of the 5,000 foreign-based companies operating in New York . |
| 7 | New York , New York : Japanese companies already account for nearly a quarter of the 5,000 foreign-based companies operating in the city |
| 8 | Environmental and hygiene considerations will account for nearly a quarter of the total cost . |
| 9 | After the Communist victory in 1949 , Chen followed Mao to Peking , where he worked quietly and largely anonymously for nearly a decade . |
| 10 | Yet the export drive predicted for nearly a decade has yet to happen . |
| 11 | Bukharin thus posed the problem facing the Bolsheviks in its starkest form , a problem that was to be hotly debated for nearly a decade to come . |
| 12 | Mark Little is Joe Mangle 's alter ego , the real-life actor who was doing comedy for nearly a decade before Neighbours . |
| 13 | FOR a country that has been run by soldiers for nearly a decade , Nigeria shows little enthusiasm for the elections due on June 12th . |
| 14 | A specialist in seventeenth-century Dutch art , he taught at Columbia University for nearly a decade . |
| 15 | It set back this possibility for nearly a decade , until after the slump had sent unemployment to twice the ‘ unacceptable ’ level of 1923 and the pattern of politics had once again been changed . |
| 16 | This year 's El Niño is the most serious for nearly a decade . |
| 17 | For Denny has been on the local comedy circuit for nearly a decade and was a runner-up in the Scouseology Awards two years ago . |
| 18 | Yet Glasgow has been cultivating a townspace of such experiences for nearly a decade . |
| 19 | In the mid-1980s , I was addicted for nearly a year to ‘ free-basing ’ cocaine , which is no different in any way from what is now called crack . |
| 20 | He had thought she 'd rally round even though he had n't been in touch for nearly a year . |
| 21 | Then Brian Mooney , playing his first senior game for nearly a year , was dispossessed on the edge of the penalty area and Minto gleefully scored the winner . |
| 22 | For nearly a year I have been here alone . |
| 23 | ‘ Despite intensive efforts for nearly a year , we have not been able to find a satisfactory formula either in terms of price or consistency of supply ’ he said . |
| 24 | She struggled with her anger and guilt for nearly a year , and had gradually resolved these feelings . |
| 25 | ‘ He was the best horse I 've trained and was only just getting going again after being off the track for nearly a year . ’ |
| 26 | They were taken by animal welfare worker Terry Hill , who worked as a technician at Shamrock for nearly a year . |
| 27 | The reasons are pretty self-evident : no band could keep this up for three hours every night for nearly a year without having sold their souls to the rock ‘ n ’ roll devil long ago . |
| 28 | For nearly a year , Sotheby 's and Christie 's engaged in warfare to secure the estate sale . |
| 29 | Margaret had been seeing him for nearly a year and Maura had the feeling that they were going to get married . |
| 30 | A major Cabinet dispute rumbled on for nearly a year . |