Example sentences of "near [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That messenger can pour back the ale near as fast as yourself , Lachlan , ’ she laughed . |
| 2 | The survey shows that crime is not rising anywhere near as fast as police figures suggest . |
| 3 | Johnston said : ‘ It has not gone anywhere near as well as I expected at Everton . |
| 4 | Actually they 've picked up the pace Forest since the goal erm do n't this Leicester are playing anywhere near as well as they were at the time they scored . |
| 5 | Whatever kind of mix you use to facilitate rapid dispersing when it sinks , thrown bait will not spread anywhere near as efficiently as a loose feed which can be spread accurately from a boat . |
| 6 | One year later she and her husband were expressing their thanks to the Home Support Project for helping them to go on looking after Mrs Cummings at home , and said that although it was still a strain it was ‘ nowhere near as hard as it has been , now that we 've got other people to help us ’ . |