Example sentences of "nearly two [conj] a " in BNC.
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1 | Kallicharran took nearly two and a half hours over 34 , while Fredericks was grafting away at the other end . |
2 | It was nearly two and a half years since Hamish had walked out on Daisy and she could no longer claim to be madly in love with him , but she missed the presence of a man in her life , and her self-confidence was in tatters . |
3 | Between September nineteen forty one and June nineteen forty two , nearly two and a half million homes had been damaged or destroyed . |
4 | Is there really anything in common between what was understood by the term in the time of Plato and Pericles and the meaning or meanings given to it nearly two and a half thousand years later ? |
5 | I 've put on nearly two and a half stone |
6 | It is a great pity that not one member of the Liberal Democratic party could be bothered to attend the European Standing Committee this morning , where we debated those matters for nearly two and a half hours . |
7 | That does I think form a significant element because it makes a difference of nearly two and a half thousand dwellings . |
8 | Nearly two and a half thousand jobs are to go in the motor industry , the majority at Ford , the remainder at Vauxhall . |
9 | The UK car market has plummted from a peak in 1992 when nearly two and a half milklion vehicles were sold . |
10 | My children have been quite improperly denied their home , family and friends for nearly two and a half years , and I , and others , have been falsely accused of abusing them . |