Example sentences of "nearly every [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leper houses were common in the Middle Ages : ‘ Nearly every village and burg had one — rather like a Holiday Inn or a Sleep Cheap Motel . ’ |
| 2 | Nearly every village has some secret treasure to be discovered ; be it a pottery , a moated rectory , or the ruins of an abbey or priory , dozens of which stood resplendent throughout the region before the dissolution of the monasteries . |
| 3 | We have nearly every colour of the spectrum from purest white and cream through yellow , orange , pink and scarlet to deepest velvet black crimson . |
| 4 | Nearly every chamber has its reservoir of running water at the door ; on every side are gardens , delightful alleys , shady retreats , streams , fountains and grottoes . |
| 5 | Success of the PC as an engineering tool must in part be due to its expansion bus and the fact that nearly every type of facility can be found on a PC card . |
| 6 | Auntie is ordinary in nearly every way , but she had one very special quality . |
| 7 | Nearly every weekday afternoon Matilda was left alone in the house . |
| 8 | There are fairy stories and folk-tales in nearly every culture about changelings . |
| 9 | Nearly every lane is edged by a dyke to drain the land . |
| 10 | Nearly every lane is edged by a dyke to drain the land . |
| 11 | The first year we were married , we were at Stratford , and in nearly every play together . |
| 12 | Nearly every girl . |
| 13 | Another critic who took up the moral cudgels against the ‘ spicy ’ jokes and suggestive songs described how ‘ this kind of garbage is part and parcel of the repertoire of nearly every music hall in the kingdom … it puts decency and clean-living at a discount , and it glorifies immorality all round ’ . |
| 14 | Revolutions occur from time to time in nearly every field of science , and I believe that such a revolution is occurring in medicine — largely through the impact of complementary medicine . |
| 15 | This partly explains the desperate desire of nearly every function in the business to be represented on the board or the management committee . |
| 16 | Nearly every farmer had a barrel of the stuff in his cow house in those days and I had only to go into the corner and turn the tap . |
| 17 | I 've read about them all , and seen nearly every video out . |
| 18 | and nearly every day , nearly every speaker actually attacked Local Government in some way . |
| 19 | and nearly every day , nearly every speaker actually attacked Local Government in some way . |
| 20 | I suppose I have a friend in to tea nearly every afternoon that is , a friend with children . |
| 21 | Salha was a woman of strong , open and reassuring character whose links with the women of nearly every household in Huaiwiri through her own daughters and her mother 's sisters ' descent in the women 's line ensured that she had influence in all households . |
| 22 | Therese was huddled in nearly every garment she possessed , slacks , jumpers , her shabby grey coat and the multicoloured shawl . |
| 23 | THE BUSES AND TAXIS I DETERMINED TO AVOID BECAME A CENTRAL PART OF NEARLY EVERY PAINTING . |
| 24 | The buses and taxis I determined to avoid became a central part of nearly every painting . |
| 25 | THE BUSES AND TAXIS I DETERMINED TO AVOID BECAME A CENTRAL PART OF NEARLY EVERY PAINTING . |
| 26 | The buses and taxis I determined to avoid became a central part of nearly every painting . |
| 27 | Peach retired in 1905 after 43 years service in a career which had taken him into nearly every part of Scotland and brought him world-wide recognition as an outstanding field geologist . |
| 28 | In a letter to Henry Savage on 2 December 1913 he writes : ‘ I should like to know why nearly every man that approaches greatness tends to homosexuality , whether he admits it or not ’ ( Letters , 1 15 ) . |
| 29 | and it meant we had a regular rehearsal space — which we used nearly every day . |
| 30 | Maggie had seen him nearly every day at first . |