Example sentences of "nearly [num] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jan. 30 , 1990 , a Supreme Soviet Commission revealed that nearly 845,000 victims of Stalinism had been posthumously rehabilitated during 1988-89 , but called for review procedures to be streamlined . |
| 2 | Fighter Operations ( PSL , 176pp , illus , hbk , £17.50 ) by Jerry Scutts , puts forward an overview of the role that pilots have played over nearly eight decades of flight , not as gung-ho gladiators ( as many view the fighter pilot ) , but as part of a finely honed fighting unit . |
| 3 | With nearly 300 years of insurance experience , SUN ALLIANCE is one of the largest and most experienced insurance groups in the UK , and has an unrivalled reputation in providing first-class insurance products . |
| 4 | Nearly 300 litres of diesel oil were spilled into a tributary of the River Tamar in Plymouth yesterday after vandals released the fuel from a tank in a timber yard . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've watched nearly 30 hours of Star Trek since we got here , one announced , nearly falling over . |
| 6 | " Liberal " in the broad sense , including most of the scientists , thinkers and poets of the day , tended to be linked in people 's minds with the excesses of the French Revolution and the nearly 30 years of war that followed it . |
| 7 | Nearly 30 years of use by the present regime have taken their toll , too . |
| 8 | [ For his return to Namibia in September 1989 after nearly 30 years of exile see p. 36885 . ] |
| 9 | Nearly 30 millimetres of rain was recorded.Flood warnings had been issued … but no-one expected the river to rise so quickly … surging 10 feet above normal levels . |
| 10 | However , the Dragons have not scored in nearly 12 hours of football without him , taking just one point from the last eight games to sink back into the bottom three . |
| 11 | Thirty thousand people are expected to turn up to nearly forty hours of music . |
| 12 | Altogether , during the outward voyage and the return passage around Cape Horn , Gould , as he described in his introduction to the Birds of Australia , ‘ was enabled to obtain nearly forty species of petrel , being the finest collection of Procellaridae ever brought together ’ , as well as examining and preserving numerous other species that came by chance to hand . |
| 13 | She must have been nearly forty years of age , tall , thin and plainly dressed . |
| 14 | We 're like , we account for probably over nearly forty percent of revenue from the depot this |
| 15 | If Gilliland is correct , the true value of the mean solar radius is more nearly 959.8 seconds of arc . |
| 16 | In 1981 , nuclear power produced nearly 100 TWh of electricity , or 40 per cent of the country 's total output . |
| 17 | After nearly 10 hours of debate the Federal Assembly on April 22 approved by 144 votes to 33 with 47 abstentions the friendship treaty signed with Germany in February 1992 [ see p. 38777 ] . |
| 18 | At about 21.00 , nightfall came to his aid , giving him nearly six hours of darkness , and he slipped away from his enemies . |
| 19 | The separation is nearly 7 minutes of arc , but again there is no real association . |
| 20 | In 1910 St Erth , 300 miles from London , sent nearly 30,000 gallons of milk to Paddington Station . |
| 21 | The figures were low enough , for other records ( baptisms and deaths ) suggest there were nearly 90 boys of school age in the parish and more than 100 girls . |
| 22 | Chainreaction ( as the Herald reported last week ) would be moving into the newly built extension , the cottage was being completely renovated and the centre was being used to nearly 90 percent of capacity . |
| 23 | In that context , the airport company last year acquired nearly 90 acres of perimeter land to help with its aim of establishing the airport as a new centre for regional aviation-related business . |
| 24 | Well then of course , I 've told you about having these trials up and down , and then , out of the people I 've dealt with mostly of them were local criminals , I should think nearly ninety percent of crime in Ipswich was committed by local people . |
| 25 | Mr de Klerk and his Foreign Minister , Mr Pik Botha , with leaders of business and commerce , will fly to Lagos on Thursday for the two-day visit , ending nearly three decades of hostility . |
| 26 | Mr de Klerk and a delegation which will include his Foreign Minister , Mr Pik Botha , and leaders of business and commerce will fly to Lagos on Thursday for the two-day visit , ending nearly three decades of hostility . |
| 27 | As co-founder , it was , for me , the culmination of ‘ a life time 's dream ’ , nearly three years of work and over thirty years experience developing coaching programmes for juniors and seniors of all levels through Stonebridge Tennis and The Stonebridge Academy . |
| 28 | This select cell and others knew the most experienced " bomber barons " who had endured nearly three years of bombing , but were now with a " three ringed " voice . |
| 29 | According to Vo Quy , Vietnam loses nearly 200,000 hectares of forest land annually to forest fires , agricultural clearance , fuelwood needs and timber extraction . |
| 30 | There are nearly sixty miles of footpath rights-of-ways , and four golf courses . |