Example sentences of "[prep] nearly [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have made a bid of nearly £700m for a company with a book value of £200m — we 've acknowledged there is some extra worth there , but I can not see the sort of value they are talking about in property . |
| 2 | A pre-tax profit of nearly $42m for the quarter represents an improvement of almost $71m in what is traditionally a difficult winter quarter . |
| 3 | A prize of nearly £2,000 for top dairy cattle has encouraged a huge entry of 777 animals , bucking downward national trends . |
| 4 | THE Lennox Lewis-Frank Bruno world title clash has received a single box office boost of nearly £28,000 for the fight at Cardiff Arms Park on |
| 5 | Armed with collecting boxes they persuaded customers to part with nearly £135 for Newhaven lifeboat . |
| 6 | ‘ Under 13pc of income on average was spent on initial mortgage repayments in Northern Ireland in comparison with nearly 18pc for the UK as a whole . ’ |
| 7 | At nearly £400 for a week in Austria his parents were not interested . |