Example sentences of "with nearly [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lothian is also a well defined employment centre with nearly 92 per cent of its working population employed within its boundary . |
| 2 | Lothian is also a well defined employment centre with nearly 92 per cent of its working population employed within its boundary . |
| 3 | As can be seen from Table 7.10 private sector pension funds are by far the largest by asset size , with nearly 68 per cent of the assets of all pension funds . |
| 4 | If no one took up the rights issue , Corporate could end up with nearly 29 per cent of the shares , but a 20 per cent stake is more likely . |
| 5 | The first by-election since the June National Assembly elections , held on Sept. 30 in Velingrad , was won by the UDF candidate with nearly 59 per cent of the vote , compared with 39 per cent for the BSP candidate . |
| 6 | Six weeks ago , some polls were putting the green alliance of the Verts and Generation Ecologie actually ahead of the Socialists with nearly 20 per cent of the votes . |
| 7 | The green alliance of the Green party and the Generation Ecologie , which only a couple of months ago was being credited with nearly 20 per cent of the vote , suffered a severe disappointment in seeing its projected score drop to 8.5 per cent — five less than its vote in last year 's regional elections . |
| 8 | With nearly 90 per cent of the poll counted late last night , the Yes vote nosed ahead by just one percentage point . |
| 9 | It was also nearly twice as dependent on Arts Council cash , with nearly 30 per cent of its income from the Scottish Arts Council — double the average of 14 per cent . |
| 10 | In the election for a senator for Buenos Aires , the capital , on June 28 the ruling Justicialist Party ( PJ-the Peronists ) suffered a serious defeat when Fernando de la Rúa of the main opposition Radical Civic Union ( UCR ) won the seat with nearly 50 per cent of the vote . |