Example sentences of "but [ex0] be nearly " in BNC.
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| 1 | The market concentrates on older consumers with the highest incomes , but there are nearly 15 million people over the age of 55 in the United Kingdom , and regrettably some of them are poor . |
| 2 | Dinner is not provided but there are nearly thirty restaurants and pubs in Ely . |
| 3 | But there are nearly always some overseas students — mostly from Africa or Asia but including some from America or even Australasia . |
| 4 | But there was nearly always a small group of so-called " mature students ' , who had failed to get to college when they left school ( due to illness , perhaps , or economic circumstances or the disruption caused by the Second World War of 1939–45 ) . |
| 5 | The size of barns varied greatly , but there were nearly always only one or two threshing floors . |