Example sentences of "[conj] nearly five " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not until after the 1914 war and nearly five years with the French army — although domiciled in England for some thirty years he never at any time entertained the idea of becoming a naturalized British subject , considering it highly improper for a Frenchman to renounce his country — and following the failure of his London decorating business , which before the war had been successful , that Boulestin turned to cookery writing . |
| 2 | It is a remarkable column surmounted by a Doric capital which is in one block of marble 14 feet square and nearly five feet high ( 101 ) . |
| 3 | This included spending almost twenty six a head more on secondary education and nearly five pound a head more on special education . |
| 4 | New investment per employed worker in US manufacturing in 1955 was running at about 1.6 times the European level , and nearly five times that of Japan ; by 1970 US manufacturing was investing about the same per worker as European industry and one-third less than Japanese . |
| 5 | Forty thousand people , eleven thousand cars and nearly five hundred coaches have piled in here to Prestbury . |
| 6 | well it was like till nearly five the other day |
| 7 | After nearly five minutes the call connected through . |