"Nearly every major manufacturer is represented and a lot of minor, smaller ones."

VOA: special.2010.07.30

The cotton crop nearly doubled every decade from 1820 to 1860.

从1820年到1860年,棉花的产量每十年就翻一倍

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

I don't know who came up with this statistic but I love it: nearly three out of every five lines in Paradise Lost are enjambed - they embrace the practice of enjambment. The meaning or the sense of a verse paragraph is diffused throughout a series of lines.

不知道是谁得出这个数字，但我很喜欢：,《失乐园》中将近五分之三的诗句是连结的,-它们全都连结在一起，一段诗的意思或感觉,贯穿在这段诗的一系列诗句当中。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

He scored top 15 results in both downhill and super G in nearly every start en route to making his first U.S.Olympic Team.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Nearly every Friday, after noon prayers at the Jamia Masjid, police confront stone-pelting youth.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

"Nearly every introductory text book, as well as people practicing in the field in speech pathology, for instance, teaches and believe that there is a separation of tasks and a division of labor between two very different parts of the brain, Broca's area and Wernicke's area , where Broca's area is responsible for producing,for speaking, and Wernicke's for comprehending,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

The World Health Organization says tobacco kills nearly five and a half million people a year -- another victim every six seconds.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

The tiny,talking cricket nearly steals every scene, especially when he sings "When You Wish Upon A Star."

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Every morning for nearly seven decades Azim Tuman has looked out over Nagin Lake in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

It kills nearly two million children under age five every year.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02