Under George Steinbrenner the Yankees made offers for nearly all of the best free agents, says sports economist Andrew Zimbalist.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

And if that's true, then of course, we no longer have an argument for the indestructibility or nearly indestructibility of the soul.

而如果那是对的，当然我们就,不能再论证灵魂的不可摧毁性,或者几乎不可摧毁性。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

When I look for it here I'm going to see two pieces, one that's nearly the same length and one that's much shorter.

当我去找时,就找到两个片段,一个片段差不多就是原长,另一个则短得多

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

President Obama notes that it was Theodore Roosevelt who first called for health care reform nearly a century ago.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

The pain of stubbing your toe obviously doesn't count for nearly as much as the pain of a migraine, which doesn't count nearly as the pain of being tortured.

踩到脚趾的痛苦,远不及偏头痛严重，偏头痛的痛苦远不及被折磨的痛苦。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

In college basketball, a small school with a young coach nearly defeated a longtime powerhouse team for the national championship.

VOA: special.2010.04.10

They had three children and were together for nearly sixty-five years, until Betsy died in two thousand five.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

They understand that they are getting value for their money: A cow is worth nearly twice as much if it is vaccinated.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says caesarean births rose to nearly thirty-two percent of all births in two thousand seven.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

Alice Cooper's extreme clothing, face make-up,fake blood and crazy behavior have entertained audiences for nearly fifty years.

VOA: special.2011.03.21

Next year's research and development budget calls for spending nearly two billion dollars on new space technologies.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

For example, nearly two thousand nurses left the Caribbean between two thousand two and two thousand six.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

European countries later had to agree to a nearly one trillion dollar rescue for the euro area.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

Vertebrate species,for example, decreased by nearly one-third between nineteen seventy and two thousand six.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

It was nearly time for his daily meeting with Beatrice.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

But that figure could rise dramatically, as some 150 personnel are still unaccounted for nearly 48 hours after the quake.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

Henderson has been making acoustic guitars for friends, neighbors and others for nearly 50 years in his hometown in Grayson County,Virginia.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

Nearly one in five children in the United States is obese, according to the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

But although nearly 55 million people came to the United States last year, times were tough for the travel industry.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

South Africa has spent nearly $2 billion building five new stadiums and refurbishing five others for the tournament.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

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

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

For his part,Havens,now nearly 70, continues to express the Woodstock ethos with new songs like "The Key,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

It is breathtaking. The new administration's budget for next year alone calls for a $1.2 trillion deficit nearly triple any past federal deficit,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

Carstairs also appealed to Afghanistan's government to reinstate Malalai Joya, who was suspended from parliament nearly two years ago for insulting the country's warlords.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

A United Nations report released Tuesday calls for major spending of nearly $600 billion by governments to deal with the impact of global warming.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

For decades Northern Ireland was engulfed in sectarian violence, in which nearly 4,000 people were killed.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

has strongly called for disarmament and he has worked to restart the stalled Middle East peace process since taking office nearly 10 months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

The North has held a South Korean executive and two American journalists for nearly four months.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30

The Wall stood for nearly three decades, dividing the city and Germany into East and West.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Speaking by telephone, district police chief Usman Anwar told VOA his men watched activities of the suspects for nearly two days before arresting them.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11