The phrase "a maximum of nearly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating an upper limit that is close to a certain value but not exceeding it.
Example: "The project budget allows for a maximum of nearly $10,000 for materials."
Alternatives: "up to almost" or "no more than approximately".
The 1948 Olympics opened to long days of sunshine and high temperatures, with a maximum of nearly 33C in three of the last five days of July – 50% higher than the average maximum for the month in southern England nowadays.
Sorrell was the best paid boss in the FTSE during 2013, and is expected to collect nearly £100m in share awards over a three-year period, while also being entitled to earn a maximum of nearly £20m in other pay this year and last.
Performance of the sustained attention task was associated with a significant increase in cortical acetylcholine efflux, reaching a maximum of nearly 140%.
Following the post-monsoon period, salinity steadily increased to a maximum of nearly 23‰ during the dry winter season and then significantly dropped during the monsoon period.
Relative to this, the apparent BPND ranges from moderate 0.2 in the cerebellum and midbrain to a maximum of nearly 0.5 in the cerebral cortex (Table 1).
The 1978 cut in the capital gains tax from a maximum of nearly 50% to 28% turbocharged the extraordinary era we now label as high tech in the information age.
A single gram of soil has been shown to contain up to 1 billion microorganisms with a predicted maximum of nearly 1 million individual microbial species.
Three ansectors contained either less than five people or total land masses of 30 km or less (out of a potential maximum of nearly 3 million km) and these small areas were incorporated into adjacent ansectors, since they contained too little information to be used meaningfully alone.
The highest concentration of 62.5 mg/ml showed a maximum inhibition of nearly 81.4%, while the lowest concentration of 1.95 mg/ml showed a minimum inhibition of nearly 16.2%).
As for the adsorption of phenol, a maximum removal of nearly 90%% could be attained at the SAC dosage of 3.5 g/L and decreased with the reduction of SAC dosage irrespectively to the pH effect of the experimented range.
As of 2006, the ice had an average thickness of 300 feet and a maximum of 650 feet, nearly as deep as the much older and larger Carbon Glacier of Mount Rainier.
