Sentence examples for about nearly half from inspiring English sources

"You are talking about nearly half of the population being in a state of poverty," said Radwan, a development economist.

In releasing the Web videos, Mr. Saunders said in a statement: "Mitt Romney says his job is not to care about nearly half of America.

Now, workers in an array of city departments will have access to information about nearly half of the city's residents, including welfare and food stamp payments, child care vouchers, and records of Medicaid enrollment and stays in public housing and shelters, among other kinds of social service records.

Ms. Jacobs said she still had grave concerns about nearly half of Mr. Gulotta's plan to save $70 million -- $20 million in concessions Mr. Gulotta is counting on from the Nassau County Police, about $8 million from freezing bus service at last year's level, and about $6.5 million from local initiatives in mental health and social services.

Given that social justice and human rights are given the highest ratings, it is perhaps not surprising they are also the issues which readers would like to see more written about – nearly half of Observer readers, 44% of Guardian readers and 43% of theguardian.com users.

"Forty-seven pereadt," read one of them, comparing Mr. Bloomberg's remarks to the near-fatal moment when Mitt Romney suggested that he was not concerned about nearly half the nation's voters.

It is about 16percentt, not nearly half.

He estimated the number of Zoroastrians worldwide at about 135,000, nearly half of them in Bombay.

About 250,000 people called, and nearly half left messages.

For those complaining about travel insurance, nearly half (48 per cent) win their cases at the Ombudsman.

Riverside County has about 2.3 million residents, nearly half of whom identify as Mexican or Mexican-American.