Sentence examples for comprised nearly from inspiring English sources

By the early 21st century the UN comprised nearly 190 member states.

The opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) comprised nearly all of the remaining members.

In the seven states of the Lower South, cotton was king and slaves comprised nearly half the population.

The Australian Natives Association (the Australian-born comprised nearly two-thirds of the population in 1901) rallied to the cause.

The regency drew its income from the Hōjō estates, which comprised nearly the whole of the Kantō.

Syrians fleeing civil war and Eritreans escaping forced conscription comprised nearly half of all Italian boat arrivals in 2014, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

The UN Human Rights Council was created as a subsidiary intergovernmental body of the UN General Assembly and initially comprised nearly 50 UN member states.

At the end of March, these three comprised nearly 30 percent of the fund, which has almost $1 billion in assets.

The highest cost came from loss of productivity, which comprised nearly 72 per cent of the total cost, or nearly $179 billion.

By the end of the 19th century, the British Empire comprised nearly one-quarter of the world's land surface and more than one-quarter of its total population.

Wilson's funeral, which was held on December 19, had a procession that "extended for half a mile [and comprised] nearly one-hundred vehicles".