Sentence examples for maintained for nearly from inspiring English sources

Amid the attacks on her in the 1990s Ms. Wolf retreated into silence, which she maintained for nearly three years.

This line between past, present and future was maintained for nearly 200 years, and is the real secret of Potsdam's harmony.

Before the trial it was discovered that the identity he had maintained for nearly 20 years -- accepted by his wife, his children and his closest friends -- was false.

The Erie Canal later transformed New York City into the nation's most vibrant port and industrial and financial center, a status that was maintained for nearly two centuries and made it a target of terrorists last year.

Elevated to master status in Wurzburg in 1485, he established a prolific workshop that maintained for nearly 40 years an unusually high level of quality and consistent aesthetic character.

The agreement, brokered by President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, signals that Mr. Mugabe may be willing to cede some authority to Mr. Tsvangirai, loosening the tight grip on power he has maintained for nearly three decades and easing the political crisis that has engulfed Zimbabwe for months.

The nation's valuable diamond and mineral reserves and the influential fiscal and legislative parenting proffered by the UK post-independence and sound democratic leadership have quickly elevated Botswana to one of the world's fastest growing economies; an unmatched level of growth that has been maintained now for nearly five decades.

Two senior NATO officials said the second transition stage would put Afghan forces in the lead for maintaining security for nearly half the country's population, though coalition troops would continue to play a major role in many of the areas.

In his brilliant and blistering book The Frontman: Bono (in the Name of Power), just released in the UK, the Irish scholar Harry Browne maintains that "for nearly three decades as a public figure, Bono has been … amplifying elite discourses, advocating ineffective solutions, patronising the poor and kissing the arses of the rich and powerful".

The I.R.A. and the Protestant paramilitary groups have maintained cease-fires for nearly three years now.

Here was a community that was actually built as designed and had maintained its integrity for nearly a century.