Sentence examples for retained nearly from inspiring English sources

"Mark has retained nearly absolute control over his board of directors," said Joe Green, a former roommate at Harvard who now runs Causes, which has a popular Facebook application.

The country desperately needs foreign capital; indeed, it recently retained nearly two dozen investment banks to embark on a program of selling off minority stakes in dozens of state-run companies to help cover the ballooning deficit.

After campaigning against the Bush administration's foreign-policy overreach, President Obama has retained nearly all of the war powers that George Bush took up in the wake of 9/11.

At 9 p.m. CBS's new installment of "The Amazing Race" retained nearly all of its audience from the show's premiere last week; 11.43 million people watched two best friends from Queens be eliminated because of delays caused by inept stick-shift driving.

As a consequence, it would have been concluded that the synthesized CLEAs had retained nearly 75% of the specific activity of the free enzyme (instead of 11.1%).

Concanavalin A layered ZnO-NP bound β galactosidase exhibited a shift in the temperature-optima and retained nearly 86% activity even after its 6th repeated use.

"The Comeback," the new Lisa Kudrow show, attracted 1.5 million viewers, retaining nearly all of the "Entourage" audience.

INDOORS: This 1770 house retains nearly all of its original interior detail, including hardwood floors and eight fireplaces.

While Cendant has been able to retain nearly all the senior managers from HFS, their frustration about the events of the last few years is palpable.

Pilots had feared job losses from the deployment of the smaller planes, but they relented after US Airways offered to retain nearly 300 pilots it had threatened to furlough.

Goldman's 221 partners are floating about 15% of the firm on the New York stock market, retaining nearly 50% interest and giving 21% to their employees.