Because unabridged dictionaries contain nearly all English words, they are large and heavy.

But herd immunity works only when nearly the whole herd joins in.

Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over the past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.

Diners at bad tables — next to the kitchen door, say — spent nearly as much as others but soon fled.

Frogs living near brightly lit highways suffer nocturnal light levels that are as much as a million times brighter than normal, throwing nearly every aspect of their behavior out of joint, including their nighttime breeding choruses.

He couldn't walk, but he managed to get out of the crevasse and started to move towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers away.

He wrote many children' s books, nearly half of which were published in the 1990s.

However, I spend nearly two-thirds of my time doing research.

I enjoy nearly all kinds of music, especially country music and classical music.

In the 1980s, electrical lines an d lead poisoning nearly drove them to dying out.

In the sierra high country, the number of big trees has fallen by more than 55 percent; in parts of southern California the decline was nearly 75 percent.

Last year the foundation reported that nearly 60% of 7- to 12-year-olds said they felt tired during the day, and 15% said they had fallen asleep at school.

Measles, which once killed 450 children each year and disabled even more, was nearly wiped out in the united states 14 years ago by the universal use of the MMR vaccine.

More recently, the Paris Agreement, stuck by nearly 200 countries, also aims to limit global warming.

More than half (53 percent) have breakfast alone and nearly half (46 percent) have lunch by themselves.

Nearly 40 percent of Jazz lovers live outside of the Dallas city limits and drive or fly in to enjoy an evening in the Bishop Arts district.

The government spent nearly 30 years coming up with a plan to reintroduce the wolves.

They also live nearly everywhere, except on frozen mountain tops and around the poles.

They were seen as nearly worthless.

When dad took off the lid, the smell nearly knocked us out.

Imagine being able to remember every painting, on every wall, in every gallery space, between nearly 40 countries, he says.

That study looked at nearly 28,000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy diets.

I do not think that we spend nearly enough time trying to concentrate on achieving a sort of calmness, a sort of contentment in a mental and spiritual way, which was identified by these people as the highest form of happiness and pleasure.

In its latest update on global employment trends, the agency says projections of the number of unemployed people this year range from 210 million to nearly 240 million people.

Our topic today is about something that foreigners nearly always say when they visit Britain.

Nearly two-thirds of us grab fast food once a week, and we get almost 25% of our daily calories from snacks.

Its science departments are not nearly as good.

Considering that the government's standards are not nearly ambitious enough, the picture is clear: by not cooking at home, we're not eating the right things, and the consequences are hard to overstate.

It’s been in business nearly a century.

Nearly every business has a sad tale to tell.

But it actually shouldn't matter to you nearly as much as you think.

With the percentage of people over age 65 expected to nearly double by 2050, it's important to weigh the health benefits of screening against the risks and costs of routine testing

when nearly one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, the divorce rate had declined by around 25% from 1929 But this doesn't mean people were suddenly happier with their marriages.

Nearly 250 schools on the full ,Newsweek list of the top 5% of schools nationally had fewer than 200 graduates in

Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart.

But at the same time, nearly half of U.S. carbon emissions come from heating, cooling and powering our homes, offices and other buildings.

Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1,2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics say they're still likely to turn up

About 9% attempted to conceal nonessential Internet use, and nearly 4% reported feeling preoccupied by the Internet when offline.

Moreover, Americans eat out nearly four times a week on average.

Nonetheless, I spend nearly every weekend at his house and we talk on the phone every night.

Imagine being able to remember every painting, on every wall, in every gallery space, between nearly 40 countries, he says.

Female applicants to postdoctoral positions in geosciences were nearly half as likely to receive excellent letters of recommendation, compared with their male counterparts.

He was trapped under a beam about 10 feet below the surface for nearly an hour and a half.

It's been in business nearly a century.

Last year, a study from Aston University in the UK used nearly identical parameters to our study and found similar results.

Manufacturers would have nearly total freedom to test their self-driving technology on public roads.

Over 10 months, Comcast received nearly 12,000 customer complaints, many relating to its monthly data cap and overage charges.

Popping food into the microwave for a couple of minutes may seem utterly harmless, but Europe's stock of these quick-cooking ovens emit as much carbon as nearly 7 million cars, a new study has found.

Stawood Hotels and Resorts, which owns more than 1, 150 hotels in nearly 100 countries, plans to install the system in the next three months at two of its hotels in the USA.

That study looked at nearly 28, 000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy diets.

The airlander 10 spent nearly 2 hours in the air, having taken off from Cardington airfield in Bedfordshire.

Those are a few of the traits of successful science crowdfunding efforts that emerge from a recent study that examined nearly 400 campaigns.

While bullying is parents' greatest concern over all, nearly half of low-income parents worry their child will get shot, compared with one-fifth of high-income parents.

Nearly half of high-earning, college-graduate parents enrolled their children in arts classes before they were 5, compared with one-fifth of low-income, lesseducated parents.

Nearly all members of last year's winning U.S.IMO team took part in MathCounts as middle school students, as did Loh, the coach.

With fertilizer prices jumping nearly 50% per metric ton over the last year in some places, human waste is an attractive, and often necessary, alternative.

Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of Friends, a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.

Nearly 2.2 million people die a year because of diarrhea-related ( ' , 与腹泻相关 的) diseases, according to WHO statistics.

In contrast, the criminal justice system accounted for nearly one out of every five visual backgrounds.

Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage ( ' , 下 水道污水) to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

Agriculture is a water-intensive business, accounting for nearly 70% of global fresh water consumption.

A study by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters finds that, between 1980 and 2007, nearly 8,400 natural disasters killed more than twomillion people.

Today, energy storage is a $33 billion global industry that generates nearly 100 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year.

The group that scored high on all nine of the risk behaviors was most likely to show symptoms of depression; in all, nearly 15% of this group reported being depressed, compared with just 4% of the low-risk group.

But a new study finds that there's another group of adolescents who are in nearly as much danger of experiencing the same psychiatric symptoms: teens who use tons of media, don't get enough sleep and have a sedentary ( ' , 不爱活动的 ) lifestyle.

83% of workers say they're stressed about their jobs, nearly 50% say work-related stress is interfering with their sleep, and 60% use their smartphones to check in with work outside of normal working hours.

The National Association of Social Workers represents nearly 145,000 social workers across the country.

And I’m going to pick a definition from a former colleague, Robert Sternberg, who is now the dean at Tufts University, but was here on our faculty at Yale for nearly 30 years.

Nearly three-quarters of the first group guessed that Mr.

But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think.

Unfortunately,many American universities seem awfully busy protecting their brand name and not nearly busy enough protecting the pursuit of knowledge.

F) Today nearly 70 percent of graduating seniors go off to college, including two-year and four-year institutions.

Nearly all application materials are submitted online, and the Common Application provides a one-size-fits form accepted by more than 400 schools, including the nation's most selective

Consumers in developed countries throw away nearly half of their food purchases because they tend to buy in excessive quantities.

That front-page package you've been working on is nearly complete; one last edit and it's finished.

Men commit nearly 90 percent of violent crimes in the United States and almost all sexual assaults.

I went there last Saturday for their grand opening sale, but I drove around the parking lot for nearly an hour, looking for a space before I finally gave up and came home

Nearly nine million Americans alone suffer from the illness

Researchers at Cambridge University have found that nearly half of the social networking sites don't immediately delete pictures when a user requests they be removed.

\Nearly everyone I know is addicted in some measure to the Internet,\ wrote Tony Schwartz in New York times.

4 million working days were lost to work related stress last year, a jump of nearly a quarter.

83% of workers say they're stressed about their jobs, nearly 50% say work-related stress is interfering with their sleep, and 60% use their smartphones to check in with work outside of normal working hours.

A wandering mind! By one estimate, people daydream through nearly half of their waking hours?

And I'm going to pick a definition from a former colleague, Robert Sternberg, who is now the dean at Tufts University, but was here on our faculty at Yale for nearly 30 years.

But it actually shouldn't matter to you nearly as much as you think.

Every summer when I top up my selection of summer outfits from the department stores, my eyes would nearly pop out of my head.

Facing water shortages and escalating fertilizer costs, farmers in developing countries are using raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland, according to a new report—and it may not be a bad thing.

George Bernard Shaw won a Nobel Prize when he was nearly 70.

Gregg Rosen lost his job as a sales nearly three years ago and is still unemployed.

In 1699 she sailed with her daughter nearly 5,000 miles from the Netherlands to South America to study insects in the jungles of what is now known as Suriname.

In one experiment, nearly 200 participants boarded a double-decker bus for a tour of Philadelphia.

In the 1960s, the United States devoted nearly 17% of discretionary spending to research and development, reaping decades of economic growth.

It is nearly identical to our own planet in bulk properties, such as mass, density and size.

Leadership of the planning corporation has changed hands nearly as many times as the opening date has been pushed back.

Mott survey found among the 56 percent of mothers and 34 percent of fathers who discussed parenting on social media, 72 percent of them said sharing made them feel less alone, and nearly as many said sharing helped them worry less and gave them advice fro

Nearly 2.2 million people die a year because of diarrhea-related diseases, according to WHO statistics.

Nearly 700 miles long, the earthquake zone is located by the North American Plate off the coast of Pacific British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Northern California.

Nearly a billion people are illiterate.

Nearly a decade ago it was predicted that viewers of \Friends\, a popular situation comedy, would soon be able to purchase a sweater like Jennifer Aniston's with a few taps on their remote control.

Nearly half of high-earning, college-graduate parents enrolled their children in arts classes before they were 5, compared with one-fifth of low-income, less-educated parents.

The ability to work well with others and collaborate on projects is a sought-after ability in nearly every position.

The group that scored high on all nine of the risk behaviors was most likely to show symptoms of depression; in all, nearly 15% of this group reported being depressed, compared with just 4% of the low-risk group.

The idea was to test the machines on a database that included up to 1 million different images of nearly 700, 000 different people—and not just a large database featuring a relatively small number of different faces, more consistent with what's been used

The lake's landscape is bizarre and deadly—and made even more so by the fact that it's the place where nearly 75 percent of the world's flamingos are born.

The National Association of Social Workers represents nearly 145, 000 social workers across the country.

There's little doubt that nearly everyone who comes in contact with the Net has difficulty disconnecting.

Today, energy storage is a $33 billion global industry that generates nearly 100 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year.

We're looking at roughly 80 percent loss of ice cover on the Arctic Ocean in 10 years, roughly 10 years, and 100 percent loss in nearly 20 years.

When looking at how women are depicted, the study found female characters were four times more likely to be shown in sexy clothing, and nearly four times as likely to be referred to as physically attractive.

with fertilizer prices jumping nearly 50% per metric ton over the last year in some places, human waste is an attractive, and often necessary, alternative.

The English language teaching sector directly earns nearly &1.

Last year, the Transportation Security Administration ( ' , TSA) found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons---both fake and real—past airport security nearly every time they tried.

When the EEOB was finished, it was the largest office building in Washington, with nearly 2 miles of black and white tiled corridors.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, nearly a quarter of web content shared by Twitter users in the politically critical state of Michigan was fake news, according to the University of Oxford.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 80 percent of college students end up changing their majors at least once.

ai \vision\ today is not nearly as sophisticated as that of humans.

At RoMan Manufacturing, a maker of electrical transformers and welding equipment that his father cofounded in 1980, Robert Roth keep a close eye on the age of his nearly 200 workers.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, nearly a quarter of web content shared by Twitter users in the politically critical state of michigan was fake news, according to the University of Oxford.

given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year—a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.

In 2015, the US Forest Service for the first time spent more than half of its $5.5 billion annual budget fighting fires——nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago.

Last year, the Transportation Security Administration found in a secret check that undercover investigators were able to sneak weapons—both fake and real—past airport security nearly every time they tried.

Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector, they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008.

The number of adults doing weekly sport did rise, by nearly 2 million in the run-up to 2012—but the general population was growing faster.

The opposition claims primary school pupils doing at least two hours of sport a week have nearly halved.

They found that after a surprise departure, the probability that the company will subsequently have to restate earnings increased by nearly 20%.

within weeks the world's two biggest auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.