Nearly all had landed at least a few hundred yards off target, and in an intricately planned operation where each section on each boat had been assigned a specific task, this was enough to throw the whole plan off.

Nearly two hundred manuscripts of the “ Histories ” have survived.

Nearly a hundred years ago, the people of St. John Lutheran Church decided to move their church building into town, to better serve current and future generations of people in the village of Royal.

Nearly two hundred buildings in the borough qualified as contributing properties.

Nearly two hundred young boys and girls perform various characters in ' Tharakayano ', the first ever Sri-Lankan Passion play in Ballet style.

Nearly one hundred rivers drain Courland, but only three of these rivers – the Daugava, the Lielupe and the Venta – are navigable.

Nearly one hundred years later, in 1204, King Philip II Augustus of France conquered the region, apart from the Channel Islands.

Nearly fifty of his novels were converted into over one hundred Western movies, the most by any Western author.

Nearly a hundred blacks were arrested, and in sham trials that lasted no more than a few minutes each, sixty-something black men were sentenced to prison, and twelve were slated for execution.

Nearly a hundred more 3800 class locomotives were delivered after no.

Nearly one hundred years later a stricter version of this rule was incorporated into the Constitution of the United States.

Nearly three hundred beautiful color photographs depict finished dishes, serving ideas, and cooking techniques at each stage through completion.

Nearly a year later, TV Asahi once again conducted an online poll for the top one hundred anime, and this time, The Prince of Tennis anime advanced in rank and came in eighth place.

Nearly two hundred denarii, chiefly of Trajan and Hadrian ( A. D. 98-138 ), were found in 1797 in a broken pot somewhere in the parish.

Nearly one hundred pieces of sixteenth-century Chinese porcelains have been found in the vicinity of the Drake's Cove site which “ must fairly be attributed to Francis Drake ’ s Golden Hind visit of 1579 .”

Nearly five hundred men worked on the site, building a fort that covered nearly six acres and a harbour for communication.

Nearly one hundred years later Cesalpino's views were again attacked by Samuel Parker, in a work entitled Disputationes de Deo et providentia divina ( 1678 ).

Nearly one hundred historical buildings were moved to the property from their original locations and arranged in a " village " setting.

Nearly a hundred soon moved on to Canada, a country to which earlier emigrants from Gammalsvenskby had gone.

Nearly a hundred thousand pounds ' worth of American railway bonds, with a large amount of scrip in mines and other companies, was taken, but recovered by the police from the would-be thief.

Nearly four hundred cases developed with eighty-eight deaths.

) is the most common extracranial solid cancer in childhood and the most common cancer in infancy, with an annual incidence of about six hundred and fifty cases per year in the U. S., and a hundred cases per year in the U. K. Nearly half of neuroblastoma cases occur in children younger than two years.

Nearly three hundred conscripts from Gudbrandsdalen had been massacred at Nya Lödöse by the Swedes.

Nearly twenty-five years before, Captain John Davis had noted, as he sailed near the Arctic Circle, `` a very great gulf, the water whirling and roaring, as it were the meeting of tides ''.

Nearly all calendar systems group consecutive days into " months " and also into " years ".

Nearly forty years were to pass before a comparably ambitious ruler appeared on the Russian throne.

Nearly five years had passed since they had last seen each other.

Nearly all of them won national elections in their respective countries at least once in the past 15 years.

Nearly two years later ( in December 1046 ), the Council of Sutri deprived him of his bishopric and priesthood and ordered him sent to a monastery.

Nearly a thousand years elapsed, from the foundation of the city of Rome in 753 BC to the fall of the Roman Empire or the beginning of the Middle Ages.

Nearly half of the handwritten books are from the Middle Ages and 400 are over 1000 years old.

Nearly fifteen years after the release of the original game, Lara is still one of the most famous and recognizable video game characters in the history of the medium.

Nearly fifty years later, the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed, allowing the vice president to assume the presidency any time the president was rendered incapable of carrying out the duties of the office.

The Ekumen stories tell of the efforts to re-establish a civilization on a galactic scale through NAFAL ( Nearly As Fast As Light ) interstellar travel taking years to travel between stars, although only weeks or months from the viewpoint of the traveler, because of time dilation, and through instantaneous interstellar communication using the ansible.

Nearly twenty years later, Yeats recalled the night with Gonne in his poem " A Man Young and Old ":

Nearly every known wild population of B. brownii shows some signs of dieback infection, which could possibly wipe it out within years.

Nearly the entire population of Lucayans ( almost 40, 000 people total ) were deported over the next 30 years.

Nearly all of those leaving compulsory schooling immediately enter upper secondary schools, and most complete their upper secondary education in three years.

Nearly 20 years later, in the 1990s, a major international debate ensued over whether Hmong refugees remaining in Thailand should be forcibly repatriated to Laos, where they were still subject to persecution, or should be allowed to emigrate to the United States and other Western nations.

Nearly 2500 years ago, Sophocles wrote, " Do nothing secretly ; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.

Nearly forty years after the conquest of Peru began with the execution of Atahualpa, the conquest ended with the execution of his nephew.

Nearly 100 years later the first colonization began as Richfield, Utah was established within the present day county boundaries.

Nearly 22. 90 % of all households were made up of individuals, and 10. 20 % had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Nearly 25. 50 % of all households were made up of individuals, and 11. 90 % had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Nearly 25. 6 % of all households were made up of individuals, and 11. 4 % had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Nearly 27. 80 % of all households were made up of individuals and 11. 60 % had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Nearly 24. 30 % of all households were made up of individuals, and 10. 50 % had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Nearly 28. 70 % of all households were made up of individuals, and 9. 90 % had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.