Nearly twenty-five million blocks and bricks were manufactured each year to keep up with the high demand.

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.

Nearly a decade before he was born, his uncle David Guest, a lecturer and Communist Party member, was killed in the Spanish Civil War fighting in the International Brigades.

Nearly all early postage stamps depicted the images of national leaders only, but before long, other subjects and designs began to appear.

Nearly the entire presidential line of succession is eliminated ; Ryan, who had just been confirmed as vice-president moments before, narrowly escapes the attack and is immediately sworn in as president.

Nearly 600 die before help arrives.

Nearly a century before Erik, strong winds had driven Gunnbjörn towards a land he called " Gunnbjarnarsker " (" Gunnbjörn's skerries ").

Nearly half a century before in 1875, two other schools for African Americans were organized.

Nearly three decades before directly collaborating with Stockhausen, they designed the cover of the book Stockhausen: Conversations with the Composer ( ed.

Nearly 600 years passed before Tirion once again appears in the mythology.

Nearly all duels and battles began with an exchange of arrowfire, before single combat was entered, with sword and dagger.

Nearly all routine radiosonde launches occur 45 minutes before the official observation time of 0000 UTC and 1200 UTC, so as to provide an instantaneous snapshot of the atmosphere.

Nearly all farmers kept pigs, which could often scrounge most of their own food or eat milk left over from making cheese, scraps or slop, and were fattened on acorns in autumn before slaughter.

Nearly two decades later, shortly before the Battle of Yavin, Palpatine found the continued existence of open political dissent a hindrance to his total control, and disbanded the Imperial Senate — sweeping away the last remnants of the Galactic Republic.

Nearly another year would pass before the other foreign parties to the conflict signed treaties on 3 September 1783, with that being ratified by Congress on January 14, 1784, and formally ending the American Revolutionary War.

Nearly a year passed before another ship docked at Saint Helena.

Nearly all the trails from the Missouri converged on the Platte River at or before Fort Kearny in mid-state Nebraska.

Nearly a year before his death, the ailing Mapplethorpe helped found the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc. His vision for the Foundation was that it would be " the appropriate vehicle to protect his work, to advance his creative vision, and to promote the causes he cared about ".

Nearly all the wartime documentation on Generalplan Ost was deliberately destroyed shortly before Germany's defeat in May 1945.

Nearly four years later, Watson went back to court before District Court Chief Judge Thomas F. Hogan for reconsideration of his sentence on February 12, 2008, which was an uncommon situation for the federal court after a defendant had served his time and had been released.

Nearly 2800 Palatine German emigrants were transported to New York by Queen Anne's government in ten ships in 1710, the largest single group of immigrants before the Revolutionary War.

Nearly all pregnancies are viable after the 27th week, and no pregnancies are viable before the 21st week.

Nearly a dozen armed men joined the hijackers before the plane returned to Algiers the following day, Saturday, 15 June, where an additional 65 passengers were released.

Nearly all American mass transit networks operating on the honor system expect their users to buy tickets immediately before use ; regular riders can avoid that inconvenience by buying period passes in advance ( often from the same machines that sell daily or one-time tickets ).

Nearly all of the vehicles, rockets, spacecraft, and spacesuits on display are either authentic or a " flight-ready backup ," which is identical to the item actually flown: if a problem is detected in a spacecraft, rocket, or suit before it is flown, the backup fills in on the mission for the damaged item.