Sentences with phrase «last for nearly»

And that means marriages must last for nearly 50 years or more, not 15 years.

Eve's 7,800 star systems combine to make a bountiful sandbox, letting you get on with anything from piracy to mining, or even taking part in space battles so destructive that they consume the lives of 20 million virtual soldiers and last for nearly an entire day.

At that rate, that fund will last for nearly 3 years with no income at all.

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics and the Humboldt University, both in Berlin, have used underwater electrical discharges to generate luminous plasma clouds resembling ball lightning that last for nearly half a second and are up to 20 centimetres across.

An Amtrak plan for extensive track repairs at Penn Station calls for the closing of tracks for two long stretches — 44 days total — that would last for nearly three weeks in July and almost the entire month of August, which will cause headaches for travelers.

If that happens, most data is agreeing once the rain starts it last for nearly 12 hours and some showers could be heavy with possible thunder and lightning.

Lori Shomphe: In terms of formulas, I never had formula and I had complications as a result of Zoe's birth and that included a significant open surgical wound that lasted for nearly eight and a half months.

One that lasted for nearly three decades.

The tactic, known as the unanimous consent «conga line,» lasted for nearly three hours as about two dozen Democrats — including Reps. Kathleen Rice (D - Garden City) and Gregory Meeks (D - St.

Augustus» peace lasted for nearly two centuries.

In a final test Farman flew from one end of the field to the other, and skirted along the fortifications at this point in a large circle, covering in all more than 2 kilometers (1 1/4 miles) in a flight which lasted for nearly three minutes.

The pellagra epidemic lasted for nearly four decades beginning in 1906.

Hopefully this won't be an issue because I tend to wear little makeup and my usually foundation lasts me for nearly a year.

Turkey — 28 (UPI)-- The U.S. State Department announced Thursday the full resumption of visa services with Turkey, after a suspension that lasted for nearly two months.

There is an undeniably tragic aspect to Simone's later life, characterized by illness and a career tailspin that lasted for nearly the last three decades of her life.

The film kicks off shooting this week in Cincinnati, ending a journey through development that has lasted for nearly a decade.

But in true Wong fashion, the epic shoot lasted for nearly two years, on - and - off (shooting was still taking place late last year and there is more to come — more on that in a moment).

One of the best, if not the best, scene of the film lasts for nearly 2 hours.

The dry spell lasted for nearly a decade, until two guys from Rhode Island, Bobby and Peter Farrelly, posited that gross - out humor wasn't only for teenagers looking to get laid.

The Department of Justice and Apple's opening statements lasted for nearly the entire day, but they introduced little material that would be surprising to anybody who has been following the case since the DOJ first sued Apple and publishers in April 2012.

Their personal relationship lasted for nearly 60 years, but the works of Joan Miró and Alexander Calder were only rarely shown together during their lives — most significantly at the Spanish pavilion for the Paris World's Fair in 1937 and the Terrace Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati in 1947.

Litigation lasted for nearly a decade and took an unexpected turn.

It's very easy to upgrade, it has room for both an M. 2 SSD and a 2.5 - inch drive, and it lasted for nearly 7 hours in our battery test.

The smartphone packs non-removable 3000mAh battery and it lasts for nearly 12 hours in our usage.

This is the second notable outage of the year, with the last happening on Jan. 4 and lasting for nearly 12 hours.

With an iconic form whose appeal has lasted for nearly four decades, Componibili modules are playful, instantly recognizable and as practical today as they were when they first emerged into the design world.

Not exact matches

The market for PCs is shrinking — global demand dropped 11 percent in the last quarter alone — and Dell's market share has been on the decline for nearly a decade.

At nearly 300 large public companies, median compensation for CEOs fell 3.8 percent last year, from $ 11.2 million to $ 10.8 million.

The Toronto Stock Exchange's last major outage occurred nearly a decade ago, when a system fault linked to data feeds shut down trading for a full day in 2008, including on the small - cap TSX Venture Exchange.

The TSX» last major outage occurred nearly a decade ago, when a system fault linked to data feeds shut down trading for a full day in 2008, including on the small - cap TSX Venture Exchange.

Last month it announced it was buying DaVita Medical Group for nearly $ 5 billion — a union that would give UnitedHealth some 300 clinics around the country, bolstering its current associated network of 30,000 physicians.

The good news for the payment company is that it pulled in $ 34 million of Bitcoin - related revenue last quarter — the bad news is that Square spent nearly as much to acquire Bitcoin in the first place.

Activist investor Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital — a business partner with Valeant in its failed bid last year for Allergan — offered a spirited defence of the company in a conference call Friday that lasted nearly four hours.

While Kohl's is the first to roll out a marathon holiday schedule across its nearly 1,700 stores, it certainly won't be the last, as companies prepare for this year's so - called «Super Saturday.»

The campaign, which runs until June, has been in the works for nearly eight months, and was «developed before the killings of Canadian soldiers last fall in Ottawa and St. Jean, Quebec and Canada's decision to take part in the coalition campaign against ISIS,» writes Marketing's Danny Kucharsky.

(Rose, who plays for the Chicago Bulls, is Adidas's biggest basketball endorser, but he has been plagued with injuries and missed nearly two full seasons in the last four.)

In fact, according to a Marketing Donut survey last year, nearly two - thirds of leads won't be ready to confirm a purchase for at least three months, with 20 % needing over a year.

The Fed raised interest rates last December for the first time in nearly a decade, and at that time projected four more hikes in 2016.

The digital currency bitcoin is on another remarkable run, soaring nearly 65 % in the last month, and smashing the symbolic $ 2,000 mark for the first time ever this week.

However, job creation for men was split nearly evenly between part - time jobs and full - time jobs, whereas women shed 57,100 full time positions over the last year while adding 89,000 part - time ones.

Safety experts point to the numbers: U.S. pedestrian deaths have been on the rise, with 5,376 in 2015 and nearly 6,000 last year, the most in two decades and up 22 percent from 2014, according to data compiled by the Governors Highway Safety Association for a recent report.

Tickets for Rivera's final home game reached $ 467 in early March of last year, before falling nearly 50 percent to $ 237 on the day of the game in late September, according to TiqIQ.

«Focus on smart work time,» says business coach Jenny Shih, «I usually shoot for 20 hours a week... and still made nearly $ 300k last year.»

Perth - based mining services group Ausdrill has become a substantial shareholder in Titan Energy Services after subscribing for nearly $ 1 million worth of shares in the Brisbane firm's capital raising last week.

Sales of light - duty trucks — which include small, midsize, large, and luxury SUVs — accounted for nearly 10.9 million of the 17.2 million vehicles sold in the US last year.

Just last month, American Airlines was forced to cancel dozens of flights from Phoenix when temperatures of nearly 120 degrees made it too hot for smaller jets to take off.

Nearly half said their most recent trip lasted for three weeks or more.

In May, a record 45.8 million Americans (nearly 15 % of the population) relied on food stamps for survival, a 12 % increase from last year and 34 % jump from 2009.

For instance, various regulatory delays in Alaska forced the state to wait nearly two years for its first legal recreational cannabis sales, which came last month, after voting to legalize in Nov. 20For instance, various regulatory delays in Alaska forced the state to wait nearly two years for its first legal recreational cannabis sales, which came last month, after voting to legalize in Nov. 20for its first legal recreational cannabis sales, which came last month, after voting to legalize in Nov. 2014.

As of mid-morning Eastern Time, the price of bitcoin had soared over 10 percent in the last 24 hours and crossed above the $ 4,000 mark for the first time in nearly a week.