Example sentences of "a few miles [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Dyfed ( formerly Pembrokeshire ) Hancock et al. ( 1983 ) locate the Variscan Front in a zone of conjugate folds and thrusts a few miles north of the Johnston Thrust . |
| 2 | He was on patrol with two other UN military observers when the mine exploded as they were driving around a small bridge a few miles north of the temples in Siem Reap province . |
| 3 | The following year , however , the Party took what was perhaps its most momentous decision in the mountains a few miles south of the Chinese border . |
| 4 | They were in Carlisle , just a few miles south of the Scottish-English border . |
| 5 | The fire probably started in a rubbish dump , above an old strip mine a few miles east of the town , in May 1962 . |
| 6 | One such hamlet is Somersby , in the heart of the wolds , just a few miles east of the market town of Horncastle . |
| 7 | Howard spent the night of 19th August at Camas Meadows , a few miles south-east of the Nez Perce camp . |
| 8 | He reached Haslemere in early afternoon , hired a taxi and discharged it fifteen minutes later on the other side of the road from the Skein of Geese Hotel and Restaurant a few miles south-east of the town . |