Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] south [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When these anxieties are ministered to by the products of the instant government under which we now with remarkable acquiescence subsist and are abetted by draftsmanship of the esoteric kind sometimes adopted by our professional brothers south of the border , we may expect to be confronted by problems of dimensions quite disparate to the simple issues which are essentially involved . |
| 2 | Reports of an abundance of whales in the Southern Ocean brought European whalers south during the late 19th century , when scientific exploration of the continent also began ( Hayes , 1932 ) . |
| 3 | Now , even while the treaties were being negotiated , Henry was seizing Scottish shipping , demanding the queen 's person , trying to bully Arran into handing over the Scottish castles south of the Forth into English hands , considering setting up Arran as a client king . |
| 4 | A few feet south of the CBR entrance was a side entrance to the hotel leading down to a beer parlour on one side and the spacious Hotel Cafeteria on the other . |
| 5 | Also known as Alphabet City , or Loisaida to the Hispanics whose numbers dominate the area , it lies a few blocks north of Little Italy , the spiritual home of the Mafia , and a few blocks south of the East Village , where New York beatniks gave birth to our modern global drug subculture . |
| 6 | Few stations south of Thirsk had much to offer until Richard discovered Biggleswade on a visit to his sister 's home . |
| 7 | In a situation report at 2300 hrs that evening , the Brigade 's Intelligence Officer Capt Nigel Nicolson recorded : " In dealing with the surrender of the German troops south of the River Drau , the Grenadiers are faced with one of the most formidable problems yet encountered . |
| 8 | Roman remains , including tesserae have also been found in Chedworth village ( c. 140 yds south of the ‘ villa ’ ) , but whether these sites were associated with the temple could only be determined by excavation . |
| 9 | The Seychelles lie in the middle of the Indian Ocean , just a few degrees south of the equator . |
| 10 | Some hospitals south of the border already have trust status . |
| 11 | Some 700 kilometres south of Cairo , Luxor 's palaces and temples still command awe . |
| 12 | We had sailed up the brown Tambopata forty kilometres south from Puerto Maldonaldo in a skiff that barely cleared the water . |
| 13 | The most important river in the region is the Marne which starts life in dramatic surroundings a few kilometres south of Langres , not far from the magnificent Château le Pailly . |
| 14 | Vaudemanges is just 2 kilometres south of Billy-le-Grand . |
| 15 | The ‘ bomb ’ was sent 700 miles south to Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico where it was exposed to a beam of muons produced in the laboratory 's particle accelerator . |
| 16 | Forty miles south of Perugia it is now an agricultural centre . |
| 17 | The park is situated on the A361 , 2 miles south of its junction with the A40 . |
| 18 | 2 miles south of Leeds City Centre off the A61 . |
| 19 | When you visit the ancient university town of Cambridge and enjoy the historic college buildings along the River Cam , you should not fail to travel a few miles south to Audley End House in neighbouring Essex . |
| 20 | Henry VIII impressed the Continent , in the midsummer of 1520 , at the ‘ Field of the Cloth of Gold ’ held a few miles south of Calais , and which lasted four weeks with jousts , summit talks , banquets and entertainment . |
| 21 | The horse-drawn Whitby and Pickering Railway of George Stephenson ( q.v. ) required the building of the Moorgate bridge in 1835 , a few miles south of this village on the North York Moors . |
| 22 | A few miles south of Cambridge , and just as accessible from London , is Audley End House which is well worth a detour . |
| 23 | Listening to the autumn wind moaning across this corner of the sparse Northumberland coastline a few miles south of Berwick-upon-Tweed , where Nora Simpson had lived for all of her married life , their memories of her were vivid . |
| 24 | When south of the Mandovi , I stayed in the simpler Prainha Cottages , just a few miles south of Panjim ( Prainha , Dona Paula , tel : 8325917 ) . |
| 25 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | When Gerard Salvin wanted redress against the men who had attacked his house at Croxdale , just a few miles south of Durham itself , it was Gloucester to whom he appealed . |
| 28 | They were in Carlisle , just a few miles south of the Scottish-English border . |
| 29 | A few miles south of Meikleour , can be found the point at which the River Isla adds its weight . |
| 30 | A few miles south from Bettyhill , named after the infamous Countess Duchess of Sutherland , is another notable Strathnaver memorial . |