Example sentences of "[art] [adj] miles [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his career we catch a glimpse of the medieval miles strenuus . |
| 2 | Charlie Swan rides Novello Allegro and also Castlina , a recent Navan winner who goes for the three miles handicap hurdle on the opening day . |
| 3 | A circle of 189.26mm radius ( representing the 2.94 miles radius ) was drawn on an acetate sheet and the resulting overlay superimposed on the map . |
| 4 | According to the guidelines I would assess that all residents of Edinburgh have access to a –community woodland ’ if the 5 miles parameter is adopted . |
| 5 | Hospice helpers : Getting ready for the five miles charity fun run organised by Croft Hotels and the Shaftesbury Inn are Sean O'Neill ( 15 ) and Darren Maken ( 15 ) , both from Glengormley with Lynda Watt ( 23 ) from Belfast . |
| 6 | Gone are the days when you were likely to be alone on the rim path , but if the five miles escarpment is included as part of a longer circuit of the vast moorland , walkers seeking solitude will find their fair share — and a good test of their navigation skills . |
| 7 | The special missions will fall into one of these main categories , viz search and rescue , pollution surveillance , law enforcement of U.S.A. territorial waters and the 200 miles fishery conversation zone . |
| 8 | ‘ I have had trouble in sleeping the past three nights but I felt good until the 20 miles mark . |
| 9 | Harewood House , a few miles north of Leeds , contains the richest collection of Chippendale furniture in the world |
| 10 | A few miles north of Banbury , in the village of Cropredy , Prescote Manor dominates the meadows of the Cherwell River . |
| 11 | A famous attempt to resolve the matter is commemorated at Altnacealgach , ‘ the burn of the cheat ’ , a few miles north from Elphin . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The 114-acre Jordanstown campus is situated in the borough of Newtownabbey , a few miles north of Belfast . |
| 14 | The 114-acre Jordanstown campus is situated in the borough of Newtownabbey , a few miles north of Belfast . |
| 15 | From here William marched his men to the spot , a few miles north of Hastings , where the Norman and Saxon armies met in bloody battle on October 14th , 1066 . |
| 16 | A few miles north of Leominster , Berrington Hall is an 18th-century house with gardens designed by the father-in-law of Capability Brown . |
| 17 | Just a few miles North of Annesley the engine failed on the Tibshelf bank , so I had to go for assistance . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's an airfield a few miles north , between here and Trapani . ’ |
| 19 | A few miles north of Thurlstone the new textile settlement at Clayton West had chapels for the Wesleyans , Independents , Particular Baptists , Methodist New Connection and Primitive Methodists , and the new Wesleyan Reform movement met in Aaron Peace 's warehouse , but those who preferred the services of the established church had to climb the steep hill to the ancient parochial centre at High Hoyland . |
| 20 | I assumed you 'd want to know that wreckage of a dinghy was washed up a few miles north of here on the Welsh coast last night . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The discovery was made by a farmer 's son , Euan Baird , 16 , who was out walking in a private forestry plantation near the family farm at Scotston , Auchterhouse , a few miles north of Dundee . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A few miles south from Bettyhill , named after the infamous Countess Duchess of Sutherland , is another notable Strathnaver memorial . |
| 25 | A few miles south , Vindolanda was the home of 500 Roman auxiliary soldiers . |
| 26 | Toftingall , which lies a few miles south from the village of Watten , was one of the first Caithness lochs we fished . |
| 27 | A few miles south from Brora , past the Duke of Sutherland 's monstrous French-château fantasy castle at Dunrobin , is the town of Golspie , whose name derives from the old gaelic word meaning the ‘ place of the strangers ’ and although evidence is sparse , it is thought that the strangers in question were Vikings . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | A few miles south of Cambridge , and just as accessible from London , is Audley End House which is well worth a detour . |
| 30 | 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 . |