Example sentences of "a few kilometre [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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1 | Magharba reinforcements from Bishr turned up and camped in a clump of trees a few kilometres west of town . |
2 | The delightfully named village of Chigny-les-Roses is situated south of Reims , on the northern slopes of the Montagne , a few kilometres west of the grand cru villages of Mailly-Champagne and Verzenay . |
3 | Some stolen cattle were transported from the Northern Band to supply the beef market at Kandy ; the Moors of Akurana , a few kilometres north of Kandy , were said to be involved in this trade . |
4 | Last June saw the opening of a new museum in Ingolstadt , a few kilometres north of Munich , devoted to concrete art the art of geometric form and pure colour espoused in the 1930s by artists such as Arp , Kupka , Vantongerloo and van Doesburg . |
5 | 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 . |