Example sentences of "[art] few miles [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Just a few miles west in the grounds of Nuneham Conference Park stands another folly which has ended up in an unexpected place . |
| 32 | A few miles west from Garry Bridge is Queen 's View , a rocky , pine-clad promontory with stunning views westwards down Loch Tummel to graceful Schiehallion . |
| 33 | But a few miles south-west of these peaks are the Low Tatras . |
| 34 | On 5–7 May the Schutzkorps took part in the mass exodus via the Loibl Pass into Austria where it formally surrendered on 12 May to 1st Guards Brigade , under 6 Armoured Div , and settled in Viktring camp , a few miles south-west of Klagenfurt , with other Yugoslav refugees ( see below ) . |
| 35 | A few miles south-west of Newbury . |
| 36 | In tracing that elusive ancestor the family historian therefore needs to be aware that long before the age of the railways people did sometimes travel long distances and that it was very common for men , women and adolescents to move within a few miles radius of their birthplace . |
| 37 | At Chernigov , a few miles north-east of Kiev , is the Cathedral of the Transfiguration , begun 1031 and the Church of S. Paraskeva , 1118 . |
| 38 | Large wooded areas are rare in Pembrokeshire due to the strong winds and salt spray , but Cwm Gwaun , a few miles east of Fishguard , is one of the notable exceptions to the rule . |
| 39 | So a male companion and I drove up to the starting point in Glen Lyon , a few miles east of Bridge of Balgie where a bridge crosses the River Lyon to a cattle farm . |
| 40 | The fire probably started in a rubbish dump , above an old strip mine a few miles east of the town , in May 1962 . |
| 41 | One such hamlet is Somersby , in the heart of the wolds , just a few miles east of the market town of Horncastle . |
| 42 | San Quentin Point is the third part of a trilogy which began with THE NEW INDUSTRIAL PARKS NEAR IRVINE , CALIFORNIA ( 1975 ) — a foundation block of the " New Topographics " — and was followed by PARK CITY , a book of 102 photographs which describe the construction of a ski resort of that name a few miles east of Salt Lake City , Utah ( published 1980 ) . |
| 43 | Howard spent the night of 19th August at Camas Meadows , a few miles south-east of the Nez Perce camp . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | A perfect example of a site that was deserted in the middle years of the seventeenth century can be examined on the ground at Great Stretton , a few miles south-east of Leicester . |