Example sentences of "[det] mile [adv] from [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We 're just a few miles away from the Meadowses ’ place , ’ he added , reaching forward to extract a map from the glove compartment , and tossing it on to her lap .
2 Funnyman Eddie Large , who lives just a few miles away from The Price Is Right star , said : ‘ We 've been friends for 20 years and he 's one of the nicest men I know .
3 A highly significant addition during this time was an underwater ridge from the eastern Pacific ; after accretion it pulled apart to form the San Andreas Fault now a few miles inland from the coast .
4 The localiser beam is fixed bearing from the transmitter and is only 2 ½° wide either side of the centre-line , approximately 250 ft wide for each mile away from the transmitter .
5 The glide path beam is approximately ½° wide , or deep , either side of the centre-line , about 50 ft for each mile away from the transmitter .
6 We live in a highly mobile society where the norm is to live in small nuclear family groups , probably many miles away from the rest of the family and maybe having very little physical contact or communication with other members of the ‘ tribe ’ .
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