Example sentences of "less [conj] a [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | It landed less than a yard from my feet , still beating . ’ |
| 2 | He stood less than a yard from his victim , but she did not look up . |
| 3 | Less than a year from launch , the Bugatti 110 is slowly emerging from the shadows . |
| 4 | The Staples Corner explosion — less than a mile from the Metropoltan police training college — went off just after 1am as Mr Kenneth Baker , Home Secretary , arrived at the scene of the City blast . |
| 5 | Their lodgings lay almost in the shadow of the Stefansdom , the great cathedral dominating the centre of the city , and less than a mile from the Theatre an der Wien . |
| 6 | Johanna 's home is less than a mile from the spot where her body was found . |
| 7 | An incident room staffed by 30 officers working full time on the case is being run at Martlesham police headquarters , which is less than a mile from the scene of crime . |
| 8 | Less than a mile from the turning for the Lac de Bious-Artigues , but on the other side of the road , is a lazier way of gaining real altitude and tremendous views , by taking the cable-car ( it goes regularly only in summer and during the skiing season ) up to the Pic de la Sagette , at almost 7,000 feet . |
| 9 | That same night , at that same moment , and less than a mile from the Zoo , one other living creature was thinking of Minch . |
| 10 | And they used to let us come out of the pit at three quarter time , there were six of us , all of a size , strong as young bulls and er we used to have to i if the body was within less than a mile from the church , you see ? |
| 11 | Doctors dare not remove an airgun pellet lodged less than a millimetre from the optic nerve of Nicola Child 's right eye and have said sudden movement could blind the 15-year-old . |
| 12 | The pellet entered her nose , bounced from a bone and ended less than a millimetre from the optic nerve of her right eye . |