Example sentences of "a [adj] mile [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | A famous attempt to resolve the matter is commemorated at Altnacealgach , ‘ the burn of the cheat ’ , a few miles north from Elphin . |
| 2 | A few miles south from Bettyhill , named after the infamous Countess Duchess of Sutherland , is another notable Strathnaver memorial . |
| 3 | Toftingall , which lies a few miles south from the village of Watten , was one of the first Caithness lochs we fished . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The return leg was into the wind and included a 2 mile drag from Nutts Corner roundabout on the Belfast Road and Evans , turning his 100 inch fixed gear clawed back to once again beat McCann by 8 seconds with a time of 21.32 . |
| 7 | The time taken by the cyclist for the six and a half mile journey from Currie to the City Chambers was thirty minutes , making an average speed of 13 mph . |
| 8 | Oxford , as unfamiliar with failure as Cambridge are to success , left it to president Pinsent to face the instant inquests following the four and a half mile slog from Putney to Mortlake . |
| 9 | For nearly 3 years they 've made the 2 and a half mile trip from their temporary classrooms back to their homes . |
| 10 | The first , to lay a 560 mile pipeline from Kirkuk in Iraq to Banias in Syria . |
| 11 | Put your best foot forward and walk all or part of a 25 mile route from London to Ware in Hertfordshire to raise money for the Heart Research Charity . |
| 12 | We decided on a 25 mile circuit from Fishguard through the Presely Hills which offered a mixture of bare hillsides , wooded valleys and pastoral scenes of hedgerows and farms . |
| 13 | Rebel was filmed around Griffith Park Observatory in LA not Mt Wilson , which is located about a 40 mile drive from Hollywood . |
| 14 | On the 19–20th August David Jackson , JM 's well known accountant and trick cyclist , accompanied by Richard Smith , friend and fellow sufferer , took up the challenge and cycled a 250 mile route from Sonning , via Royston , Birmingham and Cresswell to Burslem . |
| 15 | The procession , led magnificently by a regimental band , follows a four mile route from the high street to Ossett and back before the May queen is crowned by a civic dignitary . |
| 16 | ANOTHER OF WAINWRIGHT 'S walks , Robin Hood 's Bay to St Bees , a 200 mile walk from coast to coast across England , has fallen to the conquering boots of Kevin Treacher . |
| 17 | Relatives of residents are Ardview House in Ardglass , are to stage a seven mile walk from Downpatrick to the fishing port . |