Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [num] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Beijing there is a Minorities Institute where approximately 3,000 students from minority backgrounds pursue various courses of higher education . |
| 2 | Maybe not today , or even six months from now , but somewhere down the road the interests of Novell will not coincide with the Unix world at large . |
| 3 | We were based in an Arab owned hotel in Bethlehem which , although only five miles from Jerusalem , is part of the West Bank and , unlike the Christmas card image , is a very run-down town . |
| 4 | It would not be reasonably foreseen that these accounts would still be relied upon by any banker acting in the ordinary course of business as a basis for assessing the then creditworthiness of Berg after the passage of more than about 15 months from the end of the period covered by the accounts . |
| 5 | But they 've got very very poor eyesight so although they could sense where we were , as we stayed really really still they could n't see us so we were quite safe but er we could n't go any nearer than about ten yards from them erm because there were n't any suitable trees to climb in case they started to chase us . |
| 6 | Even press passes issued by Cambridge police did not allow access closer than about three miles from the base . ’ |
| 7 | After unification it was proposed that about 16 politicians from East Germany should attend with observer status and that at the next elections to the European Parliament ( scheduled for 1994 ) Germany 's representation in the Parliament would be increased from its present 81 members to 97 . |
| 8 | Nick got up and down three times from bunkers , at the 7th , 8th and 10th , and they were really crucial . |
| 9 | In some respects the situation at Daphni , a large institution with 1,900 patients and only eight kilometres from Athens , is worse . |
| 10 | It 's a friendly relaxing place , with a good sun terrace and pool , and only 200 metres from the beach . |
| 11 | If you 're looking for a comfortable apartment or studios in a quiet side street , yet in the centre of town with its host of bars and cafés , and only two minutes from the beach , then look no further . |
| 12 | In Sybil he had rejoined his past but he transplanted it to an artistic suburb of London which had been the haunt of legendary highwaymen , was now the roost of exiles and writers and only fifteen minutes from the West End theatre . |
| 13 | Arkwright certainly picked a great spot for his country residence : south facing and above a lazy curve in the river , with the high cliff opposite guaranteeing more than a modicum of privacy , and only five minutes from work ! |
| 14 | Deep in this territory , about eight miles from Siena and only five miles from Castellina , lies tiny San Leonino — six old , old houses , and a minute church . |
| 15 | The ‘ last outpost of freedom ’ , over one hundred miles from West Germany and only forty miles from the Polish border . |
| 16 | 51 persons were excluded from analysis because of missing data on age , gender , or obesity , and only 201 specimens from the region of Ayvalik were tested for anti-HEV , leaving 1350 persons for subsequent analysis . |
| 17 | Situated within 1/2 mile M6 Junction 6 and only 3 miles from City and International Convention Centre . |
| 18 | For a comparison , think of Eurotunnel , although Eurodisney is above ground , on budget and only two-and-a-half years from expected completion . |
| 19 | But his selection problems are nothing compared to the turmoil at Lyngby , following the sale of five of their players , the shock resignation of coach Kent Karlsson and just one win from their opening six games of the season . |
| 20 | Located adjacent to the Anaheim Convention Center and just two blocks from Disneyland , the Quality Inn Hotel is conveniently placed for the tourist and offers comfortable accommodation at good value for money . |
| 21 | It is a city at the heart of England , providing excellent communications , and just 50 miles from London . |
| 22 | Recently , renovated and extended , and just 30 minutes from Phuket Town , this hotel offers the maximum of peach only a short distance away from the bright lights of the town , with plenty of water sporting and entertainment opportunities . |
| 23 | The Port of Leith is situated on the southern shores of the Firth of Forth in position 55°59 North , 3°10 West and approximately thirty miles from the open sea . |
| 24 | Work started on integrating the collection into the NLS catalogue in 1987 and approximately 950 titles from the collection have been catalogued to date . |
| 25 | He took a very pretty and rather commodious cottage-residence at Southall Green , Middlesex , about a mile out of the high road to Uxbridge , and exactly 10 miles from Tyburn Gate . |
| 26 | It required servicing approximately once a month and usually three electricians from Scunthorpe carried out the work . |
| 27 | The earliest suggestion of the regulation of commerce applies to Fordwich ( Kent ) in AD 675 ; Fordwich is higher up the River Stour and about 5 km from Canterbury which was developing as a royal and ecclesiastical centre from c . |
| 28 | ‘ Yet , at that age they are still nursed , still sleep in their mother 's arms , are still three years away from puberty , and about four years from when they will conceive their first offspring . ’ |
| 29 | It 's Dad 's birthday today and he and Mum have gone on a ‘ quiet day ’ with Geoffrey ( baaa ) and about 13 others from the church . |
| 30 | These other departments are situated on two sites which are each a mile or so from the Main Library , and about two miles from each other . |