Example sentences of "[num] [noun] from [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By virtue of the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 the recipient of unsolicited goods is entitled in certain circumstances to treat them as unconditional gifts after six months from receipt , or 30 days from notice to the sender , so long as the sender does not in the meantime take possession of them and the recipient does not unreasonably refuse to permit him to do so . |
| 2 | Third , there was another British vessel , the Sir Robert Sale , which was at the eastern , narrower end of the Straits , sixty-four kilometres from Krakatoa on the twenty-sixth , and attempted to sail westwards ( towards Krakatoa ) on the twenty-seventh , but was quite unable to do so . |
| 3 | They had to operate from a precariously-held line stretching 800 kilometres from Akyab on the Bay of Bengal to Ledo at the foot of the Tibetan mountains . |
| 4 | During the epidemic of 1854 Dr Snow uncovered the following facts out of 134 deaths from cholera during the first four weeks , 115 of the fatal cases occurred in houses supplied by the Southwark and Vauxhall Company , only 14 in that of the Lambeth Company 's houses , and the remainder in houses that got their water from pump wells or direct from the river . |
| 5 | This unique pub is just 45 minutes from Belfast via the M2 . |
| 6 | But what it 's readers lack in numbers , they make up in intellect , for the newsy magazine goes out to BP 's elite financial wizards of many different nationalities scattered across six countries from Singapore to the USA — share-dealers boosting BP 's revenue on the world 's money markets , or making multi-million pound acquisitions and disposals . |
| 7 | ENGLAND 'S hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the world team championships remain high , despite a 3-0 drubbing from Australia in the last round-robin match here yesterday . |
| 8 | We allow 7 days from confirmation of the booking for monies to reach us by post . |
| 9 | 26 Hoards from Italy in the Roman Republic . |
| 10 | There were 26 thefts from vehicles over the last week including the theft of a bag , cash , ring , jewellery and driving licence . |
| 11 | It also recorded over 2,000 inquiries from employers on the centre 's computers . |
| 12 | The time limit of three months from notification of the adjudication officer 's decision is important . |
| 13 | Take three scenes from life at the top in 1984 . |
| 14 | The top game in Division Three was at Willington where Spectrum entertained Consett Cougers who stole the game three seconds from time with the first basket of the game from Ian Lockey who hit an amazing three pointer from well outside the line . |
| 15 | The diagram shows the second transfer tool taking the three stitches from right to the three empty needles at the left . |
| 16 | When I moved to Cornwall to live with them first , their home was a bracing , windswept ( take your pick ! ) clifftop cottage at Widemouth Bay , three miles from Bude on the North Cornish coast . |
| 17 | The algal bloom stretches for over 600 miles from Mungindi on the Queensland border to Wilcannia , New South Wales , and is spreading southwards towards the Murray river . |
| 18 | On behalf of this group I would like to present to the Council a petition containing in excess of two thousand signatures from people throughout the metropolitan district who object to the originally reported suggestion that Metropolitan Council are proposing to make byelaws requiring that all dogs should be kept on leads at all times in all public places . |
| 19 | Alistair MacDonald , the director , has seen the play germinate over the last 18 months from roots in the Gaelic Youth Theatre summer school in 1991 and an experimental workshop production at the Mod Fringe in Dingwall the same year . |
| 20 | ARMAGH 'S first photographic competition organised by the city 's arts committee attracted 170 entries from photographers across the province . |
| 21 | Police officers have taken 1,500 statements from youngsters during the last year . |
| 22 | Served by a good road network , Battle is 57 miles from London via the A21/A2100 . |
| 23 | A report published last week on the consequences of the Chernobyl explosion — a minor explosion compared with that of a series of nuclear warheads — showed that there were several thousand deaths from cancer in the Soviet Union and in northern and western Europe as a result . |
| 24 | You will find us 9 miles from York , 11 miles from Malton on the road from the A64 to Sheriff Hutton , just along from the Blacksmiths Arms and Elm Tree Antiques . |
| 25 | Firbush Point Field Centre is situated 80 miles from Edinburgh on the south shore of Loch Tay . |
| 26 | Mrs Titcombe , Rhoda 's mother , lived with her son less than fifty yards from Carter in the same street . |
| 27 | The Honey Bee had taken ten hours from Troon on the Clyde coast to Ardrishaig ; the cruiser two hours . |
| 28 | In 1985 , for example , of total federal revenue of 686 billion dinars , 110 billion dinars was derived from customs duties , 264 billion dinars from basic sales tax ( of which the federal government was entitled at that time to one-half ) , and 251 billion dinars from transfers from the republics and provinces . |
| 29 | He had had 2,500 letters from members of the public expressing their grief , sympathy and admiration for a man who they felt had in some way belonged to ordinary people and understood them . |
| 30 | Linnaeus respected Miller 's work and corresponded with him after his return to Europe ; there are ten letters from Chelsea in the Linnaean collection covering the period from 1752 to 1768 . |