Example sentences of "mile [prep] [art] east " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tactics for keeping off the ropes , so to speak , had been explained to every platoon commander the previous June , and they knew ‘ every mile towards the east was a serious loss ’ . |
| 2 | The church , a mile to the east of the Hall , contains myriad ancient brasses and memorials to the Bulwer family , from Matilda Bulwer in 1463 to Elizabeth in 1742 . |
| 3 | A more suitable site was found at Victory Place , Locksfields — half a mile to the east of the Elephant & Castle ( Fig 2 . ) . |
| 4 | Yet the Malaysian island of Tioman , 20 miles off the east coast of the peninsula , offers little else . |
| 5 | When the first 120 miles of the East India Railway were opened from Calcutta to Raniganj in 1855 , the ceremony took place at Burdwan station , a long classical structure 66 miles from Calcutta . |
| 6 | You would be better spending a weekend in Antwerp , about 15 miles to the east , less well preserved architecturally but with more comprehensive museums and galleries , and much more the feel of a ‘ real ’ town . |
| 7 | This is the main highway from Istanbul , which lies about 100 miles to the east , to the Greek border , some 100 miles to the west , and although in most parts it has a good tarmac surface it is in the main single carriageway . |
| 8 | The climate , the landscape and what remains of German architecture all set Kaliningrad somewhat apart from the government in Moscow 600 miles to the east . |
| 9 | The Russians 800 miles to the east of the Elbe scarcely threatened Otto I , but the Byzantines could be expected to react unfavourably to his imperial coronation , and Kiev was already in the orbit of Byzantine trade and political influence . |
| 10 | True magnetic north , as measured by compasses , is several hundred miles to the east . |
| 11 | A few miles to the east of Cirencester is the pretty village of Ampney Crucis , the Ampney Brook flowing through its centre . |
| 12 | On the sixth day , with the water supply exhausted and no hope of a patrol arriving , they decided to walk to the nearest British lines which they thought were 200 miles to the east . |
| 13 | The patrol then headed off for Siwa , another oasis 200 miles to the east . |
| 14 | A refinery was built for the industry at Pumpherston , a few miles to the east , and opened in 1884 . |
| 15 | Brought up in Kinlochewe , she had left thirty years ago and never been back even though she lived in Tain only sixty-odd miles to the east . |
| 16 | Along with the new roads new forts were erected , the most important being a new Fort George [ or Fort St George ] , built at Ardersier in Inverness-shire , several miles to the east of its predecessor , on a promontory projecting into the Moray Firth . |
| 17 | Billing Aquadrome , four miles to the east of town , is a 270 acre leisure park with funfair , large marina and outdoor swimming pool . |
| 18 | North Cave is an extensive village situated in the foothills of the Wolds in the East Riding of Yorkshire , with Hull 14 miles to the east and York 25 miles north-west . |
| 19 | The shopping facilities of Beverley are only nine miles to the east and the M62 motorway starts at the western end of the village . |
| 20 | During the previous day a major naval battle had ensued a few miles to the east , and had continued into the night — the ‘ Battle of Matapan ’ ; a resounding defeat for the Italian Fleet . |
| 21 | Then came an offer of land in the swampy jungle area 40 miles to the east of Calcutta , known as the Sandurbans . |
| 22 | Prices with accommodation in Havana and the Playa del Este ( some of the best beaches only 20 miles to the east ) from £695 . |
| 23 | A recently released consultant 's report commissioned by the local authorities declared that the arrival of the Llangollen Railway in Corwen would be the single most important factor in the economic regeneration of the town which has for so long lived in the shadow of Llangollen , ten miles to the east . |
| 24 | This road was subsequently abandoned , being partly submerged by the new Loch Loyne reservoir , and was replaced by another constructed some miles to the east . |
| 25 | Historic Arundel with its medieval castle ( much altered and restored ) is 12 miles to the east . |
| 26 | He lifted his binoculars and looked at the vertical column of smoke , now no more than four miles to the east . |
| 27 | With little money in his pocket , and in fear for his life in those troubled times , he crossed the two thousand miles to the east well clear of the main highways and the great railways . |
| 28 | They 're two thousand miles to the east of St Petersburg . |
| 29 | What he did n't know was that the captives had already been moved over two thousand miles to the east . |
| 30 | Two thousand miles to the east of St Petersburg , the boxcar was part of a long train that had started out in St Petersburg a week earlier and had gone along the Trans-Siberian Railway . |