The phrase 'extend a distance' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You could use it to describe something that is growing in size or expanding in some way. For example, "The lake extended a distance of three miles."
In passing from the Atlantic to the Pacific, vessels enter the approach channel in Limón Bay, which extends a distance of about 7 miles (11 km) to the Gatún Locks.
Nonetheless, Watson and O'Loughlin (1990) showed that the mean maximum radial distance of individual tree root systems within a thinned 8-year-old stand extended a distance of 4.7 m from the root bole, and the mean below-ground biomass averaged 37 kg per tree (radial and depth distribution not measured).
To calculate ratios of fluorescence intensity at the plasma membrane to that in the adjacent cytoplasm, the intensity at the plasma membrane was divided by the average intensity starting 5 pixels inside the oocyte and extending a distance of 10 pixels into the oocyte.
The longest projection is made by g1P and extends a distance of ∼125 µm in adults, terminating at a duct near the anterior end of the pharynx.
The total number of axons extending a distance d in a nerve with a radius r (∑ ad) was estimated by summing the number in all the sections with a thickness t (16 μm), using the following formula.
It spans almost the entire Mediator complex, extending a distance of about 220 Å from N-terminal interactions with Med10-Med19 athehe tip of the Middle module to C-terminal interactions at the Middle-Tail contact region.
Farther south, where the coastal areas extend a great distance inland and are flatter, the mean temperature and annual rainfall are 58.6 °F (14.8 °C) and 30.3 inches (770 mm) at Florence and 61.9 °F (16.6 °C) and 31.4 inches (800 mm) at Naples.
In the tests, the fractures were found to extend a long distance, even completely through the rock specimens, without indication of fluid loss.
Our rights extend a decent distance.
