Sentence examples for miles close to from inspiring English sources

Now the path continues uninterrupted for more than 10 glorious miles close to the river, from the George Washington Bridge to the Battery.

Then, in 2007, the sea ice crashed, melting to a summer minimum of 4.3m sq km (1.7m square miles), close to half the average for the 1960s and 24% below the previous minimum, set in 2005.

Decorating the stage where the anniversary celebration will be held Saturday is a mock-up of a large rocket, called the M-75, that Hamas claims it has built on its own and can reach almost 50 miles, close to Tel Aviv.

South Cambridgeshire district councillor Alex Riley said local people are upset about the new scheme because the first of six phases to build 10,000 homes would be on just one and a quarter square miles close to the village and on its golf course.

Chicago is about 1,000 miles closer to Vazquez's home in Ponce, P.R., than Phoenix.

Peterson, whose family lives in Wall Township, N.J., had been looking for a job 2,500 miles closer to home.

A motorcyclist we met a hundred miles closer to civilization had suggested, "Relax your grip and let the motorcycle steer itself on the bridge.

In October, Combat Outpost Margah, a few miles closer to the border, repelled a large-scale nighttime assault that left five Americans wounded and 92 insurgents dead.

McCoy found an easier landing spot on the bank of the Missouri that was several miles closer to Westport, and soon riverboats began unloading there.

It's good, but I don't think it's enough better than the other good Sichuan place, which is twenty miles closer to L.A".

New Jersey could adapt to just nine counties, with average land area of 824 square miles, closer to the national average of 1,108 square miles.