Sentence examples for miles of files from inspiring English sources
In the mining archives at Cannock there are 30 miles of files from long-closed pits, many not even indexed and just dumped after privatisation.
Seventy miles of files in the Bundesarchiv, in Berlin; nearly a hundred miles of files and microfiche in the Stasi archives, across town; thirty million documents in the Holocaust archives in Bad Arolsen — letters, diaries, and reams of statistics, maps, blueprints, and bills of lading.
Today the institute keeps the equivalent of nearly 12 miles of files in 11 branches and 7 smaller offices across Poland, with an annual budget of roughly $65 million.
Some 110 miles of files were not destroyed, but more than 17,000 sacks of shredded and ripped paper, photos and negatives were found in Stasi headquarters in Berlin.
In a Maryland suburb a huge warehouse overflows with what FCC officials describe, almost proudly, as "miles of files".
The files left behind by the Stasi in East Germany are infamous for their magnitude (more than 100 miles of files) and their breadth (covering millions of citizens).
"We have miles of filing cabinet drawers filled with documents of real estate records dating back to the 19th century," Mr. Laird said.
No matter which way public sentiment shifts about the agency and its handiwork (Chile, Nicaragua), we remain fascinated with spies, or at least an idea of them, an idea in which matchbox cameras and microphones invariably figure more prominently than miles of locked filing cabinets.
The Stasi archive, which survived the collapse of the state, contains more than 102 linear miles (164 km) of files on four million East German citizens.
Toxic waste from that era, such as over-mighty spooks and miles of secret-police files, create openings for blackmail and other mischief-making, especially where institutions are weak.
And such regulatory applications open to the public, "meaning any product any company does submit will be all over the internet faster than you can say boo to a ghost," writes Pocket-Lint's Miles of the FCC filing.
