Sentences with phrase «several dozen miles»

Several dozen miles west of the Smoky Mountain Range, on the outskirts of the Nashville scene, those who own properties in relatively dry areas have a good chance of getting decent rates on homeowner's insurance.

As I finished the last remaining steps to the top, an intense and unrelenting gust of wind swept over me, almost sending my hat over the edge towards the several dozen miles of plains that lay below.

Not exact matches

Unlike the Olympic road and mountain bike races, which take place over dozens of miles and last several hours, a BMX race is a sprint.

Because climate shifts quickly with elevation, such variation is most often found in mountainous sites, he noted, adding that a few dozen meters of elevation shift can offer a change of climate equivalent to several hundred miles of flatland travel.

For several years, I had dozens of copies in assorted sizes and page counts in my office at school, and hundreds of copies at my house just a couple of miles away.

If a dog is in heat, she might draw the attention of dozens of intact local male dogs, sometimes even from several miles away.

For instance, of the several dozen restaurants near where I live, only 19 within five miles participate in AAdvantage Dining.

Several dozen restaurants in the Park City and Salt Lake City area participate in the program awarding as many as ten miles per dollar spent on food at participating bars and restaurants.

Several towns in western Hungary were flooded today with a toxic red sludge after the waste product from nearby aluminum processing plant broke through its containment reservoir — killing two, causing dozens of injuries, and creating an environmental disaster on a scale yet to be fully realized.According to the Associated Press, the incident occurred when a reservoir brimming with the toxic sludge, a byproduct from aluminum processing, overtook the levee designed to contain it, flooding two villages 100 miles southwest of Budapest.