Sentences with phrase «than a quarter mile away»

Seconds later, sirens blared as trucks left the station less than a quarter mile away.

I would love to have one for my home as we live on a very busy main road with a river less than a quarter mile away that attracts many people.

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The Poles were poor, poorer than the Irishmen who built St. Peter's less than a quarter of a mile away, and poorer even than the Italians who erected Holy Name Parish on the opposite side of town.

It is one thing to say 200 mph in less than eight seconds, but it is quite another thing to see the dragster roaring and smoking at the starting line, look away for a moment, and then turn back to see it a quarter of a mile away.

These youngsters also suffered from asthma at significantly higher rates — those living within a quarter of a mile from a freeway had an 89 percent higher risk of asthma than kids more than a mile away.

Practice your footwork at Tennis Club Pedregal, less than a quarter - mile away, or Canchas de Tenis, 1 mile away, and perfect your swing at Cabo Real Golf Club, 14.5 miles away.

If you're visiting Jackson Hole for skiing, you'll find a surface lift less than a quarter - mile away, and the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort base a 5 - minute walk from the villa.

You are in the Negen Straatjes (Nine Streets) quarter, a shoppers» delight with specialist boutiques and some excellent restaurants; Anne Frank's House is less than half a mile away, the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum about a mile.

The Old Ursuline Convent and Beauregard - Keyes House are less than one - quarter mile away.

Though it's tempting to stay at the villa from sunrise to sunset — both of which can be viewed from the terrace — the village and nearest beach are both less than a quarter - mile away on foot.

The developers of Boulfruich Windfarm near Dunbeath have evidently complained that plans by Caithness Power to build four larger wind turbines less than a mile away at Latheronwheel will cut their electricity production by a quarter — and have lodged an official objection to the new site.

There is no other nearby geological feature that could account for this boulder than the cliff a quarter mile away on the site of the construction of a new mall.

In the nation's capital, the march will start close to the U.S. Capitol building and end less than a mile away from White House — about a three - quarter mile stretch.