miles of coast
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmileandcoast
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mile
noun
uk/maɪl/us/maɪl/
a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or ...
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coast
noun[C]
uk/kəʊst/us/koʊst/
the land next to or close to ...
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(Definition ofmileandcoastfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Almost everyone is happy to say that he is an expert on his halfmileofcoastbecause he is confident about what happens there.
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Unless some measures are taken, hundreds of miles of coast may become derelict and scores of prosperous villages rendered idle and helpless.
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Eighty miles of coast line drained by rivers seems to me too large a length to be looked after by one board.
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Optimists tell us that the whole current energy demand of this country could be met by about 300 miles of coast-located apparatus.
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I used to own forty miles of coast, and we had stalkers and watchers all round, but could not get two witnesses.
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There are about 800 miles of our 3,000 miles of coast line available for recreation.
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In my constituency we have about 24 miles of coast all subject to heavy sea erosion, but we also have two rivers.
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I do not know how many thousand miles of coast we have in this country.
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My constituency has 54 miles of coast.
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However, he had only six ships with which to patrol over 3000 miles of coast.
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