miles of coastline
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mile
noun
uk/maɪl/us/maɪl/
a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or ...
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coastline
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkəʊst.laɪn/us/ˈkoʊst.laɪn/
the particular shape of the coast, especially as seen from above, from the sea, or on ...
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(Definition ofmileandcoastlinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Charcot's results included the charting of more than 600 miles of coastline, and the extremely detailed scientific results filled seven substantial volumes.
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There are thousands of miles of coastline and thousands of large and small ports.
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My constituency is bounded by approximately 30 miles of coastline.
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It is a continent of 6 million square miles and has 14,000 miles of coastline.
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I represent an island constituency that has 125 miles of coastline.
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The south-west has a small population, but it has responsibility for many miles of coastline.
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It has about 20 miles of coastline and some attractive inlying areas, and so far, the countryside is relatively unspoiled.
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It has 600,000 acres, not all of which is open space land and about 600 miles of coastline.
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There are, in fact, 1,040 commercially active ports, wharves and terminals around our 10,500 miles of coastline.
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They occupy an area of very nearly 2,000 miles of coastline.
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There are 74 miles of coastline in my constituency, so it is pretty big.
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Secondly, if a decision has been taken to release 16 miles of coastline, is it to be done at once?
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Some 250 miles of coastline has also been defined as heritage coast.
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I am making use of the present procedure because my constituency has 74 miles of coastline.
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Her 2,500 miles of coastline are exposed, and along the coastline run her railways.
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The reason it is important to the trust is simply that we protect for the nation, mostly through ownership, around 600 miles of coastline.
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Why did he have to explain that to me, at a time when my constituency—which contains 74 miles of coastline—is experiencing its worst-ever circumstances?
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We have 180 miles of coastline within the port and it is difficult to effect control once sailors come ashore.
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The subject of the debate relates directly to my constituency with its holiday resorts, its 17 miles of coastline and, in particular, to its beaches.
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