miles of wire
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmileandwire
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mile
noun
uk/maɪl/us/maɪl/
a unit of distance equal to 1,760 yards or ...
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wire
noun
uk/waɪər/us/waɪr/
a piece of thin metal thread that can be bent, used for fastening things and for making particular types of objects that are strong but ...
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(Definition ofmileandwirefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I would also point out that when we do the job we shall have to put up seven poles and over half amileofwire.
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My group of companies have many thousands of miles of wire.
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Ducts and cables containing approximately 600,000 miles of wire, were laid underground during 1928 at a cost of £4,230,000.
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I said that we do not measure miles of baked beans or miles of wire.
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About 600,000 miles of wire in underground cables were provided during 1928, at a cost of about £4,300,000.
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About 580 miles of wire have been placed underground during the last six months.
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During the last three years, 4,387 miles of wire have been laid underground; figures for 1929 and 1930 are not available.
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Seventy-six miles of wire have been erected, 343 wire-miles of cable have been provided, and 210 telephone instruments have been installed during the last six months.
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During the financial year 1929–1930 approximately 426,000 miles of wire were provided in underground cables for the purposes of general development and diversion of overhead circuits.
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Main trunk and other cables containing approximately 18,000 and 270,000 circuit miles of wire respectively have been provided during the past 12 months.
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These were driven by internal combustion engines, and controlled remotely from a shore station through several miles of wire wound on a spool on the boat.
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First, wildlife conditions were improved through removal of several miles of wire fencing; water sources were improved and added; old orchard trees were pruned to restore their productivity.
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He laid down eight miles of wire in insulated glass tubing in his garden and connected both ends to two clocks marked with the letters of the alphabet.
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The firm made the armoured wire for first successful transatlantic telegraph cable in 1866, using 30,000 miles of wire (1600 tons), made by 250 workers over 11 months.
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