within a five-mile radius

collocation in English

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within
preposition
adverb
uk
/wɪˈðɪn/us
/wɪˈðɪn/
inside or not further than an area or period ...
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radius
noun[C]
uk
/ˈreɪ.di.əs/us
/ˈreɪ.di.əs/
(the length of) a straight line joining the centre of a circle to its edge or the centre of a sphere to ...
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(Definition ofwithinandradiusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It would provide the potential for 15,000 more jobs in an area where there are 120,000 people unemployed within afive-mileradius.
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In that incident, children and pregnant women within afive-mileradiuswere evacuated and thousands more left of their own accord.
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All classified dockwork within thatfive-mileradiuswas to be the province of workers registered under the new dock labour scheme.
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Therefore, one home might serve three, four or five small village communities within afive-mileradius.
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Dogs must be kept under effective control within afive-mileradiusof infected places.
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An area with well over 114,000 people unemployed within afive-mileradiuswill gain much from the project.
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Unless a man lives within afive-mileradiusof his place of work, at 200 miles a month he cannot go to work for a full five-day week.
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Secondly, although there are a couple of tube stations within afive-mileradiusof where the majority live, buses or cars have to be used to get to them.
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There are several business parks within afive-mileradiusbut otherwise the area is residential.
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He will only date women who live within afive-mileradiusof him.
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All animals within afive-mileradiusflee from it immediately, as if a forest fire were behind them.
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