• At the moment there seems to be an emphasis on a kind of guerilla-style approach, ambushing the Welsh Government on issues such as the cost of ministerial ringbinders and the number of miles travelled annually in official cars to try and fashion the narrative of profligate administration.

    BBC: State of Play 1 - The Tories

  • Between 2010 and 2012 the number of stream miles that were polluted by stormwater runoff rose from 1, 120 to 1, 150.

    WSJ: Susquehanna River commission wants gauge funding

  • Marty Bentrott, vice president of sales, marketing and in-service support for the 787, says that since 1990, the number of city pairs more than 3, 000 nautical miles apart served by the world's airlines have doubled, the number of frequencies offered by the airlines have doubled, and the number of available seat-kilometers (seating capacity times miles flown) have doubled.

    FORBES: Boeing Versus Airbus

  • Since the 1970s, through oil shocks, Middle East wars, terrorist attacks and disease outbreaks, the number of passenger-miles flown seems always to have snapped back to its long-term growth trend (see chart 1).

    ECONOMIST: Business travel

  • Above all, on a worrying number of issues the basic approaches of Muslim and non-Muslim policymakers are miles apart.

    ECONOMIST: British Muslims

  • The key things to look out for are extra rewards on holiday-centric spending categories, rebates for shopping at small businesses, and discounts in terms of the number of points or miles needed to redeem for certain goods.

    FORBES: Using Plastic for Holiday Shopping Can Save You Hundreds of Dollars

  • Expenses were calculated by taking the average number of per capita miles driven in each state (from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics) and dividing them by an assumed 20 miles per gallon per vehicle (the average between cars and light trucks, used by the Department of Energy for emissions tests).

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Powers and Thomas make up exactly two-thirds of the total number of environmental cops who cover the 650 miles of NYC shoreline.

    FORBES

  • When a credit card company raises the number of miles or points needed for particular rewards, your already earned miles and points become, in effect, less valuable.

    FORBES: The Best Rewards Credit Cards For Your Lifestyle

  • About 100 miles to the east, two homes, a number of outbuildings and several vehicles were destroyed, and two other homes were damaged in a 5-acre grass fire that prompted the evacuation of an elementary school in Jurupa Valley, said Theresa Williams, a spokeswoman for CalFire.

    NPR: Fire Forces Evacuation Of Campus, Homes In Calif.

  • The most miles per gallon, the number of speakers, the most horsepower are important facts and figures.

    FORBES: Volkswagen, BMW Understand What It Takes To Stand Out

  • Staff Sgt LORENTO SPITERI, Armed Forces of Malta: Once we do make visual contact with the vessel we'll ID the number of personnel on board, and we'll usually immediately commence a search for about 25 to 40 square miles.

    BBC: Last Updated: Wednesday, 16 January 2008, 12:19 GMT

  • There are hundreds of miles of authorized trails in the Tahoe Basin, and if you factor in unofficial trails, the number of possible routes becomes nearly endless.

    BBC: Lost in paradise

  • In addition to making our cities more resilient, the health benefits, for both our bodies and our planet, of consuming food that is grown within a small number of miles of our homes or work places, are significant.

    FORBES: The Future of Food

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