The phrase "a length to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific measurement or extent of something, often in a physical or metaphorical context.
Example: "The fabric was cut to a length to fit the dimensions of the table perfectly."
Alternatives: "a measure of" or "an extent of".
It was another three-quarters of a length to K.O.'s Crypto.
Ridden by Jacinto Vasquez, she won the 1980 Kentucky Derby by a length to become the sweetheart of American horse racing.
115th over: India 329-3 (Tendulkar 3, Laxman 0) It's still Anderson, banging it in back of a length to the new batsman Laxman, who defends fairly comfortably.
There is clearly a length to the leash China has already allowed North Korea, and Kim Jong-il may already have reached it.
By contrast, the 2008 is exhilarating in its vivacity, with a presence in the mouth and a length to the flavors that is pure pleasure.
Richard's Kid outlasted Crowded House by three-quarters of a length to win the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar for the second consecutive year.
Jamie Spencer pulled Goodricke out to have a late crack at him but failed by half-a-length to collar the leader, while third-placed Partners In Jazz emphasised the rails bias by making much late ground.
Its living room is 24 feet 1 ½ inches long and 14 feet 11 inches wide — a length-to-width ratio very close to that of the golden rectangle, believed by architects, at least since the Renaissance and perhaps as far back as ancient Greece, to produce the most pleasing proportions.
The multi-layer graphene flake was made into a Hall bar pattern with a length-to-width ratio of 2.5 by oxygen plasma etching process [44].
It has a large aspect ratio with respect to its thickness, with a length-to-thickness ratio of about 1000, yet its underlying mesh is still three dimensional.
Then, a Collin twin-screw extruder with a length-to-diameter ratio of 45 was used to mix the nanocomposite components.
