Sentence examples for a metres from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a metres" is not correct in written English.
The correct form would be "a meter" in American English or "a metre" in British English, but "a metres" is grammatically incorrect.
Example: "The object is a meter long."
Alternatives: "one meter" or "one metre."

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In the video the British and French jets are seen flying within just a metres of the Russian aircraft.

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Amplitudes are typically less than a metre.

(A metre is about 3.3 ft).

A metre-long ant-eating pine cone?

Oh, yes, a metre and a half.

Fabrics start at £70 a metre.

For most short trips, sea ice half a metre or a metre thick is safe.

A nanometre is a billionth of a metre (a micrometre is a mere millionth of a metre).

The rate of migration ranges from about a metre to a hundred metres per year.

It would probably be somewhere between 10cm and a metre.

"The wall is just a metre from the line.

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