Sentence examples for half a length away from inspiring English sources

"And we were giving half a length away here, half a length away there.

The race itself was suitably dramatic, as Wayne Lordan pushed Duntle through a narrow gap inside the final furlong and then held off the late charge of Chachamaidee and Tom Queally, with Emulous, the favourite, just half a length away in third.

O'Connor was always half a a length away, which, she said, was exactly where she wanted to be.

On your last stroke of butterfly or breaststroke (about half a body length away from the wall), put your head down so that you are looking straight down at the bottom of the pool.

Meyer Liebowitz of The New York Times was there, about a half length away, to record the jubilation on everyone's face except the usher, whose pleas to clear the way for Pass Catcher were evidently falling on deaf ears.

Stradivari finished another half-a-length back in fourth.

Stay a half arm's length away from the net.

Spray paint over the stencil lightly and evenly from a half arm's length away.

The value for each point was calculated by linear regression of all velocity measurements along the strain length, a line parallel to the ultrasound beam, centred in the point and reaching half the strain length towards the probe and half the length away from the probe.

Four of the runners were almost in a line with a furlong to run but Roly Poly ran on best of all to beat Magical Fire, a 33-1 chance, by half a length with Nations Alexander another head away in third.

Two and a half lengths was the margin of victory, with Fondmort a further one and a half lengths away in third.