Sentence examples for imperial length from inspiring English sources

Take a length of string (it can be a metric length, or an imperial length, or just any old length, it won't affect the accuracy of our method, promise! ).

Right on cue, Yang Mi, a Chinese actress with seven million followers on Weibo (China's Twitter), walked in wearing an imperial red floor-length Gucci chiffon dress and took her front-row seat.

There is no discussion of the role of European colonialism - the only empire considered at any length is the declining imperial system in 19th-century China.

The first act of the full-length version takes place on the imperial yacht and the second in the imperial palace, but both feel more or less interchangeable.

JUVENILE FILLIES A Harty Sweep Eoin Harty, a former assistant to Bob Baffert, saw his entries finish first and second as Tempera led her stablemate Imperial Gesture across the wire to win by more than a length.

Imperial Commander passed the post, with Brennan punching the air in rapture, seven lengths ahead of Denman.

In addition to 6,405 parking spaces, Port Imperial South would feature bike paths and a state-mandated waterfront walkway to run the length of the project.

Rain is measured in units of length per unit time, typically in millimeters per hour, or in countries where imperial units are more common, inches per hour.

Each species has its common and scientific names as well as its average measurements, including length, wingspan (also a first for a North American guide) and weight in both imperial and metric systems.

Within the inner city was the Imperial City, also in the form of a square, which had red plastered walls 6.5 miles (10.5 km) in length.

Churchill's controversial essay on 9/11 was expanded into a book-length manuscript, published as On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality (2003) by AK Press.