Sentence examples for inch in order from inspiring English sources

If you ask them to raise taxes by an inch in order to cut government by a foot, they will say no.

For example, most details on an air traffic controller's screen are approximations (e.g., altitude) that need not be computed more precisely (e.g., to the nearest inch) in order to be effective.

The vacuum type of thermionic converter uses a very small gap between its emitter and collector electrodes typically 0.025 to 0.038 mm (0.001 to 0.0015 inch)—in order to minimize the effects of this electronic space charge.

The gap should be 3/4 of an inch in order to allow the bats to enter through the bottom.

There the roots are cut into "cossettes," V-shaped strips, three by four to seven centimetres in size (approximately one by two to three inches) in order to offer maximum surface area for extraction.

Sometimes it was just a matter of inches in order to get the maneuver right.

Brit Simon Berry fell 240 feet, 10 inches in order to dunk a biscuit.

The tail is set high and in the past was docked to approximately five inches in order to provide a sufficient hand-hold for gripping the terrier.

And earlier this year Microsoft began offering free licenses to smartphone manufacturers for phones with screens less than nine inches in order to compete with Android.

Remember, you allotted two extra inches in order to do this, and to fit it to your head.

When the fly senses the danger it will drop a couple of inches in order to get flying.