Sentence examples for metre on average from inspiring English sources

Historical analysis demonstrated that while the average length of North Sea ling in the mid to late nineteenth century was about 1.5 metres, it had decreased to about 1.2 metres by the First World War, and ling caught today is less than 1 metre on average.

Wave height in the search area is around three metres on average in March, according to satellite data.

The distance being discussed is not more than 50 metres on average.

Postcode locations (used to locate the cancer cases with respect to landfill sites) are only accurate to around 100 metres on average.

Since Greenland's ice cap is more than 2,000 metres thick on average, and the Antarctic bedrock supports 61% of the planet's fresh water, this means that scientists can make more accurate assessments of annual melting.

About four metres wide on average, most of the walkways are reasonably clear and clean, but at times there are illegal hawkers selling small products like hair bands and mobile phone accessories.

Its journey, of around 100 metres a week on average, takes place in 1.6 metre steps: the width of the concrete tunnel segments that are funnelled to the front when the drill has eaten out enough space.

They move at speeds of up to 260 metres per week, and 100 metres per week on average, subject to the state of the ground.

Once it is on the ground, it will be the job of Earth-based scientists to navigate the rover around the surface at the "snail's pace" of 30 metres per hour on average (although a garden snail, slithering at about 50 metres per hour, could easily overtake it).

The price of a 100-square-metre house is on average 14-fold higher than annual household incomes in mega-cities.

The Holderness coastline suffers the highest rate of coastal erosion in Europe: 2 metres a year on average or 2 million tonnes of material a year.