Sentence examples for metres far from inspiring English sources

Goondiwindi has an 11-metre levee to protect it from the Macintyre river, but hydrologists have predicted a peak of 10.85 metres – far too close for comfort.

Among the 2,000 new plants discovered in 2015 was an insect-eating sundew (Drosera magnifica) which grows to 1.5 metres, far bigger than most sundews.

Office rents in Moscow are now $1,029 per square metre, far pricier than in East European cities such as Budapest and Prague.In this section OFFICE RENTS ECONOMY FINANCIAL MARKETS Reprints.

Building costs, therefore, are found to be roughly L. P. 20 a cubic metre-far higher than in Great Britain.

The wells are 60 metres deep – far deeper and, thus, far cleaner than the open or hand-pumped wells commonly used here.

That was 130 metres too far.

Calculate, in metres, how far it travels in 0.5 seconds.

I think a rise of one to two metres is far more likely.

In flood time, the river is navigable for vessels drawing 16 feet (5 metres) as far upstream as Wuzhou.

The model in question can reportedly collect ground intelligence from an altitude of 4,000 metres as far as 140km from its base.

She clocked a time of 13.08sec over the 100m hurdles, more than half a second off her personal best, and then recorded a best jump of 6.15 metres, a far cry from her career longest of 6.51m.