Sentence examples for metres in total from inspiring English sources

It varies considerably in size, the largest normally being under 6 feet (1.8 metres) in total length.

Often exceeding 1.5 metres in total length, the Cape file snake (M. capensis) of central Africa is one of the largest species.

It was a small herbivore (big adults were little more than two metres in total length) that lived in the arid regions of what are now northern China and Mongolia around 80m years ago.

Some ancient reptile groups had members that were the largest animals ever to live on the land some sauropod dinosaur fossils measure 20 30 metres (66 98 feet) in total length.

Despite reports of giant squids exceeding 18 metres (59 feet) in total length, the maximum total length of examined specimens is roughly 13 metres (about 43 feet), with a mantle length (that is, the length of the mantle and head only) of more than 2.25 metres (7.4 feet).

They range from 2 cm (0.8 inch) snout to vent in geckos (family Gekkonidae) to 3 metres (10 feet) in total length in monitor lizards (family Varanidae).

Each of the sails is 15 metres long, and in total they span 600 square metres roughly the size of the penalty area on a football pitch.

The Siberian, or Amur, tiger (P. tigris altaica) is the largest, measuring up to 4 metres (13 feet) in total length and weighing up to 300 kg (660 pounds).

At about 2.7 metres (9 feet) in total length, the leatherback sea turtle is smaller than Archelon, a genus of extinct marine turtles from the Late Cretaceous (100 million to 65.5 million years ago) that was about 3.6 metres (11.8 feet) long.

Most species are roughly 1 metre (3 feet) long; however, one species, the black-and-white tegu (T. merianae), reaches 1.3 metres (about 4 feet) in total length.

The company expects the UK to consume 436m cubic metres of gas today in total, about a quarter more than the seasonal daily average because the UK has been gripped by the coldest snap for decades.