Sentence examples for metres were added from inspiring English sources

Walking races of 10 miles and 3,500 metres were added to the men's Olympic program in 1908.

Half a million square metres was added, the equivalent of building almost five new universities.

When Lee Dickson prevented his older brother from taking a quick penalty Evans took advantage of the 10 metres that were added to slot a second-minute penalty.

The pentathlon (later enlarged to become the heptathlon) and the 400-metre run were added to the slate of women's athletics events.

Two years ago, just before Carr signed his twenty-year agreement with the government, the mountaintop above seven hundred metres had been added to the park's buffer zone.

An entrance flanked by the towers of a pylon was planned for the north end, but this design was altered, and, instead, the most striking feature of the temple, a majestic colonnade of 14 pillars, 52 feet (16 metres) high, was added.

In 1691, an 1800 cubic metre cistern was added to the church under orders by Vauban.

Built in three stages, the first section was constructed in 1788 to a height of 10.66 metres (35 ft); a further 4.26 metres (14 ft) was added in 1888, and the final 3.82 metres (12.5 ft) was added in 1900.

Extensions another four metres long can be added to the steel columns, and the scouring can begin anew.

Every metre above or below the metre value will be added or reduced by 1.8 points for large hills and 2 points for normal hills.

The 200-metre IM gold was added to Ye's London 2012 tally on Tuesday night but she was forced to deny doping to a US journalist shortly after the race.