Sentence examples for metres were in from inspiring English sources

Morys wrote during the period when the strict bardic metres were in decline and the free metres of popular poetry were on the rise.

It is true that we could get almost right up to the wall before they were aware of us, but only almost: the last few metres were in the open, through blackthorn scrub that slowed our progress, giving the sentinel enough time to raise the alarm.

I tried to calculate what 38 metres was in feet, but my brain refused to work.

The lowest point in the province, 699 feet (213 metres), is in the extreme northwest.

Much of the Black Sea below a depth of a few hundred metres is in this condition.

Deepest water of 338 feet (103 metres) is in the northwest corner, with depths of more than 200 feet (60 metres) common along the west coast.

The southern area of the state is within the Mojave Desert; the lowest elevation, 470 feet (143 metres), is in that region, on the Colorado River just below Black Canyon.

The highest elevation is near the Ohio border, at about 1,250 feet (380 metres) above sea level, while the lowest point, at roughly 330 feet (100 metres), is in the southwest where the Wabash River enters the Ohio River.

Ben MacDui – the second highest mountain in the UK at 1,309 metres – is in the heart of the Cairngorm mountains and offers magnificent views, with new peaks and valleys becoming visible at almost every step as you ascend the mountain.

From 1300 to 1600 both duple and triple metres were recognized in music theory, but, in practice, rhythm was often complex and involved combinations of metres.

The last 600 metres were used in the opposite direction for the first time in 1977.