Sentence examples for metric conversion from inspiring English sources

South Africa (then not a member of the Commonwealth) set up a Metrication Advisory Board in 1967, New Zealand set up its Metric Advisory Board in 1969, Australia passed the Metric Conversion Act in 1970 and Canada appointed a Metrication Commission in 1971.

Samake's listed height and weight -- 7-2, 230 pounds -- might have gained a little in the metric conversion.

Perhaps it was marketing or metric conversion that apparently diminished Neville's margin of difference from an inch to a micron these past 40 years.

Leslie told the writer that conversion to the metric system is, according to the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, completely voluntary.

According to Mr. Babrow, the bill is expected to pro vide that the President name a metric conversion board representing all sectors of society.

By takeoff, we've reached No. 10, so the book switches to a few metric conversion lessons as the plane crosses the globe.

A list of metric conversions is provided in the table.

Note: Metric conversions provided are for relative reference only.

And that can lead to a follow-up shortly, leading to the ultimate impact metric: conversions.

Her simple statement regarding metric conversions bowled me over as I pondered it literally.

And unlike the rest of Latin America, measurements here are in inches, feet, miles, and acres -- so no metric conversions are necessary.