Sentence examples for sideways length from inspiring English sources

The 12 columns of text, each on four layers of stone and some five feet (1.5 metres) high, are about 30 feet (9 metres) in sideways length and contain more than 600 lines of text, being the longest Greek epigraphic monument; parts of some columns of further text survive, the so-called Second Code.

Struck head on, her vehicle slid sideways the length of a football field, as traffic whizzed by.

The slim proportions of an in-line four make this design ideal for sideways installation (across the length of the car, rather than front-to-back) under the hood of compact models.

Looking at herself sideways in a floor-length mirror, she admired the gown's curly detailing.

In front of the entire length of this dynamic plate a sideways moving slide was fixed on the base plate.

If they do, it's because of the Erector set quality of the path, which for most of its length looks like a construction crane turned sideways.

The system, reportedly inspired by submarine periscopes, turns one of the lens arrays sideways, a 90-degree shift that houses it across the length of the device rather than facing outward like more traditional lens systems.

At tedious length, Mr. Bermel develops bluesy notions hardly worth a sideways glance.

(For the included spreadsheet program, that extra length is converted to extra width, with the screen turned sideways).

However DNA molecules are too highly charged and too stiff (persistence length about 50 nm or 150 bp) to simply pass sideways through the outer membrane.

We bundled up and walked the length of town, through a swirl of light snow and some sideways talk about an off-the-record meeting they'd been in.