Sentences with phrase «about a metre long»

But this will be quite crippling for other people, especially since the cable is only about a metre long.

The only design shortcoming is a problem of practicality: the standard two - pin power chord that comes with it is only about a metre long, which is way too short in our view.

Not exact matches

In Sölvesborg, Sweden, about 400 km south of Stockholm, Lumenpulse incorporated its LED technology into the 750 - metre Sölvesborg Bridge, the longest bicycle and pedestrian bridge in Europe.

By the way, a super tanker is about 450 metres long, the equivalent of four and a half football fields.

Given it weighs up to half a tonne and measures more than 2.5 metres in length without taking into account its long tentacles, we know surprisingly little about the colossal squid.

It comprises an estimated 500 million neurons — about five times as many as in the brain of a rat — and is around 9 metres long, stretching from your oesophagus to your anus.

They usually climb to the base of the cloud layer, about 700 metres up, before entering a long descending glide.

«Oumuamua seems to be a dark red highly - elongated metallic or rocky object, about 400 metres long, and is unlike anything normally found in the Solar System.

9 The Shark That Walks on Land: And other strange but true tales of mysterious sea creatures by Michael Bright, The Robson Press, # 12.99 / $ 16.99 This is a book about the ocean's marvels, mythical and real — among them the metre - long epaulette shark that does indeed walk on its paddle - shaped fins.

«We can get 3 to 5 milligrams of silk at one session, which means a strand about 320 metres long,» Fossey says.

But that only works up to about 50 metres, so we knew they had to be using another of their senses for longer range navigation,» says Greif.

K. zabaikalicus was about 1.5 metres long.

At 30 metres long and weighing up to 190 tonnes, blue whales may be about as big as it is possible for this type of animal to get.

The aircraft, known as an X-plane, is planned to be 29 metres long and fly at about 55,000 feet at a speed of approximately 1,500 kilometres per hour — 1.4 times the speed of sound.

Each of the nine KOSMOS units enclosed about 75 cubic metres of seawater in a 25 metres long plastic bag.

Little is known about this octopus, which can grow to be 4 metres long and weigh 75 kilograms.

It was lightly built, about 2.3 metres long from nose to tail, and may have had a distinctive beaked jaw.

The whale, said Franklin, was an immature adult about seven years old and 15 metres long.

If you're staying above 3,700 metres for more than four weeks, ask your GP about alternative contraceptives as the longer you spend in conditions that maximise clot risk, the greater the odds of it materialising.

I started making bunting in January I think (ridiculous I know) but was really pleased I did as we needed about 200 metres and it does take a long time!

Despite their sheer size and weight (both cars measure about five metres long and weigh around 2000 kg), it's hard to argue with Audi's standing - start performance claims.

It has long been spoken about and, if reports are to be believed, Volkswagen will begin deliveries of its first sub-4 metre sedan in India — the Ameo — by July 2016.

The four - metre long Countryman — which we've written about in our comprehensive long - lead test drive report on the car — is available in two 1.6 litre engine variants, the Cooper and the Cooper S.

Measuring 3.84 metres long and 1.74 metres wide, the next - generation Swift will be about the same length as the current car, but a tad wider — and easily identifiable.

Hongqi is fairly tight - lipped about the brutal LS5, but we know it has a wheelbase of 3.06 metres and is nearly 5.2 metres long.

The original FX - FJ Holdens from the 1950s were about 4.5 metres long, and grew with each new model.

The exhibition space covers an area of over 10,500 square metres and has a circuit running around it that is about 150 metres long.

There are four trucks in the warehouse at the moment, including a nearly completed redesigned model that is about a half - metre longer and 20 centimetres wider than the original.

Recent studies indicate that a ceremonial site named Samabaj was located on an island about 500 metres (1,600 ft) long in Lake Atitlán.

One of South Africa's most spectacular gorges, it is 24 kilometres long and about 400 metres deep.

Wave rock rises 15 metres above the ground and 110 metres long is like a giant wave about to break.

The titular walk is not a particularly long one as this little shopping precinct stretches only about 30 metres back from Bophut Beach Road.

It is about 300 metres wide and 650 metres long.

Haad Rin Nok Beach in Koh Phangan is only about 800 metres long but on Full Moon Party nights more than 12 powerful Read More»

Its most famous inhabitant is Charlie, who is about 70 years old and 3 metres long.

The beach is about 670 metres long, it has a gentle slope and is well protected against the waves.

It is about 12 metres at its longest dimension with shallow and deep end.

The wreck is about 60 metres / 200 feet long and attracts large groupers, barracuda, moray eels, Moorish idols and well - camouflaged stonefish.

A right turn at the intersection takes you up over the hill to the main tourist and surf area where you'll find most of the accommodation within about 100 metres of the beach, cafes, warungs and shops and a left turn will take you to the longer bay with the other surfbreak and a smattering of other places to stay.

The wave ride is about 50 - 100 metres long and gets very shallow at the end.

All the work exhibited in the three gallery spaces will have been made over the past year, and the pièce de résistance will be Smith's 11 - metre long painting called This Artist Is Deeply Dangerous, based on an article written by the Guardian's sports correspondent Steve Bierley about an exhibition he saw of the art of Louise Bourgeois.

Polish artist M - City transforms 18 - metre long bus into refugee pontoon to raise awareness about global humanitarian crisis.

About 2,500 sq metres (26,909 sq ft) of fabric from textile mills in Surat, India, hang from a plywood frame 24 metres (78ft) long and 12 metres high.

For each year of my long journey (it's a big hill and Its a slow bus) we go up about 0.02 metre (its not a very steep hill, but its the biggest one I've driven up).

The Garnaut Review states (page 13): «If the Greenland ice sheet were to melt, it would add about seven metres to the world's ocean, and the west Antarctic ice sheet up to six metres, over a long period».

The dam on the southern edge of Wood Buffalo National Park is about 850 metres long.

The willow sticks are about 5 metres (16.4 feet) long and are planted into jute bags, that are again secured in wooden planters that serve as a foundation of sorts, and bent to meet at the top of the structure.

About three metres long, it looks like a miniature race car, but it's powered by pedalling.

They're set to be about 2.4 metres wide by 5 metres long and in that space we're able to [fit] two showers, two change rooms, ten lockers and ten bicycle storage facilities,» Said Tim Ceolin, in an article for Catapult.

Said one long - time friend and part - time client about a new Facebook picture featuring a great white mere metres behind me (I was outside the cage for that shot):