9 sentences with 'centimetres'
Example sentences and phrases with the word centimetres and other words derived from it.
• « -That's the sieve," Kim says. It discards stones larger than 8 centimetres in diameter. The rest contain diamonds and are taken to the main plant for processing. »
• « When it reached 30 centimetres, the tree managed to twist 90 degrees and began to grow horizontally, in the direction of the beam of light. »
• « However, the vines and shrubs were developing much faster than the little maple and by the time it had gained 60 centimetres of space, rival plants had already hidden the patch of light. »
• « Undaunted, the maple, already 90 centimetres long but only 30 centimetres high, turned east towards the edge of the thicket, which was a metre and a half away. »
• « Investigators examined the clothes he had worn the day before and noted that the ends of his trouser legs were damp, to a height of 25 centimetres. »
• « Officers deduced that, in fleeing the scene of the crime, he had waded across Slate Creek, which was about 25 centimetres deep. »
• « Often, the buckets contain only a few centimetres of liquid. "The rim of the bucket reaches the baby's waist. When it starts to fall, the weight of the head throws it like a sack full of bricks down a well and they drown". »
• « The course of the Yangtze Kiang River is being altered by hydroelectric power plants, which have reduced its flow; the Weiho is drying up; and the Hoang-ho, the legendary Yellow River, has a flow of 3 to 4 centimetres less in some areas every year. »