| 单词 | metre |
| 例句 | From this point onwards Rack 9 was enclosed and the bottles performed the remainder of their journey in a kind of tunnel, interrupted here and there by openings two or three metres wide. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He was standing six metres away, in the same clothes he’d worn on the day at the London Eye, minus the jacket, talking into a two-way radio. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z If you have learnt that Mont Blanc is 4000 metres high, if you have looked it up on the map, you say you know it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Spoke of those gradually increasing doses of pituitary administered during the final ninety-six metres of their course. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Two hundred metres down on the main road, past the Barracks, and then—She stopped. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Two hundred and sixty-seven days at eight metres a day. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Showed them the jets through which at every twelfth metre from zero to 2040 it was automatically injected. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay on my bed that night, trying to ignore the shuffling coming from less than a metre away. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Twelve hundred metres,’ I said, ‘and it is sheet lightning, which means—’ ‘Shut up, Ted,’ Kat said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z On the ground, it crawls to its next tree at the rate of 250 metres an hour, when motivated, which is 440 times slower than a motivated cheetah. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But none of the times were recognized by the International Swimming Federation because the pool was six metres too long. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He pointed out two cormorants that dipped and dived into the water, disappearing for ages, then reappearing ten metres or more from where they’d gone down. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She was only a few metres away from me, up front by the railing, staring up at the jumpers. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Showed them the simple mechanism by means of which, during the last two metres out of every eight, all the embryos were simultaneously shaken into familiarity with movement. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z This melodic symmetry had not been a noticeable feature of the more onward- flowing, unpredictable tunes of Bach and Handel, whose phrases were so often guided by the metre of the words they set. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Thirty-three Delta females, long-headed, sandy, with narrow pelvises, and all within 20 millimetres of 1 metre 69 centimetres tall, were cutting screws. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Two thousand one hundred and thirty-six metres in all. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Again, the argument would seem to be that I cannot prove that Mont Blanc is 4000 metres high, but believing it, on the authority of a map, has ‘proved to pay’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Eighty-eight cubic metres of card-index,” said Mr. Foster with relish, as they entered. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z From his carefully constructed hide in the wood three hundred metres away, Darwin Bonaparte, the Feely Corporation’s most expert big game photographer had watched the whole proceedings. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It moves along the bough of a tree in its characteristic upside- down position at the speed of roughly 400 metres an hour. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The machine rose a couple of hundred metres, then headed eastwards, and as it turned, there before Bernard’s eyes, gigantically beautiful, was the Singery. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z On leaving the old nest, the swarm normally flies only a few metres and settles. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After each few metres this too fizzles out in unending tiredness. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z These songs were shaped by the poetic metre of their lyrics, and consequently most of the troubadour songs, even the sad ones, have a gentle, foot-tapping pulse. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In fact, it’s three metres by five and I once worked out that it could fit 22,500 stamps. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Two hundred and twenty metres long, two hundred wide, ten high. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Unmotivated, it covers four to five metres in an hour. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z While during the day Gregor, out of consideration for his parents, did not want to show himself by the window, he couldn't crawl around very much on the few square metres of the floor. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a filthy, low-slung concrete building on the right-hand side of the track about five hundred metres before we get into Euston. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Up close, his lightning bolt appeared as a bronze rod a metre long, pointed on both ends, with blades of energy extending from both sides to form a javelin of white electricity. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I could see myself a few metres in, slumped against the wall, my head in my hands, and both head and hands smeared with blood. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The first of a batch of two hundred and fifty embryonic rocket-plane engineers was just passing the eleven hundred metre mark on Rack 3. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z At the back of his 1901 monograph, Hatcher included a pictorial reconstruction of this whopping great creature, which measured more than 20 metres from nose to tail. Independence Day fossil: Dippy the star-spangled dinosaur 2013-07-04T14:28:00Z Superyachts are defined as boats with hulls that measure longer than 24 metres at the waterline and that require a professional crew to operate. Superyachts and bragging rights: why the super-rich love their ‘floating homes’ 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z He was always trying out different forms: each new poem was a new experiment with rhyme and metre. Anarchy in Peterloo: Shelley's poem unmasked 2013-07-08T17:28:22Z His new vessel, which features three carbon masts more than 90 metres tall with a sail area greater than a standard football pitch, is the tenth-largest superyacht in the world. Superyachts and bragging rights: why the super-rich love their ‘floating homes’ 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z The renovated 1920s car dealership holds a 1,672 sq metres gallery space with ample room for even the wildest imagination to put thought into reality. Top 10 arts and culture venues in San Antonio, Texas 2013-06-21T23:10:00Z The little jolt in the metre, like a caught breath, adds to its pathos. Poem of the week: A Lament for Our Lady's Shrine at Walsingham 2011-02-23T10:44:17Z At the time, it was just one metre tall. Tree of the week: 'Our olive tree is very expressive. It tells you when it’s thirsty' 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z The trail climbs 666 metres, it’s strenuous but the payoff is extraordinary. 20 of the world's best waterfalls: readers’ tips 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The next day, after beaching the kayaks at the village of Docksta, it was only a short trek to the base of Skuleberget, the highest peak in the area, at 286 metres. Sweden’s High Coast: an uplifting experience 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z The project spreads over 4,500 square metres over nine floors. In Pictures: Tour Paris 13 2013-10-25T13:39:27Z A month later, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake ripped along 700km of the coast of Chile, and shifted parts of the Earth's crust by as much as 10 metres. The Million Death Quake by Roger Musson – review 2012-11-09T09:20:19Z It’s an enticing prospect for the next five days, when we will walk one of the best-preserved sections, often at altitudes of over 4,000 metres. Peru: take the high road to Inca glory 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z “Thirty metres up in the air on a moving boat in the middle of the Atlantic is an incredibly vulnerable situation,” she says, and she laughs. Not a sprint: endurance experts on how to make it through lockdown 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z “The fresco of more than 3,000 square metres evokes the building of a world with more solidarity and more humanity,” Saype said in a statement. Massive coronavirus-themed grass graffiti is unveiled in Swiss Alps 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Organisers released 50 balloons each a metre across. The Apple Cart - review 2012-06-04T11:58:00Z The remnants of his bed were set back a few metres from the road; the bed comprised a pile of blankets, a couple of sleeping bags and, beneath it all, a layer of newspaper. Fancy dress by Kate Horsley 2010-12-26T00:05:12Z Called the Window on the World, it is a true cabinet of curiosities with more that 800 objects, including a Tay Bridge girder and a 1930s gyrocopter, displayed up to 18 metres high. New National Museum of Scotland unveiled after ?47m revamp 2011-07-27T23:05:04Z If you're a theatre critic you are guided to the Lotus pod, hung about five metres high in the trees. The Sunshine Boys; AirHotel; Detroit ? review 2012-05-19T23:06:11Z That is difficult to do from two metres away. My mental health ward is not equipped for coronavirus. We feel like sitting ducks 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z The hydraulic structure, designed by Knight Architects, positions its five steel beams 20 metres across the water, rising in a similar way to a traditional Japanese fan. Best foot forward: the world's most striking pedestrian bridges 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z On the outskirts of the Kruger, a luxury self-catering tent at Crocodile Bridge Safari Lodge, 200 metres from the Crocodile Bridge entrance in the south of the park, costs from £37pppn. How to safari in South Africa on a budget 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z In Italy, Franco Zambonelli, a computer scientist, designed a cloak covered in lenses and projectors—100,000 per square metre—that would simultaneously capture and project whatever the cloak is obscuring. All that is unseen 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z And two trailers full of future-zombies are now mere metres away from Hilltop. The Walking Dead: season eight, episode three recap – Monster 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z It’s enormous, 20 metres high, towering over the shed that used to be my dad’s office. 'I'm delighted to find them big now': a pilgrimage to the trees my father planted 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z By contrast, the oceans' deepest sections, the abyss below 3,000 metres, is a domain that is rarely visited or studied. The Natural History Museum's wonders of The Deep 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z Those who lived in a major city, within 50 metres of a major road and who did not move house for the duration of the study had the highest risk at 12%. Living near heavy traffic increases dementia risk, say scientists 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z However, ExoMars possesses one crucial difference: it will be able to drill two metres down into the Martian soil. Curiosity rover's descent to Mars – the story so far 2013-07-27T23:05:00Z It sits on two slender cables that stretch across the torrent 10 metres below. A tale of ice and fire: touring East Iceland 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z It’s a metre wide, with sheer drops either side. Experience: I fell 650ft off a mountain 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z At 147 metres, the newly opened Strata is London's tallest residential building. Spin city: London's Strata tower 2010-07-18T20:31:00Z About 10 metres from their temporary workshop, the workers had set up a camp where they slept in rusting cabins. Chloe Dewe Mathews's best photograph – Uzbek migrant workers 2013-06-12T18:30:01Z There were 50 changes, with swim lengths between 100 and 1,780 metres and runs varying from 70 metres to 19.700 kilometres. Competitors break records at Sweden's Swimrun World Championships 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z His radiant writing puts his audience on another level not through simple formulation but through rigorous use of canon and counterpoint, ever-shifting metre and imaginative instrumentation. Steve Reich, London Sinfonietta; Mitsuko Uchida; Tallis Scholars – review 2013-03-10T00:06:07Z It’s held only when the waves are more than six metres high. The 50 best beaches in the world 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z If not all the voices sound beautiful in such startlingly raw proximity – just a few metres away from anyone in the audience – they are none the less strong, full of promise and musically intelligent. Los Angeles Philharmonic/ Dudamel; OperaUpClose ? review 2011-01-30T00:06:50Z At 20 metres, the body loses its buoyancy. Blue hole, black hole 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Edwards was said to have dribbled the ball for 20 metres before he went down injured when he was shot through the thigh. First world war soldiers' historic football saved for posterity 2011-03-10T14:55:06Z Because it is going nearly 19 metres underground as well as 26 metres up from street level, the museum is creating 18,000 sq metres of floor area – equal to 14 Olympic-size swimming pools. British Museum's £135m extension is on time and on budget, say curators 2013-04-29T17:11:41Z Standing 30 metres tall on the summit of the 710-metre Corcovado mountain and visible from all over Rio, Christ the Redeemer is the world’s largest art deco statue. 10 virtual tours of the world’s most famous landmarks 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z An Israeli actor and peace activist who ran a drama project in a Palestinian refugee camp has been shot dead by masked men, metres from the theatre he founded. Israeli peace activist Juliano Mer Khamis shot dead in Jenin 2011-04-04T17:38:52Z As it was, we were 700 metres down from the summit but were still stuck in a wild gale at around 7,900 metres. Racing against the dark on Mt. Kanchenjunga 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z This newly described species differs from most yams in its shrub-like form and huge, slow-growing, woody tubers, which form above ground and can reach one metre in both height and diameter. New to Nature No 32: Dioscorea strydomiana 2011-02-20T00:05:15Z It boasted more than 1,000 pieces of Beatles memorabilia over five floors and 1,300 square metres of exhibition space. Please? Please? Meh: Beatles museum closes owing to lack of interest 2012-06-07T14:16:39Z Twombly is known for his scribbles, great looping calligraphies of white on black, of white on white – or, in the more recent Bacchus series, swoops of carmine three metres high. My hero Cy Twombly by Edmund de Waal 2010-12-11T00:07:00Z Towering in front of delighted crowds, the duck measures 16.5 metres high and 19.2 metres long, and takes 30 minutes to inflate. Giant inflatable 'rubber duck floats into Hong Kong - video 2013-05-02T10:22:55Z When it falls to almost zero, you lower yourself in and then hurtle from one metal ladder toward another, a few metres away, so that you’re practically out before you’re in. The Women Who Brave Winter Swimming at London’s Ladies’ Pond 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Fritsch's winning commission – an oversized rooster 4.7 metres tall painted a deep matt blue – is unveiled today, positively inviting double entendres as it sits there in the shadow of Nelson's Column. Katharina Fritsch on her Fourth Plinth cockerel sculpture: 'I didn't want to make fun – but I was invited' 2013-07-24T18:29:00Z Seven square metres is about seventy-five square feet; this was where the future Nobel laureate spent his childhood. The Shattering Double Vision of V. S. Naipaul 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Just a few metres below our feet lie the remains of another theatre, this one four centuries old. Shakespeare: Stratford. London. Gda?sk? 2011-04-04T20:46:01Z Over the top of this monumental geometric background, in gold paint metres high, the letters ‘2%’ shine out – the proportion of the Australian population who identify as Indigenous. Review: My Country, I Still Call Australia Home: Contemporary Art from Black Australia 2013-06-06T03:00:00Z At 2,430 metres, the air is thin and the sun is harsh. Do Machu Picchu from your sofa, thanks to Google Street View 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Another bridge 200 metres away was for people going to the island, but the Rainbow Bridge was closer to the music and the festival on the cityside banks of the river. Cambodian stampede: Phnom Penh counts the cost of water festival disaster 2010-11-23T07:48:00Z Big Mama's bling was made possible by the fortunate find of several metres of emerald, beaded fabric at a knock-down price. Behind the scenes: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at West Yorkshire Playhouse 2012-10-05T14:45:40Z Here, the water plummets 30 metres to a huge, refreshing pool to swim in and wash off the sweat from the hike. 20 of the world's best waterfalls: readers’ tips 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z According to the brief issued to shortlisted practices, the plan is to insert more than 5,000 sq metres of food, drink and retail. Why the Southbank Centre redevelopment plan is sheer folly 2012-08-04T23:05:31Z And when skimmers skim, they must keep the stone within a designated lane and only throw a maximum of 63 metres – the distance to the back wall at the end of the flooded quarry. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The metre is the alexandrine, traditionally the standard, 12-syllable unit of French prosody. Poem of the week: Going, Going... by Leah Fritz 2011-08-22T09:18:53Z A prison officer was about 10 metres away when the incident occurred, officials said. Carl Williams killed in Australian high-security prison yard 2010-04-19T09:12:00Z In one round, they have to walk 40 metres carrying what looks like a car's roll cage with an unnecessary number of barrels strapped to it. World's Strongest Man – it's still massive 2012-11-29T12:49:50Z With most of the riding above 2,000 metres, a big mountain experience with stunning views is guaranteed, as are fast-draining, all-weather trails. Top 10 mountain bike rides in the Alps 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Usain Bolt powers home in the hundred metres but when it comes to handing out the gold medals they give it to the person who comes third. Cameron steps up AV attack while celebrities rally to the cause 2011-04-01T23:26:29Z Only seconds before, I had been feeling so utterly alone while mere metres from such a magnificent sight. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z To the list of “if onlys” one should perhaps add one more: If only Nick Mevoli hadn’t measured his self-worth in metres. Blue hole, black hole 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z There’s a pleasing symmetry in the odd reunion of these two boats so far from home – once sailing the Clyde, now a few hundred metres apart along the Thames. Ten years living on a boat: 'It's a fun life – I'm not a watery hobo' 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Standing on the edge of the North Sea, the settlement comprises several stone houses with internal buttresses, which are still several metres high. My best bit of historic Britain: historians' and authors' top tips 2012-08-17T21:45:07Z At his feet was a hole about a metre in diameter, with sheer sides like a well. Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z My sister Jane and I would make our own large-scale prints, about five metres wide, with an enlarger that we had to tilt on its side to make the projections big enough. Snap happy 2013-05-19T18:30:00Z We drive a short distance to the edge of the Top Gear track, about 50 metres past the starting line. The Stig and I: my Top Gear adventure 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Diego Rivera owned a vast collection of these effigies—shaggy beasts, two metres tall, with ghoulish, brightly colored faces. The Man Behind the Trump Piñata 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z It snakes ahead of us through the mountains, stone-lined and up to 10 metres wide. Peru: take the high road to Inca glory 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z At almost eight metres long, the 2005 piece is as epic in scale as in subject matter, showing a frenzied Armageddon. Artist of the week 2011-03-10T16:29:20Z Suddenly, back on the carpet, just five metres away, the Bieb himself. Justin Bieber's Never Say Never: now I'm a Belieber (nearly) 2011-02-17T15:08:13Z With a maximum depth of 596 metres, Crater Lake the deepest lake in the US and the ninth deepest in the world. Top 10 national and state parks in Oregon 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The response was always to build higher ramparts of mud, rocks and matting of woven reeds until the river ran on its own conveyor belt, sometimes 15 metres above the surrounding countryside. Water, water, everywhere 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z If you dived from a springboard one metre above its surface, you would hit the ground at 1,200 miles a second. Gravity's Engines: The Other Side of Black Holes - review 2012-12-12T07:00:00Z Bigger still is Hall 14; a vast 20,000 sq metre former production hall that has exhibitions, events and an art library. 10 of the best industrial-chic spaces worldwide 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z It’s only about 700 metres, but up steps and ladders most of the way – people are usually gasping by the time they get to the top. How to be alone: ‘I feel most alive when I'm with my own thoughts’ 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z Bouillon of Steamed Birchwood, Chanterelles and Fresh Hazelnut Chop down one 12 metre birch tree and soak in an ice bath to lock in the flavours. Digested read: Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine by Rene Redzepi 2010-11-22T21:00:00Z Why can’t you teach your hockey players to pass the puck more than two metres?’ ” Cold War Puck: The Beauties of Russian Hockey 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Seated at a circular window cut into the stone, we are at the penthouse level of the gorge, with views of the river a hundred metres or so below. The Júcar gorge: Spain’s very own grand canyon 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z By the end of the weekend my tummy stuck out about a metre. ‘We’re never going to bed’: children rewrite the house rules 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z One or two muddied bass trills and rhythmic hesitancies, insignificant in themselves, seemed to shift Ax's focus from the whole to the part, causing an unevenness in tone and metre. Emanuel Ax ? review 2011-03-23T17:43:10Z By way of contrast, just 30 metres away at Odeon's flagship Leicester Square cinema an adult ticket can cost up to £24. Cine-files: The Prince Charles Cinema, London 2013-01-15T16:30:00Z Luckily, the music department was in an old building 200 metres from the main school, so they could make as much noise as they wanted. Schoolteachers of rock 2010-04-25T20:30:00Z It also hosts an impressive schedule of workshops, lectures and events – people often remark upon C/O's warm atmosphere – even though it's a sprawling gallery, with more than 2,000sq metres of space. 10 of the best galleries in Berlin 2011-08-17T10:05:28Z In contrast, Passionately is giant – 4 metres x 5 metres. Photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin's best shot 2010-07-07T23:05:00Z Eight hundred pallets and 750 square metres of plywood and other sheet material were donated. Junkitecture and the Jellyfish theatre 2010-08-16T20:30:00Z The ice on which it stands is moving at a rate of 400 metres a year, and one day will break off and float away, so Halley VI can be relocated when necessary. Halley VI research station, Antarctica – review 2013-02-10T08:00:03Z The installation is 14 metres wide and four metres tall. Leeds centre prepares for OverWorlds & UnderWorlds 2012-05-17T10:01:01Z This three-star hotel opened in 2018 and is just a few hundred metres from Vevey’s railway station, as well as being within easy walking distance of most of the town’s main attractions. 10 of the best things to do in Vevey, Switzerland 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z This virtual tour ventures down into one of the world’s most active volcanoes, just a few metres from a churning 1,200C lava lake. 10 of the best virtual tours of the world's natural wonders 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z And the chaps at Covey’s Irish Pub – less than 150 metres from the village centre - will make you feel welcome. Top 10 mountain bike rides in the Alps 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The bear re-emerges suddenly very close indeed, only 10 metres away. The ultimate hike: three tasters of Canada’s Great Trail 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z He’s in the boat with me now, steering us the 800 or so metres from a jetty by the coast road upriver to the Riri blue hole. Vanuatu's Espiritu Santo, where paradise is a leaky canoe without a paddle 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z If this happened and sea levels rose 70 metres, much of the nation would be submerged, including cities such as London, Liverpool and Glasgow, and most of eastern England. Fantasy map-making: 'I like vintage style with a modern twist' 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z The stanzas find their own length, as the narrative dictates, and there are daring blends of metre and rhythmic pace. Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti 2012-06-25T11:57:22Z The entire 48-storey pile has been jacked up a whopping 30 metres into the air, improbably supported by zig-zagging steel legs that stride around the perimeter. The Cheesegrater: Richard Rogers sprinkles the Square Mile 2013-06-16T17:00:01Z The trail is usually hikable from mid-July through September, but depending on the previous winter’s snowfall, trails above 1,800 metres may be covered in snow into August. Six of the best US national trails – chosen by experts 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z I saw the cavernous white mouth, perhaps a metre and a half across, bearing down on the boat. The primal thrill of sharks: the emotional case for rewilding the sea 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z You might get to within a metre of your soulmate, but for some reason that last little inch you don't make. Simon Pegg: 'I measure life by my feelings for Star Wars' 2010-10-16T23:05:00Z “What killed him was digging for stones, about 15 metres deep. He went into a tunnel and it collapsed from above and he was buried – someone called for help: ‘Help! Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Photograph: Everett/REX_Shutterstock At around three metres, the sharks are tiddlers by great white standards – males can grow up to four metres long. Diving with the shark attack survivor who filmed Jaws 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z The real Roman amphitheatre, sensationally discovered in 1988, lies some metres beneath our feet. Gladiator Games: hacking aplenty, but no phones on pain of death 2011-07-31T19:15:28Z It looks ready to spring into action, or at least learn how to take its first infant steps – except that it's almost three metres high. Artist of the week 120: Thomas Houseago 2011-01-05T12:52:15Z Production was half of this year's rate, at around 500,000 metres, and many feared the industry was in terminal decline. Harris tweed returns to global boutiques after islands' renaissance 2012-11-09T16:45:33Z Sand is everywhere, a fearsome enemy, surrounding the town and advancing several metres a year. Mauritania's hidden manuscripts 2010-07-27T13:00:00Z I scaled it step by weary step, gulping air deeply, temples pounding as we approached 5,000 metres, crampons biting at times into 40-degree slopes. Mountains of the moon: climbing Uganda's highest peak 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z A London property company is charging £255 a week for "studio apartments" as small as three metres by three metres that tenants claim are "worse than prison cells" and that breach statutory overcrowding regulations. London flats 'worse than prison cells' condemned by council 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z For the ceilings, which are 20 metres high, the artist devised special scaffolding to enable to him to paint. Sistine Chapel tourists to be vacuumed and cooled to protect frescoes 2012-12-21T14:40:51Z I followed a black line that ran across the bottom for fifty metres—nearly a hundred and sixty-five feet—lengthening my stroke as I swam. The Swimmer: Manhattan Edition 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z I sprinted across Highbridge Pool and back, a hundred metres total, kicking and pulling hard, feeling my heart pump. The Swimmer: Manhattan Edition 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z “In running, from 100 metres to 90 kilometre ultramarathons, the gap between men and women doesn’t change,” he says. Faster, higher, longer: how female ultra-athletes started to beat men 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z “In the movie ‘Kill Your Darlings,’ Daniel Radcliffe plays Allen Ginsberg as a clean-shaven Columbia student who rebels against literary and cultural traditions, among them such poetic niceties as rhyme and metre.” Sunday Reading: The Beat Generation 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z As a rule I don't read books that are measured in metres. Pass notes No 3,178: Jack Kerouac 2012-05-20T19:00:01Z She gave me a medal, though: perhaps for my speed over 100 metres in reverse, with triple stumble. 'She is the Queen, whereas you are Joe Shmuck': Clive James on The Crown 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z Dance’s friend and fellow actor Tim Pigott-Smith sent a video message that tried to make the case that some Game of Thrones dialogue has a Shakespearean metre, at least the way Dance delivers it. Charles Dance: 'Thank God the BBC didn't make Game of Thrones' 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Dunes rise to around 200 metres in height and climbing them is certainly a workout. Great desert adventures: readers’ travel tips 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z If I give you an example: a business has approached me asking for 2,500 square metres and a 25-year lease, and shown me their financials. The Old London Underground Company haunts City Hall 2010-06-15T14:08:00Z To hang 25 metres below a boat that now looks like a bath toy on the silvered surface makes me face my suppressed fears. Diving with the shark attack survivor who filmed Jaws 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z Although only 125 miles long, the trek is tough as it involves an ascent of more than 7,000 metres and remote and rugged terrain. 10 epic long-distance walks around the world 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Granite monoliths tower over meadows, rivers and forests, including one the park’s most notable sights, El Capitan, standing over 900 metres tall with a near vertical cliff face. 10 of the best virtual tours of the world's natural wonders 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Petri dishes of agar affixed to the cardboard family, which was positioned at different distances of up to three metres, captured and revealed any dispersed viruses. Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z A hundred metres along the tracks, in an abandoned station building, a makeshift bar sells snacks, cigarettes and beer. Shot at, beaten, starved: the child refugees who will stop at nothing to reach Europe 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Later that day we drive over a pass and catch sight of Lake Ohrid, 300 metres deep and entirely fed by aquifers. The great Eastern European road trip, part two: road trip across Albania 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z She's also less than a metre tall and conveniently downloads herself into the Chief's battle armour when not offering guidance. Video game sidekicks: eight of the best 2013-03-22T13:00:00Z To restore them, he must shave a metre or two off the facades to conform with a 1950s law designed to widen streets, he said. 'Blindsided by the beauty': architects struggle to save Cairo's... 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z The 10 metres high by 16 metres long canvas will also be shown along with original costumes designed by Picasso, Matisse and Chanel. Ballet Russes regalia to be shown 2010-03-30T09:31:00Z When the fur seal pups, which are born on land, take to the water for the first time in May, two-tonne female great whites, up to six metres long, return from months of nomadism. Diving with the shark attack survivor who filmed Jaws 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z The archipelago stretched into the distance – islands from a few metres in size to much larger ones covered in thick forest. Sweden’s High Coast: an uplifting experience 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z On the third day, we started having brief sightings of whale sharks and the following day, as we took a giant stride off the boat, they were two just metres beneath us. Scuba diving trips around the world: readers’ tips 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z There are numerous Bartleby translations on the shelves – including my own – and I saw Bartleby in the library in Gezi Park; people read it as a way of protest, metres away from the riot police. The standing man of Taksim Square: a latterday Bartleby 2013-06-20T15:41:13Z Visitors are encouraged to enter and interact with the Pavilion, which occupies 357 square metres of lawn outside the gallery. Reviews: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013-06-05T16:31:31Z In Venice last month, complaints were many when Roman Abramovich's 115 metre yacht Luna was moored metres from St Mark's Square, blocking the view across the lagoon. Steven Spielberg and Gwyneth Paltrow fall foul of Italian beach laws 2011-07-25T19:42:46Z “In the space of a few miles, you’re going from around 1,000 metres up to the Tibetan Plateau, which averages around 4,200 metres, crossing one pass at 5,000 metres,” says Douglas. Nepal-Tibet border reopens to tourists after 2015 earthquake 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z That he can do so with such concision, magisterial command of metre and structure, and a great range of emotion, makes his work as pleasurable in its poetry as it is agonising in its message. Vendange Tardive by Peter Reading - review 2011-03-05T00:07:13Z At 22 metres, or eight storeys high, the statue dwarfs its surroundings. Alexander the Great or a warrior on a horse? 2011-08-14T13:50:56Z Unlike his poetry to date, these are formally very loose, gently line-ended but without anything much in the way of rhyme, metre or the other prosodic tools poets often bring to bear on their poems. Poetically speaking at the Hay festival 2010-06-02T13:07:00Z The condor – one of the world's biggest birds, with a wingspan of up to three metres – is supposed to be protected by a 2004 presidential decree. Fight of the condor: Peru bull fiestas threaten future of rare Andean bird 2013-01-29T14:54:28Z The conventional plot for small developers' houses is about 20 metres x 5 metres – long and thin. Newhall, Harlow – review 2013-02-24T00:05:35Z Perhaps they're going to be dropped, 40 metres, the first live mass execution. Big Brother and Father and Son 2010-06-11T05:45:00Z A few days spent at the front line, then a few days spent in my studio barely 100 metres from the front line. Amira Medunjanin, the Balkan Billie Holiday 2013-01-20T06:30:00Z The pond, which is over 30 metres deep, is actually a kettle hole, a deep depression left behind when a chunk of ice was dropped by a retreating glacier around 15,000 years ago. Top 10 national and state parks in New England, USA 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z And from 1928 until 1968, there were no women’s races of more than 200 metres because it made them look too tired. Fanfare 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Since then, restrictions have become increasingly – and rightly – more stringent, so today I can only go 200 metres outside, apart from a trip to the shops. Lockdown escapes: where I’ll visit when this is over 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z Diving at extreme depths brutalises the lungs, which at a depth of 30 metres compress to a quarter of their normal size. Blue hole, black hole 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The chapel features 300 figures painted across 2,500 square metres by artists including Botticelli, Perugino and Pinturicchio as well as Michelangelo, whose Last Judgment fills the end wall. Sistine Chapel tourists to be vacuumed and cooled to protect frescoes 2012-12-21T14:40:51Z There's a particularly telling scene with tourists sunning themselves on the beach, metres from a police crime-scene tent. Broadchurch; Mayday; The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance – TV review 2013-03-05T07:00:37Z To my mild horror, I was lapped by one such runner after just 600 metres. Running in circles: my track marathon 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Clock Inn, Kandy This hostel is just 600 metres from the Tooth Temple and Kandy’s railway station, and close to the fruit market for cheap healthy snacks. A backpacker’s guide to Sri Lanka: a one-month itinerary 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z All of them used their own individual scissors to cut the ribbon and open the 6,800 sq metres of exhibition space that is mostly filled with works from Slim's 66,000-piece collection. Mexican billionaire's new museum gives The Thinker much to ponder 2011-03-02T21:00:52Z This park on the east side of the island of Maui protects the Haleakala crater, a massive fissure seven miles across, two miles wide and more than 760 metres deep. Top 10 national and state parks in Hawaii 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z This time, the head chef picked up the pork and threw it as hard as he could, from a metre away, into the face of the guy who’d cooked it. ‘The manager was selling coke to staff’: the truth about top restaurants 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Actors on the new stage are now about 15 metres, rather than 27, from the back row, so it's goodbye to that declamatory performing style. Royal Shakespeare Theatre: All's well ? 2010-11-23T18:43:00Z In a century of successive ownership, the Golden Lion remained always a locals’ pub, used for the most part by those who lived and worked within a few hundred metres of the front door. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z At peak hours – 4-10am, depending on the night, when the queue can stretch hundreds of metres and two hours into the distance – as many as 50% of eager club-goers are turned away. Where are the world's scariest bouncers? 2010-03-29T15:31:00Z Forty years later, just a few hundred metres from the president's grand Cape Town residence, there is still a gaping hole that speaks eloquently of the apartheid madness. District Six revisited 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z Flying for 11 days solo, thousands of metres above the ground, and then all of a sudden seeing familiar faces was a relief beyond words. Experience: I flew solo around the world in a hot-air balloon 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Then he braked hard, throwing them forward off their seats, and reversed back fifty metres or so. Wilderness by Sarah Hall 2013-03-18T13:22:56Z Where Hall could only carry the roll cage for seven metres, Jenkins, who weighed 100kg by the time he was 10, stormed through all 40 in less than 30 seconds. World's Strongest Man – it's still massive 2012-11-29T12:49:50Z “Just organized sound? I would argue that you could take car horns and organize them according to musical principles of pitch and metre and so forth, and still that would not be music.’ Surviving a Weekend with the Wizard of Prog Rock 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Certainly there is much to engage with in this year's show, which is taking place in the 800 sq metres of space for contemporary art that opened in the museum last year. Artists on Artes Mundi shortlist explore death, memory and immigrants' rights 2012-10-04T16:22:26Z In such a realm of skyscrapers, its 10 metres is nothing, just a squat linear scrap of rubble fit to be cleared. Alone in the City: a Christmas Day walk around London 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z In another room, 20 metres away, the crowd erupts. Nigeria's Wellington Jighere almost lost for words after Scrabble world title triumph 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z In Canaleta I shared a cell six metres long by five metres wide with 27 other prisoners; there were rapists, murderers – the worst of the worst. Free at last... and they all owe?their lives to Amnesty 2011-04-02T23:11:34Z They are free-diving fishers by tradition, swimming many metres underwater, without equipment, to harvest seafood and pearls off the ocean floor. The Sea Nomads of Southeast Asia 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z One day I saw one of these cute grey animals hurling itself over a metre upwards, spinning 360 degrees and launching its razorsharp teeth and claws at an airborne crow much superior in size. British Sea Power: Our memories of making Valhalla Dancehall 2011-01-05T15:57:45Z A night in the royal suite costs £12,000, the swimming pool is 16,000 square metres, and there's a canal with gondolas. TV review: The Secret Mediterranean with Trevor McDonald 2011-01-05T08:00:05Z My desk is a picnic table 10 metres from the best beach on the island. I gave it all up … to dive in the Seychelles 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Rainbow Bridge, is barely 40 metres long, and brand new. Cambodian stampede: Phnom Penh counts the cost of water festival disaster 2010-11-23T07:48:00Z I've had to ferry an artist 20 metres between the venue and the hotel. Rock'n'roll jobs explained 2010-04-15T21:05:00Z Look a little closer, as you have time to do now, and you see that the stonework changes dramatically about four metres from the ground. Alone in the City: a Christmas Day walk around London 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z After carefully climbing down it for a few metres to the ramp below, I sat down and continued glissading. Racing against the dark on Mt. Kanchenjunga 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Above the entrance to the temporary shop – which, at 10 metres high, was really more of a pavilion – was a huge tank holding 650 jellyfish. Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business | Simon Garfield 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Nobody can be bothered to go looking for him as we all know he is only five metres away down the tunnel. Pit lit: the Chilean miners' story 2010-10-14T17:11:00Z There's a whole cubic metre of the stuff, and it's not my colour. Fabrice Hyber: but is it fruit? 2013-03-26T18:30:10Z It sits at the base of a mountain that is also named Inari, two hundred and thirty-three metres above sea level. Living la Vida Loca in Japan 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z With over 2,500 metres of altitude drop, you can expect to be frozen solid at the top and lying in a pool of sweat at the bottom – layers are the way forward here. Top 10 mountain bike rides in the Alps 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z When it’s my turn, I follow his lead, and watch my throw miss the small green dot by about a metre. Axe-throwing leagues: 'The millennial version of lawn bowls, with less booze' 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The last vegetated landscape before the rocky Margherita summit camp at 4,485 metres is the magnificent Scott Elliot pass, stately as a Scottish glen with cliffs stained orange with lichen. Mountains of the moon: climbing Uganda's highest peak 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Caves like cathedrals and stalactites 30 metres high. Why I love ... scuba diving 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Instead, he decided to do the whole lot;to paint the whole backdrop, 21 metres by 11 metres, himself. Chris Ofili paints backdrop for ballet chief's final bow 2012-07-06T11:27:31Z Our tiny spot, likely the smallest, rests eight metres above lake level on a steep rock face with a 180-degree view. Summer on the lake: ‘It’s as Canadian as ice hockey’ 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z On his computer, Weindling brings up a picture of Mir mine, an enormous gaping hole 1,200 metres across in eastern Siberia where diamonds have been mined since the 1950s. Diamonds have a dirty secret. But there's a climate-conscious solution 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z There is a 21 metre swimming pool, spa, cinema and golf simulator. One Hyde Park ? review 2011-01-23T00:05:43Z The pit dropped 15 metres deep, narrowing as it deepened. Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z I was standing about 10 metres away from the tree with my back to my dad, making a bonfire with the branches, when I heard a faint gasp. Experience: I watched my dad die – and then come back to life 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Uniquely, the falls run the length of the river and although only about 20 metres high, they are breathtaking. 20 of the world's best waterfalls: readers’ tips 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The second-highest passenger railway journey in the world, it reaches a height of 4,782 metres as it rolls through the Andes. 18 of the world’s best rail journeys 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Why are they not just telling us how much they want to pay per square metre? New school building designs hit by curve ban 2012-10-01T23:01:12Z Even more striking is a headless figure of 2.2 metres tall, which experts believe would have measured 2.5 metres with its head. China's mighty terracotta army gains 100 soldiers 2012-06-11T16:57:06Z The first one we approached was about a metre wide. The primal thrill of sharks: the emotional case for rewilding the sea 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Last year more than 100 buildings over 200 metres tall were built. The up and up 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z These require multiple climbs above 2,000 metres from deep green valleys, taking the hiker into a high, austere wilderness of ice and rock. Six of the best US national trails – chosen by experts 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Top tip Acadia’s Cadillac Mountain is the highest point on the east coast – at 466 metres – and the first place in the US to see the sun rise. Top 10 national and state parks in New England, USA 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z It can detect movements smaller than a millionth of a metre. The power of touch: what will it be like when we can all connect again? 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Ian Law's M Is Many measures more than two metres tall. Five make John Moores shortlist 2012-08-30T11:32:27Z In breathtakingly complex black-and-white prints up to several metres long, Baumgartner depicts a high-speed world of machines – motorway traffic, planes and trains – with photo-realist exactitude. Artist of the week 127: Christiane Baumgartner 2011-02-25T16:40:10Z The three-year project saw the equivalent of 10 Olympic-sized swimming pools of earth removed from the site of the art and design museum to accommodate the new Sainsbury gallery, 18 metres below ground. London's V&A goes underground for new gallery 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z He ate marmots and birds for sustenance along the way, and though he reported reaching the top, he only made it to a false summit, missing the icy, domed top by around 18 vertical metres. A mountain of happy memories in British Columbia 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z We also like the food at the Inn on the Mountain, which hugs the Lake on the Mountain, a geological anomaly – a huge lake 62 metres about the Bay of Quinte. Cool in Canada: Prince Edward County – Ontario's great escape 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z It was the thought of running the final metres through Chamonix with Donnacha that had kept her going through the race’s toughest stages. I’m glad I started a debate, says athlete who breastfed on ultra-marathon 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z We send a diver down to the seabed at 1,200 metres. Digested read: Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine by Rene Redzepi 2010-11-22T21:00:00Z He lays bare the soul of the sporting hero, and conveys the psychological intensity that makes a victory like Mo Farah's in the 10,000 metres on Saturday so compelling and profound. Which Olympic artwork takes gold? 2012-08-06T14:13:54Z We're talking here of large stingrays, up to one metre wide. New to Nature No 37: Heliotrygon stingrays 2011-04-09T23:15:00Z A hospital was only metres from where thousands were murdered every day; surreal. Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death by Otto Dov Kulka – review 2013-01-25T07:00:02Z Sprinters who win by appearing to storm ahead in the final metres are not speeding up, but slowing down the least quickly. How fast can we go? The science of sprinting 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Known as haenyeo, or sea women, they use no breathing equipment, although a typical dive might last around two minutes and take them as deep as ten metres underwater. The Sea Women of South Korea 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z The showroom – at 400 square metres, the largest single-brand watch emporium in the UK – was not sufficiently large to host its own opening party in December 2014. Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business | Simon Garfield 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z His Kanchanjunga apartments in Mumbai, 84 metres high, have courtyards in the air and luxury units that run from one side to the other to create through drafts. Charles Correa: India's greatest architect 2013-05-11T23:04:04Z It’s a new venture by the people who run The Culpeper, less than 200 metres away on the corner of Commercial Street. Five new London hotels: reviewed 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z On your marks … Jonathan Jones with 110 metre hurdler Andy Turner at the Lee Valley athletic centre. Art critic Jonathan Jones reviews athletics in the form of Team GB Olympics hurdler Andy Turner 2012-07-15T18:08:49Z I turned the kayak, scanning the sea, then saw the flash again, 100 metres away. The primal thrill of sharks: the emotional case for rewilding the sea 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z I've had that Spinal Tap Stonehenge moment, with people ringing up asking, 'Do you mean centimetres or metres?' Rock'n'roll jobs explained 2010-04-15T21:05:00Z Communal spaces are arranged to bring people together, not separate them – tables are not two metres apart, nor is there room for them to be. My mental health ward is not equipped for coronavirus. We feel like sitting ducks 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z An aerial dancer was suspended from the balloon 20 metres in the air, while beasts on stilts marched below. Catching fire: Burning Man is sparking sister festivals around the world 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Explore Everest’s south base camp in Nepal, at an altitude of 5,380 metres, with interactive 360-degree views of snowy peaks and colourful prayer flags. 10 of the best virtual tours of the world's natural wonders 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Made from 100 tonnes of steel, it is 5 metres tall and 25 metres across. In pictures: Sir Anthony Caro 2013-10-24T13:18:23Z Those planning to search for his bones say they will use geo-radar technology to search for hidden niches in the convent's walls and to scan up to five metres below ground. Madrid begins search for bones of Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes 2011-07-25T18:17:06Z I had only felt it once or twice before, in the final few metres of running events. My swimming odyssey: ‘It felt like a last chance to prove what I was capable of’ 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z They were kept two metres apart at opposite ends of a table. The bittersweet story of Marina Abramović's epic walk on the Great Wall of China 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z They would qualify for funding if they lived 400 metres farther down their road and were under the care of their neighbouring NHS trust. Four years, 40 negative tests: why being young and infertile sucks 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z From my position, it angled steeply down and to the left, but it also tilted sideways towards the massive abyss a few metres to the right. Racing against the dark on Mt. Kanchenjunga 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z The installation, a circle of icebergs with a circumference of twenty metres, is installed at the Place du Pantheon during this week’s Climate Change Conference. The Artist Who Is Bringing Icebergs to Paris 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z And what about the revolutionary irregular metres of the ballet? The Rite of Spring – a rude awakening 2013-04-12T15:01:01Z He seems to emit a magnetic forcefield of charm to all those who walk within two metres of him and is always quick to poke fun, to make himself look ridiculous. Heartbreaker 2011-07-16T23:05:12Z It's only a few metres to his flat, but that's enough to be stopped by a group of tourists, eager to talk movies. Abel Ferrara: 'I made Scarface look like Mary Poppins' 2010-08-05T20:29:00Z I walk 10 metres, then stop and photograph. New York City views 2010-07-31T23:04:00Z I invented this big black submarine in it, armed with a huge torpedo thirty-three metres long and two-and-a-half metres wide. The Russian Tom Clancy Is on the Front Lines for Real 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Many poets and hymn-writers reworked the 23rd Psalm in metre and rhyme. Poem of the week: Psalm 23 2011-02-07T10:26:09Z You must pass through a queue management system lined with 7.5 metres of impulse buys – an obstacle course of popcorn, gummy sweets, magazines, dried fruit and "handy items" such as disposable shoe wipes. Supermarket guilt lanes: who cares the most about their customers' health? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Michelangelo set to work on the chapel ceiling in 1508 after devising the perfect scaffolding for painting his biblical scenes 20 metres off the ground. Vatican in row over 'drunken tourist herds' destroying majesty of the Sistine Chapel 2012-09-29T10:48:32Z At first, it still looked Roman, from its cambered, cobbled surface on a metre of hardcore and a clay base, to the ditches at the sides with a thin scatter of Roman rubbish. What the Romans didn't do for us 2011-03-16T20:30:00Z From the French symbolist poet Paul Fort she learned a technique of writing "polyphonic prose" – prose which used the different voices of poetry, such as "metre, vers libre, assonance, alliteration, rhyme and return". Poem of the week: In a Garden by Amy Lowell 2013-07-29T10:12:18Z He wrote prose as well as poetry, epics as well as lyrics, was a master of metre, and fluent in many languages. Poem of the week: From Longfellow's translation of the Divine Comedy 2010-08-16T09:35:00Z It’s only two hundred metres, so the climate must be the same.” Invisible Bridges: Life Along the Chinese-Russian Border 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z It's not demanded by the energy of the voice, it's demanded by the iambic metre. Poem of the week: Casabianca by Felicia Dorothea Hemans 2011-07-25T10:59:41Z It's a slight, sentimental, touching tale, told in a flexible, mixed metre and fluent rhyme. Poem of the week: Telling the Bees by John Greenleaf Whittier 2012-06-11T16:30:08Z Diners sit in a gloomy, yet magnificent 500 sq metre storehouse; with gridded concrete ceilings and brick walls, eating on long communal tables on mismatched furniture. 10 of the best industrial-chic spaces worldwide 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z It was about 100 metres squared, with a road on the outside where smoke trucks ran, blocking out the farm and the pond and anything else that didn’t look like Okinawa. The best battle scenes ever shot from Apocalypse Now to Hacksaw Ridge 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Going up and over these ridges means the backcountry traveller who makes a complete circuit gains more than 6,000 metres of elevation in those 93 miles. Six of the best US national trails – chosen by experts 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z For example, the helicopters often fly 25-30 metres overhead, which is never the case in battle – there’s too much risk of the pilot being killed. The best battle scenes ever shot from Apocalypse Now to Hacksaw Ridge 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The entrance was found 25 metres underground, with the cave stretching into several branches covering around 800 metres. Cave given world heritage status 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z In all the museum now boasts 40 rooms and 3,000 square metres of exhibition space. Picasso Museum sees grand reopening 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z O’Shea owns the house in the Achill Island village of Dooagh that borders the track leading down to what might currently be the most famous 200 metres of sand in all of Ireland, possibly beyond. 'I never thought I'd see it again': the Irish beach that came back 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Hours before the summit was due to start, Mr Barak insisted that Israel should keep a sliver of land, 400 metres wide, on the edge of the Sea of Galilee. Blood brothers 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z You go 2,000 metres up a mountain, see an iron statue of a naked man and what do you do but put a jacket on it. Antony Gormley poses lofty questions in the Austrian mountains 2010-07-30T16:35:00Z The more flexible metres of his poetry show his dexterity. Poem of the week: Bethsabe's Song by George Peele 2010-10-11T10:37:00Z I’ll start with a visit to my editor, to berate her for commissioning me by email, even though she sits approximately four metres away. I’m old, sedentary and slouch a lot – will standing up at my desk help me live longer? 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The researchers placed the disc one metre from the volunteers at a range of angles. Echolocation could help blind people learn to navigate like bats 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z This takes me to the cemetery, a few hundred metres down the road from the barracks, by the sea. 48 hours on Norfolk Island: what to do, where to go 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z The first nine metres of it are on display in Paris for the next three months. Pass notes No 3,178: Jack Kerouac 2012-05-20T19:00:01Z They estimate that 222 yachts of over 30 metres have been bought worldwide so far this year. Superyachts and bragging rights: why the super-rich love their ‘floating homes’ 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Parnell, in the tradition of Dryden and Pope, tidies the metre into heroic couplets. Poem of the week: Pervigilium Veneris 2011-03-21T11:04:18Z In the Netherlands the suggested distance is 1.5 metres – though I saw little of that during my two days in the city. Post-lockdown Amsterdam is a crowd-free joy 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z They burned fires sparingly, built chimney tunnels that stretched metres from their underground abodes to divert the smoke from their dark homes. Raising a black son in the US: ‘He had never taken a breath, and I was already mourning him’ 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z The model was Kate Moss, she was 1.7 metres tall, her body was far from perfect and she did not pose like most models. Mannequin, Le Corps de la Mode (Models, the Body of Fashion) - review 2012-07-31T12:59:00Z A statue of Alexander's father, Philip of Macedon, is, at 28 metres, expected to be even taller than that of the warrior king. Alexander the Great or a warrior on a horse? 2011-08-14T13:50:56Z Now and then, people rushed past, heading for the nearest Métro station, which was less than 400 metres away. Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris by Graham Robb 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z The show's opening work will be dramatic and monumental – the 4 metre high St Andrew Altarpiece, made in about 1512, which shows the outstanding levels of skill and sophistication in early Hungarian wood carving. Royal Academy to exhibit Hungary's art treasures 2010-05-14T23:49:00Z Two hundred metres away, across a channel, sits my favourite cottage in the entire region, on an island of its own. Summer on the lake: ‘It’s as Canadian as ice hockey’ 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z British artist Jason DeCaires Taylor submerges his sculptures under nine metres of water off the coast of Mexico. Why make art no-one can see? 2012-07-02T15:40:59Z At 277 miles in length, 18 miles across at its widest, and a maximum 1,857 metres deep, this vast Arizona landmark is grand in nature as well as name. 10 of the best virtual tours of the world's natural wonders 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z "I have a dream of becoming Britain's premier Human Cannonball," says one man, wheeling on a cannon which will propel him upwards of 30 metres into the air. Dragons' Den: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-07-29T23:08:45Z In the 1990s, Johnson was the fastest man in history over 200 and 400 metres. Sprinter Michael Johnson on recovering from a stroke: ‘I did feel like, why did this happen to me?’ 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z The only sporting event to be shown live in 3D will be the men's 100 metre finals on 5 August. BBC announces 3D Olympic coverage 2012-02-15T16:50:17Z Members of the public compete against a 4x4x4 metre Perspex cube. The state of British TV: entertainment 2011-03-28T12:07:38Z The most common question specialists in this field are asked is, you guessed it, how fast can a human run 100 metres? How fast can we go? The science of sprinting 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The tallest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe, Silbury Hill rises to a height of 37 metres, making it comparable with the Egyptian pyramids and the ziggurats of Mesopotamia. David Attenborough's big dig 2010-10-25T21:01:00Z This year, production is expected to exceed a million metres – the biggest production run for 15 years – every centimetre hand-woven at homes in Scotland's Western Isles. Harris tweed returns to global boutiques after islands' renaissance 2012-11-09T16:45:33Z A super-sized steel lattice wraps around the building, creating a "diagrid" of flying beams that intersect at star-shaped joints six metres tall – each weighing 30 tonnes and fixed with chunky "mega-bolts". The Cheesegrater: Richard Rogers sprinkles the Square Mile 2013-06-16T17:00:01Z It is over 500 metres long and is dotted with classically trained buskers. 10 of the world’s best piers: readers’ travel tips 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z If I slid too far to the right, I’d shoot off the ramp and drop a thousand metres down the face. Racing against the dark on Mt. Kanchenjunga 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z I watched women get sewn into dresses, get into limos, drive 100 metres and then hobble up the red stairs. Sing a song of sex work – why no one needs a Pretty Woman musical | Suzanne Moore 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Built in the Andes at 2,430 metres above sea level around AD1450, Machu Picchu was created without wheels or animals to transport the huge stones up the mountainside. 10 virtual tours of the world’s most famous landmarks 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z The scallops caught at 35 metres are not good. Digested read: Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine by Rene Redzepi 2010-11-22T21:00:00Z Her spoken-word performances have the metre and craft of traditional poetry, the kinetic agitation of hip-hop and the intimacy of a whispered heart-to-heart. Kate Tempest: the performance poet who can't be ignored 2013-04-10T14:50:13Z With pale bluffs up to 20 metres high, it offers excellent photographic opportunities, walks with great views and an experience of untamed nature. 20 of the best Baltic beach holidays 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z I was told that this was the altitude, although it was closer to 2,500 metres. Why Ethiopia's running success is about more than poverty and altitude 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z But six months later, I climbed my first mountain, Mount Whitney in California – the highest in mainland America, at 4,421 metres. Experience: I climbed 61 mountains in a year 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Isaacs, wearing a khaki jacket and a white T-shirt with the word “Bawbags” on it, hits the wall with his first throw, then skims 61 and 54 metres. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z But for three acts, the effect is to strangle the action on the Sumner's large playing area to a stage-within-a-stage of around three square metres, on which actors are arranged in various tableaux. The Crucible – review 2013-06-28T00:38:00Z My Fair Lady with Dominic West is a mega-hit for Sheffield Crucible, or you can walk a few metres to the Lyceum for the touring production of Blood Brothers. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-01-11T17:24:51Z It was so different, though, when those issues – unstable housing, addiction and abuse – were condensed in the prison, packed into classrooms and three metre by two metre cells. I thought I knew about feminism – then I started work in a women’s prison 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z But it's still not big enough: although the ceiling looms nine metres above the concrete floor, it's too low to squeeze in the giant cherry-picker that is central to the show. Theatre and youth unemployment: Tangled Feet call for revolution 2013-06-24T17:41:19Z At up to 15 metres wide, each of the ten routes would accommodate 12,000 cyclists per hour and improve journey times by up to 29 minutes, according to the designers. Architects unveil plan for $360 million bike path in the sky 2014-01-02T20:04:00Z The mossy heather zone above 3,500 metres was surreal: Unesco calls it “Africa’s botanical big game”. Mountains of the moon: climbing Uganda's highest peak 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z On a lawn lie two rusting decades-old buses, two smaller stone houses, and one swing, all less than 20 metres from the shore. Searching for the remote: Cabo Raso, Patagonia’s coastal ghost town 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z And that was before you got inside: some seats were as far as 37 metres away from the stage – a distance that has now halved. Royal Shakespeare Company prepares to open theatre after ?112.8m revamp 2010-09-02T05:00:00Z At the same time, we lowered the floors by over a metre to give us the height we needed to make this a public space. National Museum of Scotland: suspend your disbelief 2011-07-26T20:31:01Z None of the trees would grow beyond seventeen metres, insuring that they would not be visible from the palace. The Shoes of Le Nôtre 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Here, windswept dunes tower up to 150 metres above sea level, making for excellent hiking, whale watching, horse riding and off-road vehicle recreation. Top 10 national and state parks in Oregon 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z But as I slid underneath, my hair got tangled in one of the axles and I was dragged under the bus for several metres. I was dragged under a bus by my hair 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z It’s on an open, grassy plain, surrounded by peaks 1,200 metres high – sharp ridge-lines softening into rolling hills. 'My best travel discovery of 2016' 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z Often flying as low as 100 metres, Dench provided a bird’s eye view of the challenges facing this endangered species. 10 of the most inspiring adventures of 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The average unit rented is eight square metres. Our lock-and-leave culture: the rise of self-storage and clinging to stuff we hardly use 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z From 244 metres up, the towers of the City look like dinky chess pieces, the looping spaghetti of railway lines like a toy train set, commuters scuttling like ants below on the platforms. The Shard opens up to share its high, wide and handsome view 2013-01-11T08:03:00Z The Quiksilver Big Wave Invitational surfing competition is traditionally held here, but only in years where the waves top six metres. Top 10 national and state parks in Hawaii 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z It sounds amazing, looks stunning and will be the biggest purpose-built exhibition space outside London - 5,000 square metres of new light filled gallery space designed by David Chipperfield Architects. Details of ?35m Hepworth gallery revealed - why it's money well spent 2011-02-03T18:18:01Z An old man from southern Italy approaches with his “pizza by the metre”, proudly showing its toppings – “seasonal vegetables from my garden” – and I resolve to power through. World Pizza Championships: where dough-obsessed divas battle it out 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z I have a painting in my house that’s four metres long that this Swedish artist did for me. Noomi Rapace: ‘Amy Winehouse was like an angel when I wasn’t in a good place’ 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Revellers at the festival packed into a tunnel that was 100 metres long and 16 metres wide after police closed the grounds owing to overcrowding. Germany mourns Love Parade dead 2010-07-31T10:43:00Z With some standing more than five metres tall, the works showcase the sculptor's techniques using various materials including bronze, steel and wood. VIDEO: Giant sculptures dominate London street 2012-08-28T23:53:51Z During a performance of the Cirque du Soleil extravaganza Kà, audience members gasped in amazement as one of the aerialists plummeted an estimated 27 metres into a pit below the stage. The rise and fall of Cirque du Soleil 2013-07-09T11:44:22Z At 140 metres long, the catwalk is one of the longest built for a Paris show. Salvatore Ferragamo Louvre show pushes case for fashion as high art 2012-06-13T16:03:30Z The pylon-like structure, 30 metres tall, would be a personal hell for vertigo sufferers, with its bent metal rungs and tiny platform of sun-cracked boards. Chernobyl: the wildlife haven created when people left 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z Sheer canyons of red stone dropped thousands of metres and stacked red pinnacles rose, like something out of Middle Earth. Wilderness by Sarah Hall 2013-03-18T13:22:56Z Visitors will also be able to glimpse the new 1,500 sq metre gallery space for temporary exhibitions that will be created below. V&A unveils ?35m plans for courtyard and underground gallery 2011-03-28T16:29:42Z Bamboos thrust up rudely, sometimes as much as a metre a day, so you hardly need to speed them up. TV review: Kingdom of Plants 2012-05-26T18:00:01Z The scale of the painting – almost three metres tall – is profoundly satisfying. Lucian Freud storms the Pompidou Centre 2010-03-16T21:35:00Z The visibility is very clear, and some exhibits are only four metres down, meaning even non-divers can slip on a snorkel and view from a boat.| Scuba diving trips around the world: readers’ tips 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z I did my first big wall – 900 metres – with my dad when I was 12. Climber Tommy Caldwell: 'From an early age Yosemite became the centre of my universe' 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z For example, he wants an outright ban on fishing beneath 800 metres and a phasing out of bottom trawl and dredge fishing. Callum Roberts' Ocean of Life is a manifesto for marine management 2012-06-07T06:30:01Z And what is it with those two busy roads rumbling within a few metres of the stones? Stonehenge's £27m makeover will end its days as a traffic island 2012-07-11T15:24:02Z Hidden in the hedges along the 500 metres of path are steel fences to prevent short cuts by crawling through. Cliveden's 'lost' maze restored by National Trust 2011-04-05T16:09:50Z Above 5,000 metres you need an oxygen mask to survive. Experience: I flew solo around the world in a hot-air balloon 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Although the alexandrine metre is claimed to be "too quaint", it represents a conscious artistic decision. Poem of the week: Going, Going... by Leah Fritz 2011-08-22T09:18:53Z Covering 42% of the Earth's surface with an average depth of 4,000 metres, the ocean is far larger than any terrestrial ecosystem. TV highlights 20/02/2013 2013-02-20T07:00:01Z The composer likes overlaying metres to produce trancelike effects, savouring within them the shifting detail furnished by his remarkable drummer and childhood friend, Kaspar Rast. Nik B?rtsch's Ronin: Llyria ? review 2010-12-16T22:30:01Z And it must be said that, at 2,640 metres above sea level, this Andean metropolis is no stranger to fog and rain. Bogotá, Colombia’s banging capital 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z If this crouching man stood up, he would be over 100 metres tall; if an adult stands next to it, he or she may just be able to peek over its feet. Antony Gormley drops 60-tonne load for monumental sculpture 2010-08-27T17:05:00Z Sky's James Matthews crept to "within metres" of the standoff until an armed officer caught him. Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: The news 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z Coming out of the woods we see our target summit, high in the sky, and still another 1,000 metres away. From summit to sea: a snowboarding adventure in the Arctic Circle 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z There was rarely more than a metre or two between us; leave half a handlebar’s width and someone’s front wheel would soon nudge in. How it feels to tackle the Tour de France's 'final battle' – the Col d'Izoard 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z When misused – look at Facebook – it can make one long for the days when bad grammar was punished with a metre rule on the bum rather than an "unlike". From Help! to Build A Rocket Boys!, exclamation marks rock! 2011-01-15T00:07:06Z For two years, a statue of her, seven months pregnant and more than three and a half metres tall, sat serenely atop the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square in London. Alison Lapper: 'Disabled people are looked at as a drain on society, and I'm certainly not that' 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z This rustic cafe in a historic mansion offers casual Swiss dining at its best – and takes its name from the famous fork sculpture just a few metres away. 10 of the best things to do in Vevey, Switzerland 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z If you want to win something, run 100 metres. Zátopek! – review 2012-06-18T17:35:31Z Before I have gone 100 metres, I am thinking about packing it in. ‘There is a thrill to seeing your stomach getting flatter’: why I run 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z The BGS estimates onshore shale reserves at 150 billion cubic metres. Newcastle arts cuts sabotage magnificence of a region 2012-12-16T00:06:08Z In these huge works, up to two metres high, he strips the human body down to something more abstract, elemental and direct. This week's new exhibitions 2010-06-11T23:05:00Z When completed it will be 52 metres in diameter. From Stonehenge to Iceland's Arctic Henge, by motorbike – photo essay 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z “I had to tell him to slow down, he was too fast, my legs were too tired. I picked up Cormac about 50 metres from the finish and crossed the line with both of them.” I’m glad I started a debate, says athlete who breastfed on ultra-marathon 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Shakira: They were living in terrible conditions in plastic tents, one metre square, it was like nothing I've ever seen before. Shakira talks about performing at Glastonbury: I hope I don't disappoint, says the star with a big conscience 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z It slowly spiralled away northwards until it reached the point where the incoming tide pouring through the sound hit the Atlantic swell, creating standing waves some two metres high that felt distinctly unsafe. The primal thrill of sharks: the emotional case for rewilding the sea 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z The archive, which occupies approximately 12 metres in shelf space in the British Library, is expected to be fully accessible by summer 2011. JG Ballard archive acquired for British Library 2010-06-10T15:10:00Z Angola is home to one of Africa’s biggest waterfalls, the Kalendula Falls, boasting an impressive width of 410 metres and a drop of 105 metres. 20 of the world's best waterfalls: readers’ tips 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z When my next travels 43 metres, I think there’s a chance. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z A limp hot-dog wrapper on a drain grille, which the wind lifts a couple of metres and then drops again, this time on the pavement flecked with white stepped-on chewing gum: incredible. At the Writing Academy 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Having run that pesky 195 metres at the start, I was beginning to lap runners myself around the mile mark. Running in circles: my track marathon 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z After it erupted, Mount Mazama collapsed, leaving behind a crater more than 1,200 metres deep – and 8km north to south and 10km east to west – that eventually filled with rain and snowmelt. Top 10 national and state parks in Oregon 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z We walk 400 metres south along the road to a secluded and enchanting waterfall at an elbow of the river. Different strokes: wild swimming in Spain 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z The site of the new project, a hundred metres from the river, also brings its own problems. Delhi plans Tate Modern-style gallery in old power station 2010-12-28T17:24:27Z “We sat on a bench two metres apart and talked nonstop for over an hour,” she says. ‘We were sexually frustrated’: did it work out for people who texted an ex in lockdown? 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Assemble the fire by scattering a layer of rocks, then adding wood and more rocks until it reaches about half a metre high. How to cook meat and veg the Indigenous way 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z It’s a Saturday morning in Southampton, and I am four metres from the ground, clinging to a wall and suddenly remembering that I am terrified of heights. Climbing has gone from niche sport to worldwide sensation. What is its dizzying appeal? 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z The 4.3 metre tall oil on canvas painting shows George looking up to heaven as he refuses to worship Pagan idols. Veronese masterpieces on show in UK 2014-03-18T17:56:37Z “If it’s a well-aired house, it’s maybe not necessary, but I would say generally if you’re indoors, stay 2 metres away and wear a mask, and that will reduce the risk,” says Shivkumar. How to stop your glasses steaming up – and 19 other essential facts about face masks 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The trail is steep and rocky and includes a section nicknamed the “knife edge” that is only a metre wide with sheer cliffs on both sides. Top 10 national and state parks in New England, USA 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z She was struck by two vehicles, one of which dragged her more than 180 metres, authorities said. Dancer Bethune killed in accident 2012-02-14T13:26:07Z Souman concluded that, on average, people who are lost, without external navigational cues, will typically not travel farther than a hundred metres from their starting point, regardless of how long they walk. The Dread and Bewilderment of Walking in Circles 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Two gravediggers stand over their shovels as, metres from me, a man scrubs another man's arm in raw chicken. Meet the incredible Mr Goodwin, daredevil extraordinaire 2013-03-01T14:00:00Z In its initial posture, it reached almost 5 metres high and was over 25 metres long, with 70 vertebrae in the tail alone. Independence Day fossil: Dippy the star-spangled dinosaur 2013-07-04T14:28:00Z It wasn't a bad debut for Hilary, who showed momentary interest in Chilean human cannonball Rodrigo, who could blast himself 35 metres across a town square. Rewind TV: Dragons' Den; Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words; My Life as a Turkey: Natural World Special 2011-08-06T23:05:53Z In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight he displayed his skill in his rendering of the alliterative verse of the 14th century into the same metre in modern English. 'New' JRR Tolkien epic due out next year 2012-10-09T15:49:40Z From these measurements, archaeologists reckon people using hunting sticks – each about a metre long with a flapping piece of wood attached by connecting thread – were set up about two metres apart. How global warming is aiding ? and frustrating ? archaeologists 2010-09-25T23:35:00Z She now sits perfectly upright in astonishingly clear water at a depth of about 22 metres. Scuba diving trips around the world: readers’ tips 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Wilson Creek Falls is one of Canada’s largest waterfalls by volume: a white torrent of noise and energy pouring 63 metres down a mossy break in the mountain. British Columbia road trip: the art of getting lost 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z At 100 metres, the Gormley is defiant, standing up to everything, bring it on; close up he's vulnerable, lost perhaps. Antony Gormley poses lofty questions in the Austrian mountains 2010-07-30T16:35:00Z Fears of an impending eruption led to the evacuation of the town of Grindavik, which has partially sunk by more than a metre. Iceland helicopter video shows giant cracks in earth 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Parry, from Walworth, south London, was ordered not to contact Sir Gavin or his office or knowingly be within 100 metres of him. Sir Gavin Williamson: MP's stalker gets restraining order 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Experts say the machine is powerful enough to dig through five metres of debris per hour. Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: New drill machine brings hope to trapped Indian workers 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z By mid-morning, he and other staff had yet to receive instructions from the troops, although the soldiers were "metres away" from them. Israeli troops scour Gaza's Al Shifa hospital for Hamas fighters, arms 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z About half of the apartment block had been destroyed by the missile, which had torn out a gaping triangular hole that spanned at least ten metres at its top. Rescuers search for survivors after lethal Russian missile strike in east Ukraine 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Al Shifa is a sprawling complex of buildings and courtyards a few hundred metres from Gaza City's fishing port. Israeli soldiers kill several Hamas fighters at start of raid on Al Shifa hospital 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z She had been seventh at the halfway point and only took the lead in final few metres ahead of dominant three-time world champion Maria Mutola. How Dame Kelly Holmes won her toughest race - to be herself, out and proud 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Rescuers will have to dig through several metres of debris before they can start the evacuations. Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescuers race to save 40 workers trapped in India tunnel 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z There have been reports of tanks and armoured vehicles being within metres of the hospital gate. Al-Shifa: WHO says Gaza hospital unable to bury dead bodies 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z But rescuers still have to dig through several metres of debris before they can start evacuating the labourers. Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Race to save 40 trapped workers 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Shifa is a sprawling complex of buildings and courtyards a few hundred metres from Gaza City’s small fishing port, sandwiched between Beach refugee camp and the city’s Rimal neighbourhood. Al Shifa: Gaza's largest hospital in the headlines 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z He was given the jab in Oxford, just a few hundred metres away from the Jenner Institute, where the vaccine had been developed. AstraZeneca faces legal challenge over Covid vaccine 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z The attacks, just hundreds of metres from the Romanian border, and drone debris found in Romania have increased security risks for the military alliance whose members have a mutual defence commitment. Germany to send fighter jets to Romania to support NATO -source 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Hamas, which has controlled the coastal enclave since 2007, has built a tunnel city stretching beneath Gaza for hundreds of kilometres, up to 80 metres deep in parts. Israel targets Hamas tunnels in new phase of Gaza war 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z The spearthrower is a weapon designed for throwing darts, which are large projectiles resembling arrows that generally measure over two metres long. Long-distance weaponry identified at the 31,000-year-old archaeological site of Maisières-Canal 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z On the street near the museum, the attack left a hole several metres deep. Russian air strikes wound eight in Odesa, damage museum, port, Ukrainian officials say 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z The units require just one metre high waves to work, and the firm hopes that it will start to sell them commercially next year. The floating desalination machines powered by the waves 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Nanowire networks are made up of tiny wires that are just billionths of a metre in diameter. Nanowire 'brain' network learns and remembers 'on the fly' 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z This includes two large masses of water in the Southern Ocean that combine to fill a depth range of 300 -- 1500 metres. Ocean warming is accelerating, and hotspots reveal which areas are absorbing the most heat 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Spearthrowers can propel darts over a distance of up to eighty metres. Long-distance weaponry identified at the 31,000-year-old archaeological site of Maisières-Canal 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Shreyas added to the punishment late on, entertaining the raucous crowd with a brutal 56-ball knock that contained six sixes, including the longest of the tournament so far at 106 metres. Sri Lanka bowled out for 55 as India reach semis 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z The shootings took place in derelict Serbian farm buildings a few hundred metres from the Hungarian border fence. Migrants to Europe dying in gun battles and car crashes 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z In some places, heavy winter fog was adding to the murky conditions and visibility was less than 50 metres in parts of Hebei province and Tianjin city. Haze lingers in Beijing as fog blankets parts of north China 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z When the picture reappeared about a minute later, the team saw a smoking crater some 50 metres short of the Russian radar system, which could be seen speeding away to safety on its caterpillar tracks. The drones fighting cat and mouse battles behind Russian front lines in Ukraine 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z "He said for the past 3 weeks he couldn't walk and remained basically bedridden and even had difficulty walking 4 metres from his bed to the toilet in his cell," the letter reads. Yang Hengjun: Sons of Australian jailed in China plead for his release 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The new show court, standing 28 metres above ground level and surrounded by oak trees, will have climbing plants on the walls. Wimbledon expansion plan moves closer after vote 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z On board the now decommissioned research vessel POSEIDON, the team used 3D seismic methods to create a three-dimensional image of the crater, which is now 18 metres below the water's surface. Mystery of volcanic tsunami solved after 373 years 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z "There is a whole city all over Gaza underneath with depths of 40-50 metres. There are bunkers and headquarters and storage and of course they are connected to more than a thousand rocket launching positions." Hamas' tunnel city beneath Gaza - a hidden front line for Israel 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z These 'biological fingerprints' can reveal what minerals are buried tens of metres below the earth's surface without having to drill. Biological fingerprints in soil show where diamond-containing ore is buried 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The Verity was carrying steel and had 1,300 cubic metres of diesel on board, the spokesperson added. One dead, four missing after freighters collide in North Sea 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Collectively the West Antarctic Ice Sheet contains enough ice to raise global mean sea-level by up to five metres. Increased West Antarctic Ice Sheet melting 'unavoidable' 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Then the water suddenly receded, only to surge towards the coastline moments later, battering it with waves up to 20 metres high. Mystery of volcanic tsunami solved after 373 years 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Other sources estimated depths of up to 80 metres. Hamas' tunnel city beneath Gaza - a hidden front line for Israel 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z If the ice sheet were to fully melt, average global sea levels would rise by more than a metre. Meltdown of West Antarctic Ice Sheet unavoidable, study says 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Authorities reported strong winds in the area and waves of up to three metres. One dead, four missing after freighters collide in North Sea 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z All the while, Maayan's lifeless body is lying just metres away. 'Hamas said they wouldn’t shoot, then murdered my daughter’ 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Karstens: "According to this, waves of six metres would have been expected at one particular location, but we know from the reports of eyewitnesses that they were 20 metres high there." Mystery of volcanic tsunami solved after 373 years 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z "We can still save the rest of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, containing about 10 times as many metres of sea-level rise, if we learn from our past inaction and start reducing greenhouse gas emissions now." Sea-level rise: West Antarctic ice shelf melt 'unavoidable' 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z To achieve the feat, the mosaic had to be over 100 square metres. Tim Burton-inspired pumpkin mosaic sets world record 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Rescuers were called to reports of an otter trapped in a metre of water in Frome, Somerset, on Friday but on arrival were surprised to find two beavers. Beavers saved from drowning in Frome storm drain 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Scientists have discovered the deepest known evidence of coral reef bleaching, more than 90 metres below the surface of the Indian Ocean. Scientists discover deepest known evidence of coral reef bleaching 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z In Gaza City, we had a large flat 400 metres from the beach. Rushdi Abualouf: My daughters beg for Gaza City return - but our old lives are over 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z Sea-level rises of around a metre may not sound much, but even these increases would put hundreds of millions of people worldwide at risk of coastal flooding. Sea-level rise: West Antarctic ice shelf melt 'unavoidable' 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z The farm's finished patchwork of pumpkins and squashes ended up just under 200 square metres. Tim Burton-inspired pumpkin mosaic sets world record 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Police said a metal object containing "a small amount of pyrotechnic material" exploded about 30 metres away from a perimeter compound of the embassy, which lies in a heavily populated area of Nicosia. Small blast outside Israeli embassy in Cyprus overnight; no damage 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z A penalty for not rolling away gifted them a five metre driving lineout from which to launch an attack. Gritty Wales lose WXV opener against Canada 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z In Northfield, Birmingham, a man had to climb on to the roof of his car when it was pushed 30 metres down a fast-flowing river. Man dies in Cleobury Mortimer flood during Storm Babet 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z It was measured at 98 metres - the second-biggest six of the tournament. Warner ton inspires Australia victory over Pakistan 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Greenland holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by 7 metres if it were all to melt. How to Save Greenland’s Massive Ice Sheet 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Number eight Ben Earl has been one of England's stand-out players so far at the tournament, making more metres and line breaks and beating more defenders than any other player in the squad. Itoje urges England to seize the day to shock Boks 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Rubiales was banned from going within 200 metres of Hermoso after she filed a legal complaint. Hermoso in Spain squad for first time since World Cup 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z He told BBC Scotland that Mr Cowan lived "metres" from the Gaza barrier, adding: "It was quiet, it was peaceful and it was in the country. He loved it." The UK nationals killed in Hamas attacks on Israel 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Hundreds of scrolls were buried by Mount Vesuvius in October AD 79, when the eruption left Herculaneum under 20 metres of volcanic ash. AI Reads Ancient Scroll Charred by Mount Vesuvius in Tech First 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z However, Earth would still be locked into sea-level rise of up to several metres, which would devastate coastal areas. How to Save Greenland’s Massive Ice Sheet 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The jug was only a metre away from the boat, but the waves were strong, and he was not wearing a life jacket, a 27-year-old man who witnessed the incident told MSF. Migrant’s drowning in Mediterranean prompts criticism of Malta's rescue policies 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The nearest blue shirts were still metres away. Are South Africa even better than 2019 Boks? 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The array sits about 17 miles from the coast and in 58 metres of water making it the deepest fixed wind farm in the world. Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm at full power 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z There are metres of personal space for us. Khan Younis: A Gaza city on its knees, now with a million mouths to feed 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z But rescuing the ice in these conditions would require huge future cuts in atmospheric greenhouse-gas levels — and would not prevent the ice sheet from melting enough to cause up to several metres of sea-level rise. How to Save Greenland’s Massive Ice Sheet 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z "We found she was down one of the holes, about 10 metres down just on a little ledge," said Hollie. Pet dog 'vanished' into 32ft hole on Pen Pych mountain 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z The Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines have a joint annual capacity of 110 billion cubic metres - more than half of Russia's normal gas export volumes. Kremlin says damage to Baltic pipeline is 'disturbing', mentions Nord Stream attack 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z "Ten metres along, another crayfish, and for about a mile there were just crayfish all along the way, really angry, some with their claws in the air giving it some." Rugby World Cup: The quirky ways Wales fans are travelling to France 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z There, the World Bank predicts a one metre rise would flood 40% of buildings. The last country on Earth without a national football team 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The upper dam had a storage capacity of 1.5 million cubic metres of water, while the lower dam could hold 22.5 million cubic metres. Libya floods: The flawed response that increased Derna death toll 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z We are talking about hundreds of metres at a time that we are liberating from our enemies and strengthening our positions. Ukrainian forces make headway in east, south -officials 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z The Mont Blanc's rocky peak culminates at 4,792 metres but total height depends on its snowpack, which typically increases over summer, as rain on its peak turns into snow. Mont Blanc shrinks over two metres in height in two years - researchers 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Just 800 metres away, a grey navy ship starts to follow the Sindangan, joining the four Chinese coastguard vessels and five other boats suspected by the Philippines of being militia. Near collision, tense encounter as Beijing flexes muscles in the South China Sea 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Two Pakistani climbers narrowly escaped the avalanches on Saturday after calling off their summit bid because of poor weather despite coming within a few hundred metres of the peak, Pakistani media reported. Two killed by avalanches on Tibet’s Shishapangma as 50 were climbing 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Witnesses have said the water was nearly three metres high in places. Libya floods: The flawed response that increased Derna death toll 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Two Pakistani climbers, narrowly escaped the avalanches on Saturday after calling off their summit bid due to poor weather despite coming within a few hundred metres of the peak, Pakistani media reported. Two killed as avalanches hit Tibet's Shishapangma as climbers near summit 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z "Normally, Mont Blanc gains one metre from June to September, but that did not happen this summer because several days of positive temperatures, even a record of 10 degrees Celsius," he added. Mont Blanc shrinks over two metres in height in two years - researchers 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Instead Tuilagi helped himself to the highest number of attacking metres of any players in the first quarter. England sneak narrow win over superb Samoa 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z Georgia made three half-time substitutions and looked lively on the restart, but defensive pressure saw a loose midfield pass picked up by North who released Rees-Zammit to cruise in from 60 metres. Wales top pool with bonus-point win over Georgia 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z "The water rose by six metres, but at least the farm building survived," she says. Ukraine dam: Rebuilding shattered lives after Ukraine’s dam collapse 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z But the two Philippine Coast Guard ships were too big to pass and at one point got within a few metres of the Chinese ships. BBC witnesses Chinese ships blocking Philippines supply boats 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z "It is hard to believe we are going to recuperate a few metres over the next two years. There is a lot of variation, but there is a slight downward trend," Kadded said. Mont Blanc shrinks over two metres in height in two years - researchers 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Journalists were on board a Philippine Coast Guard boat, which was acting as a security escort for a resupply mission, when it came within metres of Chinese ships. Formation of Chinese ships blocks Philippine boats 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z "The summit is constantly changing in altitude and position, with changes of up to five metres," he said, "Mont Blanc could well be much taller in two years." France's highest mountain Mont Blanc is shrinking 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The release will last for about 17 days starting Thursday, during which some 7,800 cubic metres of wastewater will be released into the Pacific Ocean. Tepco starts releasing second batch of treated radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear plant 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z "In certain areas, we are advancing from 100 to 600 metres." Ukraine says its forces make headway in south, hold gains in east 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z His explosive brand of riding in the final metres of flatter, sprint stages has seen him win more Tour stages than anyone else, other than Merckx. Cavendish to race next year to target Tour record 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z On Friday, the two-metre rule meeting made it abundantly clear that no-one in Number 10 or the Cabinet Office had really read or taken time to understand the science advice on two metres. Sir Patrick Vallance criticises Boris Johnson's 'impossible flip-flopping' 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z It also operates a gauging station in the area which measures the level of flooding in metres. The Dumfries street that has flooded more than 200 times 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Imagine getting within metres of the finish line of a half marathon and then turning round to see your partner on one knee. Cardiff Half Marathon: Runners get engaged near finish line 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Kieran Chapman, 27, installed the tree metres from the site at Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland, to restore "hope". Sapling at Sycamore Gap removed by National Trust 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z Sitting just metres behind him in court as he spoke were two of the victims' daughters, who have spent 24 years seeking formal recognition of what happened to their fathers. Yury Garavsky: Swiss trial acquits man who admitted abducting Belarus politicians 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Rubiales has been handed a restraining order preventing him from going within 200 metres of Hermoso. Vilda being investigated in Rubiales criminal case 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Russia's Gazprom said about 800 million cubic metres of gas, equivalent to about three months of Danish gas supplies, had escaped. Q+A What is known about the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z When they got within metres of the finishing line, Mr Harkness decided it was time. Cardiff Half Marathon: Runners get engaged near finish line 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z "They said any self-respecting Japanese would only have to get within 100 metres to tell we're not bloody local people." World War Two: The Australian commando raid in Singapore 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Just one square metre can contain as many as five explosives. Ukraine war: Training to clear the world's most heavily mined country 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z The octopus can live at depths of up to 7,000 metres and has been filmed by a remotely-operated Ocean Exploration Trust vehicle. Rare 'Dumbo' octopus filmed in deep sea 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z For a centre that has been thrust into the international spotlight, the Hotspot is surprisingly small - just 200 metres long. Lampedusa: Inside the camp at the heart of Europe’s migrant surge 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z That would be equal to 7.2 million homes, according to Reuters calculations, based on the average home size of 90 square metres. Even China's 1.4 billion population can't fill all its vacant homes, former official says 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z "People should understand that along every metre in that line of woods, boys are dying, many are injured," he said, Ukrainian troops vow to take back Bakhmut but say it won't be easy 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z It is part of her training to climb about 5,300 metres to reach Mount Everest Base Camp in November. Kenya's Westgate shopping mall siege: How a survivor has healed 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Precise arrangement of nanometre-sized structures -- at just one billionth of a metre -- is one of the major challenges in the ongoing miniaturisation in electronics, optics and medicine. Precisely arranging nanoparticles 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Unfolded, the DNA contained in each of our cells would measure about two metres in length. Strengthening artificial immune cells to fight cancer 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Researchers monitored temperatures continuously from June 2021 until the end of August 2022, with temperature sensors placed two to three metres above ground level. Scientists call for a tree planting drive to help tackle heatwaves 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Rubiales has been banned from going within 200 metres of Hermoso after she filed a legal complaint. Spain players agree to end boycott 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Two dams collapsed, releasing an estimated 30 million cubic metres of water into the city of Derna. How Climate Change Made Libya’s Flooding Even More Devastating 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z And when they burst, tens of millions of cubic metres of water poured into the city, sweeping away entire neighbourhoods. Climate change played major role in Libya floods 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Nova.bg web site quoted witnesses as saying that the drone was between 3 and 3.5 metres long. Bulgarian army destroys explosives on drone that landed in Black Sea resort 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z England will come up against opponents where metres are far harder to make, when their forward runners are knocked back over the gainline, rather than allowed to repeatedly plough across it. 'Improving England were the best they've been under Borthwick' 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Nova.bg web site quoted witnesses as saying that the drone was between 3 and 3.5 metres long and that it had a container with explosives attached to it. Bulgaria sends team to inspect drone that landed in Black Sea resort 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Nova.bg web site reported quoting witnesses that the drone was between 3 and 3.5 metres long. Bulgaria sends team to inspect drone landed in Black Sea resort 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z These minefields are intensely packed, in some places up to five mines laid in a square metre. War in Ukraine: Is the counter-offensive making progress? 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z The line of the river now gapes like an open wound, perhaps a hundred metres across in places. Libya floods: A barren wasteland with a lingering smell of death 2023-09-16T04:00:00Z The order prevents Rubiales trying to contact Hermoso or coming within 200 metres of her, according to a court statement. Restraining order imposed on ex-Spain soccer boss as he testifies in assault probe 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z But Libya has by far taken the worst damage from the storm, with an estimated 30 million cubic metres of water released when the dams gave way. Climate change "undoubtedly" played a role in Libyan floods that killed over 11,000 people: experts 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z If granted, the order would prevent Rubiales trying to contact her or coming within 500 metres of her. Restraining order requested as ex-Spain soccer boss testifies in assault probe 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z However, tanker Pacific Enlighten docked at the Wheatstone terminal on Thursday and loaded 140,650 cubic metres of LNG, the data showed. Chevron Australia LNG keeps up exports a day after outage cut production 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z The Greek coastguard and government have said they were monitoring the vessel for hours and no attempt was made to tow the boat which overturned when the coastguard was about 70 metres away. Survivors of migrant shipwreck file lawsuit against Greek authorities 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z |
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