2.271 prepositional phrases after measurements
Similarly, some measurement nouns can be followed by prepositional phrases beginning with 'in'.
- ...a block of ice one cubic foot in size.
- I put on nearly a stone in weight.
- They are thirty centimetres in length.
- ...deposits measuring up to a kilometre in thickness.
- It was close on ten feet in height.
Here is a list of prepositional phrases used after measurements:
- in area, in depth, in distance, in height, in length, in size, in thickness, in volume, in weight, in width