On one hand, the length was essentially the same as each of our steps, enabling us to use the bar itself to easily vacuum the stairway.

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Prototypes of the vertical transistor, on the other hand, already have a gate length of 50 nanometres, and it should be possible to make them smaller still.

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Oscar held Maritza's hand and talked seriously and at great length about his love for her and reminded her that they had agreed to share, but Maritza wasn't having any of it.

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On the other hand, waiting will cut down on the length of time you'll hold bragging rights to the fastest machine in town.

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King of Kings, who was outside Lend a Hand a furlong out, sped away to win by a length and a quarter.

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Lend a Hand claimed another top three finish for Mark Johnston as he took second, three quarters of a length ahead of Border Arrow, who snatched third by a neck from Xaar.

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Given the testing conditions at the West Sussex course (several horses had already come a cropper around the famously tight right-hand bend), this was never going to be a procession on the scale of the 11-length drubbing Frankel handed out at Royal Ascot back in June.

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