According to eyewitnesses, the only exit was two metres wide by two metres high.

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The wedding cake, prepared by master pastry chef Francisco Torreblanco weighs 170kg (375 pounds) and stands nearly two metres high (6.6 feet).

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Each spacecraft is a spinning cylinder about two metres across and one metre high, crammed with instrumentation.

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Their model consists of two concentric steel cylinders, three metres high and 80 centimetres in diameter, filled with molten sodium.

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The bill has proposed a definition of a high hedge at two metres, formed by a row or two of evergreens, such as the fast-growing leylandii, which forms a barrier to light.

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Instead of a single lattice tower, the cables are supported by two elegant steel poles up to 65 metres high.

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The discoveries the two researchers describe appear to be small granaries, about three metres across and three high.

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