Example sentences of "a few cm " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dig the soil to the depth of a spade or fork , and clear out the rubbish as you go large stones , glass , china , bottle tops , sticks , wire , plastic and so on — at the same time mixing in a thin layer of rotted garden compost , especially if the soil is shallow and only a few cm ( in ) deep on top of chalk subsoil . |
| 2 | Tie tall plants to their supports as they grow , and break off the tips of the main shoot of plants you want to be bushy , just above a leaf or pair of leaves , when they are a few cm ( in ) tall ; basil , rosemary , hyssop , marjoram , mint , sage and savory are some of these . |
| 3 | as one of the many kinds of sprouting seeds , eaten when germinated seeds are a few cm tall ; lightly roasted ground seeds used in curry ; also used in Middle Eastern sweets such as halva ; fresh leaves used in curry dishes |
| 4 | In late winter they should be cut back hard to leave a few cm ( in ) of stem , otherwise they can become rather straggly . |
| 5 | Biopsy specimens taken a few cm distal to the splenic flexure and in the sigmoid colon were staiend with haematoxyline and eosin and were assessed blindly for the degree of inflammation . |