A metric rod to beat the buyers 

 -  1994 
 - Daily Telegraph  8 January 1994, Weekend 11(1) .
<br/><br/> Estate agents are reluctant to use metric units in house particulars, claiming that buyers will have difficulty imagining the dimensions of property. The EC Directive comes into force at the end of 1994. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>CHAIN<br/>CONVERSION<br/>ESTATE AGENCY<br/>FURLONG<br/>HIDE<br/>HOUSE PARTICULARS<br/>METRICATION<br/>PERCH<br/>POLE<br/>ROD<br/>ROOD