Begin by measuring the total rise of the stairs, that is the distance from the ground to the top of the deck.

The second was announced at 2.17pm, temporarily taking the total rise for the day to five per cent.

This brought the total rise over the previous five years to 10 per cent.

Those three areas account for more than three-fourths of the nation's total rise.

The total rise of the hills is about 1200 metres (nearly 4000 ft).

For example, suppose the total rise is 45 inches.

All but 9,000 of the 88,000 total rise in permits, to a 1,442,000 annual rate, was for buildings with two or more units.

Either the top or the bottom step would need to be just one sleeper high, to give a total rise of 2ft 6in (75cm).

This brought the total rise for the year to 4.6 percent.

The end of the year would see this total rise to nearly £1M.