1.   A column inch is one column wide by one inch deep.

2.   Column inch a measure of area used in newspapers and magazines to calculate the cost of display advertising.

3.   Many column inches have recently been devoted to the troubled pop star.

4.   Meanwhile, there was the question of his presents, to which much time and many column inches were devoted.

5.   Now it merits but a few column inches in a few papers.

6.   The official excuse for a sudden wave sweeping every column inch of coverage is that a genuine revelation has occurred.

7.   If they had a half decent team then perhaps they would warrant a few more column inches!!

8.   But of course it was not, if column inches and air time are the determining factor.

9.   Column inches dwindle while movies multiply.

10.   For both purveyors and consumers of personal-ad romance, the effectiveness of flirting in column inches has not yet been proved.