How To Use tonne In A Sentence
- The spacecraft's mass at launch was some 13 tonnes, most of which was the propellants unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) and dinitrogen tetroxide (DTO). BBC News - Home
- They have been tearing away at the rubble for a week now, and more than 10,000 tonnes has been removed, But it has hardly made a dent in the mountain.
- The biggest of the ringing bells is three tonnes and an arresting sight as it gracefully arcs round, even if we can't hear it to its full capacity thanks to our bright red ear protectors.
- As for the other, he is a model of wantonness and scurrilousness and a blackener of the face of hoariness; his dye acteth the foulest of lies: and the tongue of his case reciteth these lines, [FN#464] 'Quoth she to me,' I see thou dy'st thy hoariness; 'and I,' I do but hide it from thy sight, O thou mine ear and eye! ' Arabian nights. English
- When cast in bronze, the statue is expected to weigh a tonne.
- In the construction of the works, the contractor has imported 30,000 tonnes of concrete and 1,500 tonnes of steel reinforcement.
- The company has also invested ￡100,000 in mobile equipment and can now loads ships at the rate of 5,000 tonnes a day.
- A country that imports wheat rather than growing it locally therefore saves 1,000 cubic metres of water for every tonne it imports.
- At the average grand prix there are 4000 VIP guests who between them guzzle down 2,300 lobsters, 1.4 tonnes of beef, 1.2 tonnes of fish and 5,500 magnums of champagne.
- He announced yesterday that almost 100 tonnes of food would have to be sourced to avert the threat of hunger in the affected areas.