| 词汇 | example_english_ton-of-grain |
| 释义 | ton of graincollocation in Englishmeanings of tonand grainThese words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or, see other collocations with ton or grain. ton noun[C] uk /tʌn/ us /tʌn/ a unit of weight equal to ... See more at ton grain noun uk /ɡreɪn/ us /ɡreɪn/ a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice ... See more at grain Examples of ton of grainThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. A chalder of grain means about a tonofgrain, and its value is fixed by the sheriff for the year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some recent bargains showed that people were prepared to give a tonofgrain for four yards of cloth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To unload a tonofgrain in a small wharf will cost 17p. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is much more difficult to decide to spend on the air transport of one tonofgrain a sum which might buy five, 10 or even 20 further tons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Over 2,000 tons of grain and animal feeding-stuffs out of a total of 5,822 tons have recently been cleared from various buildings on the site. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is equivalent to about 4 million tons of grain which, at to-day's import prices, is worth about £100 million a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Last year, they imported 45 million tons of grain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This provides for the delivery of 200,000 tons of grain consisting of 150,000 tons of barley, 30,000 tons of oats and 20,000 tons of maize. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To bring that million tons of grain to these shores you would want 350 ships of a carrying capacity of 5,000 tons dead-weight each. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is our food bill to be increased by £50 million in relation to the 10 million tons of grain to be imported? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The harvest will produce 1.5 million tons of grain this year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are 54 aerodromes in this country holding 190,000 tons of grain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The enemy has had to send in hundreds of thousand tons of grain from his own stocks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we add to that 4,500,000 tons for seed, we have a total requirement of 55,000,000 tons of grain a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Last year we accomplished a good deal, and this year we have increased the production by hundreds of thousands of tons of grain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thousands of tons of grain are still in the barns, and far too many tons are deteriorating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Want to learn more? Go to the definition of ton Go to the definition of grain See other collocations with ton See other collocations with grain |
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