Example sentences of "[num] tonnes of [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of October , there were 494,000 tonnes of skimmed milk powder in intervention ; 446,000 tonnes of butter in intervention ; 850,000 tonnes of beef in intervention — the amount is growing — and 15.5 million tonnes of cereals in intervention . |
| 2 | Brazil produced more than 50,000 tonnes of tin in 1989 . |
| 3 | At the end of October , there were 494,000 tonnes of skimmed milk powder in intervention ; 446,000 tonnes of butter in intervention ; 850,000 tonnes of beef in intervention — the amount is growing — and 15.5 million tonnes of cereals in intervention . |
| 4 | In contrast , the Kenyan government celebrated " Elephant Day " on July 18 by burning 6.8 tonnes of ivory in a ceremony held to demonstrate its opposition to the continued trade . |
| 5 | On Aug. 15 the UN World Food Programme ( WFP ) began distributing 90,000 tonnes of food in Baghdad amidst reports that the governing body of the UN Compensation Fund [ see p. 38211 ] intended to order Iraq to pay compensation to workers forced to leave Kuwait and Iraq as a result of the Gulf crisis . |
| 6 | Recognizing the need to accelerate the drafting of a new model of commercial and economic co-operation , Cuba and Russia had signed an agreement under which Cuba would supply 1,000,000 tonnes of sugar in exchange for between 1,800,000 and 1,900,000 tonnes of oil in 1992 . |
| 7 | Under the terms of the deal , which marked the first direct trading contact between the two Korean states since the Korean War of 1950-53 , the North would supply 30,000 tonnes of anthracite and 11,000 tonnes of cement in exchange for the rice . |
| 8 | Castro described as an " unbelievable " achievement the harvesting of 7,000,000 tonnes of sugar in the current " special period " of extreme rationing of fuel , food and transport . |
| 9 | Recognizing the need to accelerate the drafting of a new model of commercial and economic co-operation , Cuba and Russia had signed an agreement under which Cuba would supply 1,000,000 tonnes of sugar in exchange for between 1,800,000 and 1,900,000 tonnes of oil in 1992 . |
| 10 | class 47 No 47302 passes Ainderby with the 10.12 up train on 8 August 1896 , hauling 900 tonnes of limestone in privately owned PGA wagons . |
| 11 | At the end of October , there were 494,000 tonnes of skimmed milk powder in intervention ; 446,000 tonnes of butter in intervention ; 850,000 tonnes of beef in intervention — the amount is growing — and 15.5 million tonnes of cereals in intervention . |
| 12 | The countries of the European Community used 1.7 million tonnes of fertiliser in 1953 but this grew to 8.9 million tonnes by 1982 . |
| 13 | By November 1984 the strike had cost 55.5 million tonnes of coal in lost production . |
| 14 | If left unchecked , the fire could consume 24 million tonnes of coal in the next 100 years . |
| 15 | Qatar , which produced some 20 million tonnes of oil in 1984 , and exports steel , fertilizers and petrochemicals , plans to spend some $4–6 billion over the next seven years on a project to export liquefied gas from its vast North Field . |
| 16 | Few will ever get rich , but between them they 've produced , in recent years , nearly five hundred tonnes of gold in the Tappajoss region alone . |
| 17 | The fish farming industry has grown from a few hundred tonnes of fish in 1980 to 33,000 tonnes per annum in 1990 . |
| 18 | A survey conducted by Chittagong University 's Economics Department showed that the Satkhira region , which produced 40,000 tonnes of rice in 1976 , yielded only 360 tonnes ten years later . |
| 19 | The 20 tonnes of lead in the batteries has been found to have an immeasurably low level of background radiation . |
| 20 | Australia produced 360,000 tonnes of apples in 1989 of which 150,000 tonnes were processed and 20,000 tonnes exported . |
| 21 | Cambodia produced 2,700,000 tonnes of rice in 1988 , the highest recorded annual total in two decades . |