Example sentences of "tonne [prep] [noun sg] [vb past] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Basing his calculations on the mass of ancient slag heaps dotting the Troodos ophiolite , George Constantinou estimates that 2000 thousand tonnes of copper had been mined by Roman times . |
| 2 | Despite unfavourable weather , grain production had remained stable at around 21,700,000 tonnes , and 1,000,000 tonnes of rice had been exported . |
| 3 | During Coello 's tenure a record 75 tonnes of cocaine had been seized and a major cocaine trafficker to the United States , Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo , had been arrested . |
| 4 | Describing the donor response as " feeble " , Veloso said that only 387,000 tonnes of food had been pledged by donors , out of 916,000 tonnes requested ; less than 20 per cent of the amount requested had actually arrived in Mozambique . |
| 5 | Since 1986 163,000,000 tonnes of waste had been exported from industrialized countries , including approximately 10,000,000 tonnes of toxic waste , of which 5,200,000 tonnes went to developing countries and eastern Europe . |
| 6 | The Hungarian Minister of Environmental Protection and Urban Development , Laszlo Tarjan , stated at a press conference that up to 500 tonnes of waste had been smuggled into the country . |
| 7 | During her last few weeks , Betty was shown round the factory at Elderslie , the factory to which all her tonnes of yarn had been sent but which she had never seen . |