Example sentences of "tonne in [num] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discharges from refining and use of oil fell from 300,000 tonnes in 1980 to 60,000 tonnes in 1992 , exceeding targets for the reduction of emissions by 2000 . |
| 2 | The bulk import business has grown from 45,000 tonnes in 1989 to 243,000 tonnes in 1992 with animal feed , milling wheat and malting barley being the main commodities . |
| 3 | The department 's annual compendium of transport statistics shows that lead emissions fell from 6,700 tonnes in 1981 to 2,200 tonnes in 1990 . |
| 4 | Cocoa production increased by 58 per cent , from 190,000 tonnes in 1987/88 to 300,000 tonnes in 1988/89 , although the fall in world prices [ see p. 37335 ] hit export earnings from the crop . |
| 5 | Halon imports fell from 1,250 tonnes in 1986 to 280 tonnes . |
| 6 | Among its main points were : * the total emissions from ICI plants of pollutants to land , air and water fell from 8.6 million tonnes in 1990 to 8.3 million tons in 1991 ( down 3.7 per cent ) ; * the company had been prosecuted 36 times in 1990 and 26 times in 1991 for environmental offences , with the number of prosecutions falling in every country of operation with the exception of Britain ; * production of hazardous waste fell from 678 tonnes in 1990 to 476 tonnes in 1991 ( down 29.8 per cent ) ; * the amounts of " non-hazardous " waste dumped in landfills and in the North Sea increased , from 3,509 tons to 3,565 tons and from 150 to 170 tons respectively ; * overall energy consumption fell by 6 per cent in 1991 ( partly due to the sale of 20 subsidiaries and falling product sales ) ; * the company 's expenditure on environment-related projects reached £300 million in 1991 . |
| 7 | According to the authors of the inventory , even the most optimistic projection — which , incidentally , takes no account of military plutonium — sees plutonium stocks growing from 72 tonnes in 1990 to 113 tonnes in 2000 , before decreasing to 36 tonnes in 2010 , as MOX fabrication and fast reactors take off . |
| 8 | The low prices were expected to force a fall in refined tin supply from an estimated 193,000 tonnes in 1990 to 185,000 tonnes in 1991 . |
| 9 | Brazil 's undertaking ( despite its decision not to join the ATPC as a full member ) to control wildcat mining at its Bom Futuro mine was expected to reduce production by cutting the mine 's output from 19,000 tonnes in 1990 to 14,000 tonnes in 1991 . |
| 10 | Catches have fallen from 36,000 tonnes in 1988 to 28,000 tonnes in 1992 and the number of fish is down by two-thirds . |
| 11 | Total emissions of lead have plummeted from 127,900 tonnes in 1978 to 7200 tonnes in 1989 ( figure 8.12 ; table 8.5 ) . |
| 12 | Commercial crabbing began in 1928 , but catches increased from 355 tonnes in 1968 to 2680 tonnes in 1984 . |
| 13 | Production of cotton in Uganda grew from 20,000 bales in 1920 to 400,000 in 1935 ; exports of palm oil from Zaire grew from 40,000 tonnes in 1915 to 150,000 tonnes in 1935 . |