Sentence examples for Troy from inspiring English sources
"Troy" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it as a proper noun to refer to the city of Troy in Turkey OR as the name of a person. Example: After his visit to Troy, Malcolm had a newfound appreciation for the city's ancient history.
proper noun
An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey.
Polymetal - lifted in recent days by talk of a possible merger with Polyus Gold - lost 22p to £10.88 as it warned there was a chance it could miss its production target of 1.2m troy ounces of gold in 2013 due to delays at a Russian plant.
By 1983 a troy ounce cost just over $11, these days half as much.
The surge in the price of oil and metals helped the share of fuels and mining products to reach 16% of global trade last year, its highest for 20 years.Yellow feverThe price of gold rose above $600 a troy ounce on April 11th for the first time since December 1980 before falling back.
For them, and for some Moscow intellectuals, Mr Luzhkov was high-handed and wasteful in the way he had Christ the Saviour rebuilt in double quick time and persuaded Stolichny Bank to pour 53 kilos (1,700 troy ounces) of gold into the gleaming new dome.Will such wiles bring him the country's top job?
Such fears have ramped the price of gold up to an incredible $1,545 a troy ounce, up almost sixfold in a decade.In this section The wacky world of gold Advice for consultants Spanish aisles Big boxes for Boks Smiles and free peanuts Corporate India on the run Renault's woes Good darning, Vietnam The angel and the monster ReprintsYet gold miners' shares have failed to keep pace (see chart).
The price of gold breached $900 a troy ounce for the first time and platinum reached another record.An expensive yearConsumer prices in America rose by 4.1% in December.
Hill had been scheduled to be executed at 7pm at the same prison where Troy Davis was put to death in September 2011 amid massive international outcry.
"We reached these decisions after extensive discussion with [NFL executive vice president of football operations] Troy Vincent and many others," the NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, said.
Through the year, deep ethical and procedural problems with the death sentence in the US have been displayed by the cases of the 36 men (they have all been men) who have been executed since Troy Davis.
Moments before he was put to death, Troy Davis lifted his head from the gurney to which he was strapped and looked the family of Mark MacPhail, the police officer for whose murder he was convicted, directly in the eyes.
The acting NSW premier, Troy Grant, said: "This decision ensures the ongoing integrity of our resource allocation process, and draws a line under this sorry saga".
