Sentence examples for a certain tonnage from inspiring English sources

Mr. McCain would also initially allow businesses to meet all their emission targets either directly or by buying a kind of credit, called an offset, generated by, say, a landowner who can prove fields or trees are sopping up a certain tonnage of carbon dioxide or a business that can prove an investment avoided emissions that would otherwise have happened.

And so it was, a four-story beast of wood and stone with a back patio that tended to crumble under certain tonnages of snow.

Daly said BHP Billiton could commit to sell a certain amount of its iron ore tonnage on the stock market on a contract basis and be more transparent about price-setting mechanisms.

Daly said BHP Billiton could commit to sell a certain amount of its iron ore tonnage on the stock market on a contract basic and be more transparent about price-setting mechanisms.

I just figured that there was a certain amount of this that's just raw tonnage.

Improving the skills The odd nugget of value has emerged from the vast tonnage of nonsense spouted since the end of the red-rose World Cup campaign, and a certain Graham Henry was responsible for unearthing one of them.

The cubic and tonnage capacity per train, together with higher average speed (may mean lower requirement of rolling stock for a certain amount of transport needs) drive both efficiency and higher capacity utilisation, since high fixed capital or 'personnel' costs per train contribute significantly to reducing the operational cost of a service.

— a certain pleasure.

A certain lady.

"To a certain point.

A certain attire.