Sentence examples for amounts of sand from inspiring English sources

Some comes back, but two years ago, bluffs collapsed and massive amounts of sand disappeared for good.

The global urbanisation boom is devouring colossal amounts of sand – the key ingredient of concrete and asphalt.

Overbank deposits consist primarily of silt and clay and lesser amounts of sand, and often encase sand bodies.

Optimum performance of the bentonite-sand mixture was observed when the mixture contained equal amounts of sand and bentonite.

The old track, installed for winter racing in 1966, consist ed of a concrete‐hard thermo plastic base covered with vary ing, amounts of sand and loam.

Artificial islands in the Spratly chain, created by dredging massive amounts of sand onto tiny rocks, now have Chinese soldiers and construction workers bustling about.

"Most of the sickened children received outpatient treatment only for small amounts of sand-like kidney stones found in their urinary systems, while a part of the patients had to be hospitalized for the illness," the statement said.

"Most of the sickened children received outpatient treatment only for small amounts of sand-like kidney stones found in their urinary systems, while a part of the patients had to be hospitalized for the illness," the ministry said.

The amount of sand they will move is staggering, approaching 20 to 30 million cubic yards.

In India, by some estimates, the amount of sand used for construction has tripled since 2000.

Preliminary surveys suggest the storm moved "a huge amount of sand" off the beaches, she said.