Sentence examples for fewer tons of from inspiring English sources
Six thousand fewer tons of steel trusses, which were removed in 2004.
"Simply put, the cost of paying two uniformed sanitation workers to drive an eight-hour shift collecting recyclables," the draft of the report says, "is the same as the cost of paying them for an eight-hour shift collecting trash, but yields fewer tons of recyclables than the same shift would yield tons of refuse.
The long-term benefits, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, could be huge: national energy savings equivalent to 30 large power plants; household savings of up to $200 a year; and 100 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide pollution yearly, roughly the amount from 17 million cars.
The plan would, it was projected, result in eight hundred and seventy million fewer tons of carbon pollution released into the atmosphere, as many as thirty-six hundred fewer premature deaths in the United States between now and 2030, and ninety thousand fewer asthma attacks in children.
What's more, burning that gas in place of an equal amount of coal means 70 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide emitted into the air.
There would be 90percentt more fish, a billion fewer tons of plastic, and 40percentt more phytoplankton (producers of half the planet's oxygen) in the oceans.
"A few tons of steel could make a person a doctor," he said.
Last week, a few tons of granite fell down a New Hampshire mountainside, injuring nobody.
By Monday afternoon, a few tons of vegetables had been flown to Spain, where airports had reopened.
And a custom print shop had donated a few tons of scrap paper (obsolete business cards, defective wedding invitations) to stuff the shell with kindling.
