Sentence examples for grain on the from inspiring English sources

How many grains of wheat are required in order to place one grain on the first square, 2 on the second, 4 on the third, and so on for the 64 squares?

On quiet mornings, sometimes the owners would drop grain on the streets for the birds to follow.

"The subsidies encourage overproduction, which depresses prices and leads to a kind of dumping of low-priced grain on the world market.

He was referring to sheets of plastic that look like burled wood, the sort you've seen in cars that have fake wood grain on the dash board.

So much grain was being produced so cheaply that Western leaders encouraged poor nations to buy grain on the world market rather than grow it themselves.

A few minutes later, as we were passing a church, he said, "Watch this," and tossed a few handfuls of grain on the steps.

"You see how the grain on that one, from the east, is pretty straight — lots of rainfall there.

Mr Basu points out that ration-shopkeepers divert much of the subsidised grain on to the open market, adulterating the remaining grain with gravel.

"We could also see graining on the rear tires here, too.

The rusty clots have flaked off; they lie in tiny brittle grains on the nap of the towel.

On top of this is the broader problem of trying to find affordable grains on the world market when prices are higher than they have been in decades.