Sentence examples for large quantities of ice from inspiring English sources
A kilo pack of frozen king prawns examined contained large quantities of ice glaze, and on defrosting the prawns themselves were found to be 18% added water.
And MESSENGER concurred with what Earth-bound radio surveys had suggested that, despite Mercury's proximity to the sun, large quantities of ice survive at its poles.
I once went to see a friend appearing in a farce on Bournemouth Pier, and spent the afternoon beforehand on the beach, soaking up sun and sea, washed down with large quantities of ice cream and sandwiches.
At one time or another, he has transported on that bike large quantities of ice, fresh sprigs of mint, a charcoal grill, and a battery-powered Black & Decker blender.
Great destruction also can result when ash collects on a high snowfield or glacier, melting large quantities of ice into a flood that can rush down a volcano's slopes as an unstoppable mudflow.
A further fear of international climate scientists is that the disappearance of large quantities of ice means the Antarctic could warm up more quickly because 80% of the heat and light of the sun is reflected back into space from ice or snow.
A frozen gallon jug of water is perfect for this, but any large quantity of ice will also work well.
Spring breakup jams are usually more destructive than freeze-up jams because of the larger quantities of ice present.
In 2002, measurements by the orbiting Mars Odyssey spacecraft found evidence for vastly larger quantities of ice not far beneath the surface.
Because of the larger quantities of ice present, spring breakup jams (that is, ice jams composed of stacked and clustered ice that accumulates downstream) are usually more destructive than freeze-up jams (that is, ice jams that form as a result of water freezing where lake outlets begin or in narrow stretches of rivers).
Early ice houses were relatively small, but later storage facilities were the size of large warehouses and contained much larger quantities of ice.
