Sentence examples for spoke of quantity from inspiring English sources

Descartes spoke of "quantity of matter" (quantité de la matière), which he identified mostly with size and occasionally with weight.

µ The distinction between "less" and "fewer" is logically clear: "less" speaks of quantity, "fewer" of numbers.

Of course, Valla does not deny that we can speak of quantity or time or place.

Having discovered North America instead, on his return Cabot spoke of the great quantities of cod to be found near the new land.

"Why paint up what people seem to think is a commonly perceived world when with just a few little tweaks you can make them believe that sanity is a mere statistical correlate, or that chimpanzees are the successful species in the world?" he said, speaking of "The Quantity Theory of Insanity," his first novel, and "Great Apes," which was published in 1997.

Galileo concluded that "we cannot speak of infinite quantities as being the one greater or less than or equal to another".

Line fishers spoke of declines in inshore fishing grounds [28], yet the quantity brought in by trawlers increased as their gear and vessels became larger and more efficient.

We speak of the lump or quantity of bronze as continuing through the entire process; and this seems plausible, since the bronze itself has no one shape essentially.

Inheriting a quantity of furniture but no cash to speak of, Dulcie found herself on her uppers.

We speak of interface abstraction.

One no longer speaks of allocating funds.