Sentence examples for the quantities were from inspiring English sources

Although supplies were arriving by boat, the quantities were inadequate to meet need, she said.

Second, when Iraq finally admitted having these weapons in 1995, the quantities were vast.

They also detected a second amino acid, beta-alanine, but the quantities were too minuscule to confirm.

Ursino has nailed the flavor, but on my two visits, the quantities were uneven.

The quantities were expressed in millions of pounds: consumption declined from 235 million pounds in 1988 to 72 million in 1998.

The government's Drinking Water Inspectorate said the quantities were too diluted to have an effect (and poured themselves yet another glass, laughing maniacally through rolling eyeballs).

But the conventional view is that the quantities are too small to be significant.

"The quantities are very small: that's what's hurting the most.

But the quantities are never sufficient, and administrative costs are high.

The argument that meat provides useful protein makes sense, if the quantities are small.

The quantities are not the important factor for this trade; it is the quality that is important".