Sentence examples for tonnage equal to from inspiring English sources
Since the BP oil disaster, there have been eleven major spills worldwide, resulting in a conservative estimate of nearly 200,000 tons of oil -- tonnage equal to one third of the oil that poured unchecked into the Gulf of Mexico during the BP disaster.
A contemporary unkindly remarked of her portrait: "Her tonnage is become equal to her poundage".
The tonnage on order is equal to half the existing fleet, whereas the proportion historically has been around 30%.
They may also report their size as tonnage, with 12,000 BTUs equal to 1 ton (12,000 BTUs is about the amount of power needed to melt 1 ton of ice in 24 hours); thus the model RDR36 would be a 3-ton unit.
Displacement tonnage is its actual weight, equal to the weight of water it displaces, and is measured in tonnes tonne not ton (but note the above): the metric tonne is 1,000kg (2,204.62lb), the British ton is 2,240lb, and the US ton is 2,000lb; usually there is no need to convert.
With some shippers shifting to Hudson Bay, an amount equal to about one third of Thunder Bay's grain tonnage will ship through Churchill this year, double the average share in the 1990's.
The designer must choose dimensions such that the displacement of the vessel is equal to the sum of the deadweight and the lightweight tonnages.
per cwt., equal to 300 per cent.
"He's equal to Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly".
n resulted to be equal to 91.
