Sentence examples for tonne is from inspiring English sources

About one tonne is estimated to be on the surface, although that figure changes from day to day.

It has fallen from its peak, as has that of wheat, but at $150 a tonne is still 50% above the average for 2006.As the price of one crop shoots up, farmers plant it to take advantage, switching land from other uses.

The freshwater marine mammal, which could grow to eight feet long and weigh up to a quarter of a tonne, is the first large vertebrate forced to extinction by human activity in 50 years, and only the fourth time an entire evolutionary line of mammals has vanished from the face of the Earth since the year 1500.

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.

The estimated price of $35 a tonne is even lower than the conservative forecast from December's budget update, which assumed prices would fall to $60 a tonne.

Additionally, the disposal chargec of GH¢12 (US$6.22) per tonne is an indication of potential cost savings that can accrue to the city if alternative options for value-addition are identified.

This February alone one tonne was seized.

Demand for cement is growing faster than emissions per tonne are falling, leading to an overall increase in emissions.

The government of Hong Kong has also committed to burning 28 tonnes of its ivory stockpile in monthly burns of one tonne each – the first tonne was destroyed a year ago.

These vehicles weigh a tonne, are constantly stopping and starting in heavy traffic and they are brutes to drive.

There are n=123 countries remaining after the threshold of 1 tonne was applied.