Sentence examples for tonne was from inspiring English sources

This February alone one tonne was seized.

Two years ago tomorrow, a nuclear-powered rover, the size of an SUV and weighing almost a tonne, was lowered onto the surface of Mars.

The seed, taken from a pumpkin that weighed more than a tonne, was bought by Ipswich seed firm Thompson and Morgan for £1,250 at an auction earlier this year.

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.

The other, a comparatively modest proposal based on a scheme put together by the National Commission on Energy Policy for a cap-and-trade system with a price limit of $7 per tonne, was part of an energy-bill amendment initially proposed by Jeff Bingaman, a Democrat, and Pete Domenici, a Republican.

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

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

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

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

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.

For most purposes, the name "tonne" is instead used.