Sentence examples for under tonnage from inspiring English sources

Prompted by the launch of and misinformation about, the U.S. Navy and Congress faced what they perceived as a vastly better battleship than the two battleships then under construction, which were designed under tonnage constraints that Congress had imposed on capital ships.

Broadway needs its fluff, especially the kind that doesn't go limp under a tonnage of special effects.

Although the movie has a plot, that story is half-smothered under the tonnage of pop trivia.

FROM the mime in white makeup to the Chanel-clad grande dame walking her poodle, Paris practically sags under the tonnage of its stereotypes.

Although the film dutifully peddles the same message, here it is all but buried under the tonnage of junk and gimmickry, saccharine music (by James Horner) and a story that portrays the residents of Whoville as pig-snouted toy people who are almost as selfish and mean-spirited as the Grinch himself.

The CNFC under-reported gross tonnage for 44 of its 59 vessels operating in west Africa, the report alleged, a practice which enables companies to evade licensing fees and could potentially mean they were fishing in prohibited areas.

Under this arrangement airlift tonnage greatly increased.

Grains are the primary crops of Victoria, with wheat leading in terms of tonnage and area under cultivation, followed by barley.

On 9 and 10 June, while patrolling in this area 50-60 nautical miles southeast of Lowestoft, UB-2 sank six British fishing smacks with a combined tonnage of just under, the largest being Intrepid of 59 tons.

The 21 other flags of convenience listed by the ITF each account for less than 1% of the world's DWT., more than half of the world's merchant ships (measured by tonnage) are registered under flags of convenience.

In a 1905 study* Royal Meeker, an American economist, explained how a system of subsidies developed under Elizabeth I. Rewards were based on tonnage of ship, and included "bounties" paid to fishing boats heading for the North Sea in search of herring.