gallon of fuel

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meaningsofgallonandfuel

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gallon
noun
uk
/ˈɡæl.ən/us
/ˈɡæl.ən/
a unit for ...
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fuel
noun
uk
/ˈfjuː.əl/us
/ˈfjuː.əl/
a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by ...
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(Definition ofgallonandfuelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Approximately 10 gallons of fuel were used while the helicopter was at the fete.
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It cost £803 and expended 693 gallons of fuel.
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The aircraft consumed about 46,000 gallons of fuel en route at a cost of approximately £4,500.
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It is estimated that some 15 million gallons of fuel so used would yield about £2,250,000, which is surely a heavy additional impost.
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This quantity included 87,200,000 gallons of lamp oil, 84,600,000 gallons of motor spirit and 27,200,000 gallons of fuel oil.
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At take-off, the aircraft carried some 4,000 gallons of fuel.
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Therefore, the vehicle not only goes less far on agallonoffuelbut emits further carbon dioxide.
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I understand that 1 ton of freight can be shipped 250 miles on water pergallonoffuelcompared with 58 miles by road.
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Let us not use a cash register to work out the cost of everygallonoffuelused or every shell fired.
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They do not ask that they shall have onegallonoffueloil.
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Of course there are other pollutants, but, because a diesel car can travel further on agallonoffuel, it will cause much less pollution than its petrol equivalent.
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The ton-miles pergallonoffuelwere 34.94 on the track and 35.97 on the road.
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The programs offer consumers an instant price rollback at the pump of anywhere between 3 cents and 10 cents off pergallonoffuelpurchased.
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Two minutes later, approximately onegallonoffuelignited in the same vicinity, causing a fire that was extinguished by the fire sprinklers.
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The original intention was to fill the aircraft with onegallonoffueland see how far they got.
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The net result is that it is possible for a farmer to use more than agallonoffuelto make a gallon of biofuel and still make a profit.
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The trip takes only five gallons of fuel and drivers save hundreds of pounds by tanking up.
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Figures are not available for the number of gallons of fuel used during the exercise.
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We are told that 385,000,000 gallons of fuel oil came into this country in 1924.
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To service a number of vehicles of this order, one might be considering 60,000 gallons of fuel underground, with two or three outlets.
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