ton of material

collocation in English

meaningsoftonandmaterial

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ton
noun[C]
uk
/tʌn/us
/tʌn/
a unit of weight equal to ...
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material
noun
uk
/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
a physical substance that things can be ...
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(Definition oftonandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He said that every possibletonofmaterialwould be taken by sea—that is good; that every further possibletonofmaterialwould be taken by rail—good.
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The facility accepts over atonofmaterialeach day costing $38.50 to process versus $41.50 to ship offsite.
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Approximately onetonofmaterialis removed from the atmosphere every second through this process so that it must be constantly replenished.
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A bulk bag designed to transport one metrictonofmaterial, will itself only weigh 5-7 lbs.
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There's atonofmaterialthere which we hope you'll all love.
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He is responsible for lifting between one and three tons of material every day.
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It collected tons and tons of material and then had to face the logistics of transporting it.
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Does he mean the tonnage launched, tonnage completed, or the number of tons of material worked into ships in course of construction?
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But, given the stimulus of war, the problems of logistics disappear and instantly thousands of tons of material are made available.
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There are thousands of tons of material for the purpose in therivers and on the beaches.
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They simply leave the shaft open, with a brick wall around it, and thousands of tons of material standing about.
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One hundred and twenty-seven tons of material have already been disposed of from these works, and a further 500 tons are in course of collection.
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It has been calculated that to maintain that single division, a further 19,000 tons of material per month are required.
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It takes many tons of material to shield a man from these radiations.
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The flights carry between 40 and 200 tons of material each night.
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In some instances, just one hook may be holding 70 or 80 tons of material above a man's head.
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On one particular viaduct, over a period of two years more than one-quarter of a million tons of material were poured into the site of an embankment.
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So that for every additional ton that was produced in this country either in 1933 or 1934 the railway companies were handling seven tons of material.
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