bale of wool

collocation in English

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bale
noun[C]
uk
/beɪl/us
/beɪl/
a large amount of something such as hay, paper, wool, or cloth that has been tied ...
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wool
noun[U]
uk
/wʊl/us
/wʊl/
the soft, thick hair that grows on the bodies of sheep and some ...
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(Definition ofbaleandwoolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is that the nation has lost 100 bales of wool, and that is all.
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We had a lamentable accident last year or the year before, where bales of wool were stored in a top storey far beyond the capacity of the beams.
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It seems very arbitrary and shocking that somebody who was the owner of 100 bales of wool which had been burnt should not have it replaced.
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By 1913 approximately 16,000 sheep were shorn producing 330 bales of wool.
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In 1897, there was a flock of 387,000 merino sheep on the property which had produced 5801 bales of wool.
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In 1891 shearing produced 100 bales of wool.
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By 1912 the property was carrying a flock of 22,000 sheep and shearing produced 340 bales of wool.
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In 1906 shearing produced 700 bales of wool, with over 43,000 sheep being shorn.
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Later the same year 10,000 sheep were shorn producing 168 bales of wool.
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By 1926 over 31,000 sheep were clipped and in 1927 the station shore 32,000 producing over 900 bales of wool.
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In 1915, the property passed 16,500 sheep over the boards during shearing producing 250 bales of wool.
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In those days the station held between 40,000 to 60,000 sheep, and annually produced 1100 to 1700 bales of wool.
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In 1950 the station produced 115 bales of wool from a flock of 4,500 sheep.
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By 1933 the property was carrying a flock of 23,000 sheep, including 5,000 lambs, and produced a total of 518 bales of wool.
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The cargo was 1000 tons of copper and manganese ore and 100 bales of wool.
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Her usual cargo was usually about 5,500 bales of wool.
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Searing the same year produced approximately 11,667 bales of wool valued at 243,600.
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By 1930 the property was carrying a flock of 44,000 sheep and produced a clip of 700 bales of wool during shearing.
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At the time the property supported about 16,000 sheep and shearing that year produced 288 bales of wool.
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In 1926 approximately 19,000 sheep were shorn yielding 475 bales of wool.
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