quantity of grain
collocation in Englishmeaningsofquantityandgrain
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quantity
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkwɒn.tə.ti/us/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/
the amount or number of something, especially that can ...
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grain
noun
uk/ɡreɪn/us/ɡreɪn/
a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice ...
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(Definition ofquantityandgrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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With the increase in urban population, thequantityofgrainsupplied through government shops increases.
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Farmers were allocated quotas and had to sell thatquantityofgrainto the government.
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Such inputs are not linked to thequantityofgrainsold to the government, and farmers are free to buy them for their grain production at the subsidized prices.
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Of a smaller totalquantityofgrainproduced, more of it in the 1920s was used in agriculture, that is a higher proportion of it was retained in the countryside.
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Beef stood alone in requiring 31 times the land area as the equivalentquantityofgrain.
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Under such a policy, the government stands ready to purchase anyquantityofgrainthat may be offered by the farmers at the announced minimum price.
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Thequantityofgrainnow being used monthly in the manufacture of alcohol for munitions and other industrial purposes is estimated at 120,000 quarters.
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Information on thequantityofgraincurrently in commercial storage is not available.
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Other factors, in addition to the number of machines, affect thequantityofgrainharvested by combine harvesters.
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Thequantityofgrainso used is about 250 tons per week.
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We have seen figures for the immediate period, for the first three months of this year, and they show that a substantialquantityofgrainis on the way.
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With time, the word began to signify, by analogy, thequantityofgrainthat could be carried in the lateral satchels of the pack animals.
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But the brothers have no use for the smallquantityofgrain, so they feed it to birds.
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This more frequently occurs at storage facilities such as silos or grain elevators, but has been known to occur around any largequantityofgrain, even freestanding piles outdoors.
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On the fragments of a large barn, as appeared by thequantityofgrain, straw, etc., sat a number of chickens, bearing melancholy evidence of devastation above.
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Grain elevator operators buy grain from farmers, either for cash or at a contracted price, and then sell futures contracts for the samequantityofgrain, usually each day.
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One must think cautiously about whether it is best to move substantial quantities of grain by aircraft.
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He also referred to the large quantities of grain stored in this country.
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Why should brewers be allowed to hoard large quantities of grain and sugar?
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From that point of view, therefore, it is far better that considerable quantities of grain should be stored on the farms.
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