ton of cement
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftonandcement
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ton
noun[C]
uk/tʌn/us/tʌn/
a unit of weight equal to ...
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cement
noun[U]
uk/sɪˈment/us/səˈment/
a grey powder that is mixed with water and sand to make mortar or with water, sand, and small stones to ...
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(Definition oftonandcementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For example, a solid concrete floor takes atonofcement, but if timber is used for part of the flooring, there would be an automatic saving in cement.
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He made one statement to the effect that it took half a ton of coal to give the heat necessary for the manufacture of onetonofcement.
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Lemmon reported that he got knocked out a few times; he said, a pie hitting you in the face feels like atonofcement.
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It will absorb thousands, even millions, of tons of cement arid, in the long run, a tremendous amount of working time.
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The estimated amounts are 12 standards of softwood, 190 tons of cement and 90 tons of steel.
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Nine thousand one hundred and twenty tons of cement have already been used and it is estimated that a further 2,650 tons will be needed.
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It is estimated that some 700,000 tons of cement have been lost this year owing to the shortage of fuel.
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It is a ferro-concrete building, into which thousands of tons of cement are being poured to build it.
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There are thousands of tons of cement awaiting use.
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I believe that two tons of cement could be saved in the construction of every house, without bringing down the standard at all.
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It is estimated that it will require 960 tons of cement and 1,177 tons of steel.
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We have heard about 123,000 tons of cement.
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A hole may require between 500 and 1,000 tons of cement.
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It consumes 100,000 tons of cement in a year, but it cannot be its own contractor.
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Since 1,400 million tons of cement are manufactured each year, an income of about £100,000 a year is so provided.
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Since the war started, the industry has delivered something like 12,500,000 tons of cement and that has made something like 80,000,000 tons of concrete.
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After all, beauty and the joy of life are more than a few extra tons of cement.
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With those 65,000,000 bricks we used 29,000 tons of cement and 110,000 tons of sand.
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In order to do so it was necessary to obtain 400 tons of cement.
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Thousands of tons of cement were used to build a harbour which the fishermen say is of no use to them.
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