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Examples
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But as I wheel this three-ton whispering phantasm of a car down narrow English country roads, I'd ask all to reconsider, at least the concept of an e-Rolls.
The Face of Green? Dan Neil 2011
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In reality he was busy reducing a three-ton outfit to terms of cash at forty dollars per hundred-weight.
CHAPTER I 2010
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The grill, which Mr. Bannister and friends designed, required a 14-foot-long rack, a three-ton chain hoist and tube steel buried five feet in 3,000 pounds of concrete.
Wholly Cow! A Few Brave Grillers Go 'Nose-to-Tail' Katy McLaughlin 2011
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Other hedging programs were added by Golden Star Resources Ltd., Industrias Peñoles, Great Basin Gold Ltd. and Minera Frisco, while Kinross Gold Corp. accounted for 25% of gross dehedging in the quarter, with a three-ton reduction in its net hedge position.
More Miners Hedge, Expect Gold's Rise to End Francesca Freeman 2011
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While he was talking to his military secretary, seated next to him, a huge blast from explosives planted under the bridge the car had just crossed rocketed his three-ton bulletproof Mercedes into the air.
The Scorpion’s Tail Zahid Hussain 2010
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As a practical matter, not everyone needs a three-ton SUV to commute one person to work, but the short-term profit motive, low gasoline prices, and production economies of scale resulted in American manufacturers concentrating on “big” cars.
August « 2008 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2008
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“If you were a ship builder, would you travel with a three-ton hull?”
The Best of Friends Susan Mallery 2010
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As a practical matter, not everyone needs a three-ton SUV to commute one person to work, but the short-term profit motive, low gasoline prices, and production economies of scale resulted in American manufacturers concentrating on “big” cars.
[Dis]Economies of Scale and the Future « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2008
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“If you were a ship builder, would you travel with a three-ton hull?”
The Best of Friends Susan Mallery 2010
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It made the long trip to Manhattan in the rain and snow, and twenty men spent an entire week erecting scaffolding and decorating the three-ton evergreen.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Nancy Armstrong 2010
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