A unit of force: the force exerted by one standard gravity on a one-pound mass.
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Semihard; blue; goat; mellow; small; square; a quarter to a half pound.
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The portfolio generated a 17 million pound loss last year, Lloyds said.
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The second problem is the likely boost to an already appreciating pound.
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BNY avoided a 180 million pound fine by settling the case early.
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In Europe, Britain's fourth-quarter growth data looms large for the embattled pound.
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The quantity of provisions I found in the boat was 150 lb.
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The heaviest fruit within the ken of the writer weighed 8 lb.
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In the U.S. retail market, sugar fetches about 20 cents a lb.
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Each degree of hardness indicates the destruction and waste of 12 lb.
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The weight of the usual projectile for this mortar is 850 lb.
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Of note is that the impact force increased nearly 500 lbf from the first to the sixth drop, with a five-minute rest between falls.
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The difference between a five-minute and a 24-hour rest for the second drop, for example, was a decrease of only 102 lbf.
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I returned to the LBF offices, and looked out the window.
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None of these books will appear at the 2012 LBF.
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The revised LBF grant programmes will kick in from April.
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It also requires technology capable of handling pressure of 20,000 pound-force per square inch.
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Three grip measurements for each hand were recorded in pounds-force; the mean of these 3 assessments was used in the analysis.
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"It would take eighty thousand pound-force to pull this train, Mr. Socrates," he said.
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Nothing has actually changed about the ten- pound weight-exceptyour perception of it.
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She felt as though she had a ten-thousand- pound weight on her shoulders.
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I feel as if a thousand- pound weight was taken off my back.
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We have killed this morning four fish averaging a pound weight each.
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It was as if each thought came with a thousand- pound weight.
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They set to work with every pound of force they could bring to the front.
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One pound of force is about 4.45 newtons.
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As Wendy rose holding the golf club, Bonnie swung the crutch, putting every foot- pound of force she could muster into the swing.
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The cadavers' ligaments blew apart just after 40 pounds of force.
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The software calculated the force the thrusters needed to exert in pounds of force.
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One kilonewton is roughly equivalent to 225 pounds of force.
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They can hold thousands of pounds of force.
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That one, we topped that out at 65,000 pounds of force.
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When strained by 485 pounds of force, the ACL is stretched twice as tight as a piano string.
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Bruce went at the striking machine, which registered the exact number of pounds of force in each blow it received.
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While in that loaded position, the shoulder and arm bear the equivalent of about 40 pounds of force pushing down.
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Draw drops from six inches above the pro impacted the anchor with 1,200 pounds of force.
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When the emergency escape engine fired, it unleashed 70,000 pounds of force against the top of the rocket booster.
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Let's say a tall building is about one-eighth of a mile high - his legs must exert about 6,000 pounds of force against the ground.
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Consider that a 165- pound climber who climbs fi ve feet off the belay and falls onto the anchor will generate about 1,800 pounds of force.