Unit of mass in imperial, US customary, and avoirdupois systems of units.
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Examples for "pounds "
Examples for "pounds "
1 The change will cost his young family tens of thousands of pounds .
2 Beginning at sea level, air weighs about 15 pounds per square inch.
3 Reports said their two-year deal was worth up to 30 million pounds .
4 We're 100 million pounds ahead of our original plan, said Mr King.
5 Last year, national parks were given millions of pounds to promote cycling.
1 Semihard; blue; goat; mellow; small; square; a quarter to a half pound .
2 The portfolio generated a 17 million pound loss last year, Lloyds said.
3 The second problem is the likely boost to an already appreciating pound .
4 BNY avoided a 180 million pound fine by settling the case early.
5 In Europe, Britain's fourth-quarter growth data looms large for the embattled pound .
1 The quantity of provisions I found in the boat was 150 lb .
2 The heaviest fruit within the ken of the writer weighed 8 lb .
3 In the U.S. retail market, sugar fetches about 20 cents a lb .
4 Each degree of hardness indicates the destruction and waste of 12 lb .
5 The weight of the usual projectile for this mortar is 850 lb .
1 Of course, there's much more that goes into it: humping 50 lbs .
2 The produce per acre of the first cutting is about 60 lbs .
3 The puppies should increase in weight at the rate of 3 lbs .
4 Dr. Carey in the chair with the gold medal for 80 lbs .
5 The Professor remarks that the proportion of oil is, in 100 lbs .
1 The proportion of weight lost as LBM was no greater than predicted.
2 An extrapolation to the LBM compartment of the whole body was employed.
3 Further, total physical activity level had a significant positive association with handgrip and LBM .
4 The relationships of changes in LBM and TBW to changes in physical functioning were linear.
5 In women, changes in LBM and TBW were not related to changes in physical functioning.
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