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8 sentences with 'pounds'

Example sentences and phrases with the word pounds and other words derived from it.

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• « After years of dieting and exercising, I finally managed to lose the extra pounds. »
pounds: After years of dieting and exercising, I finally managed to lose the extra pounds.
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• « The difference between the two figures is about two to three pounds. »
• « Thanks to science, it will soon be possible to enjoy food and exercise for pleasure, without worrying about the extra pounds. »
• « "Losing weight doesn't take them very long, because they never get to a point where they need to lose a large number of pounds." »
• « Barthlemy sums up the state of his programme this way: "Currently the X-30 project is a rocket-sized aeroplane weighing 340,000 pounds. And the last word has not yet been said." »
• « Each year, the imperial government in Constantinople brought in about 270,000 pounds of gold in tax revenues, compared to about 20,000 in the west. This made possible the creation of better-equipped, better-trained and better-supplied armies in the east. »
• « Then he got another job, better paid, as a labourer. But that job was short-lived, and he had to resort to public assistance: he lived for nine months on less than three pounds (just under five dollars) a week, until he got a job with the Electricity Company. »
• « The Maryland Constitution, drafted in 1776, restricted office-holding to the wealthy planter class. A man had to own at least 5,000 pounds of personal property to be governor of Maryland, and to own an estate of 1,000 pounds to be a state senator. The latter requirement excluded more than 90% of Maryland's white men from political office. »

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