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How to use the word total in a Sentence? Page #36

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Our country, like other European countries, faces a new terrorist threat by its nature and by its scale, our vigilance and our determination are total and constant. The police services are completely mobilized.

Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The hunts are consistent with the conservation strategy of Namibia, a country whose rhino population is steadily increasing, and will generate a combined total of $550,000 for wildlife conservation, anti-poaching efforts and community development programs in Namibia.

The USFWS

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I've never been the same since that day, i thought my life was just a total wreck and a complete and total mess, but there are other people deeper or darker than me.

Jeffrey Rothschild

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I want more monuments erected. But don't defile the ones that exist -- we are the sum total of all the history, not just the fun parts. people down the years will be looking at the statue and at his history and what he did.

Ramabina Mahapa

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I don't want fewer monuments, i want more monuments erected. But don't defile the ones that exist -- we are the sum total of all the history, not just the fun parts.

Steve Hofmeyr

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I don't understand why a company in the United States would allow that kind of product on the market. It's not the way Americans do business, and for them to do what they do in total disregard for what's going on. It's criminal to me.

Rick Langhart

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Iran is promised a total lifting of sanctions. That's UN, EU, United States, everywhere. We're not sure about the timing but it could be as early as June. And, that will supercharge the Iranian economy, will strengthen the regime, will give it tens of billions of dollars with which not only to build its nuclear facilities, but to use for the proxy wars around the Middle East, it is possible when they sign the agreement in June there will be a huge relief of sanctions, and when Obama speaks about snapping them back, if the Iranians are cheating, there is not a chance in the world that the Chinese or the Russians or even the Europeans are going to snap on sanctions again, we would be acting alone, we'd be completely isolated.

Charles Krauthammer

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

If you look at the number of people who can afford a boat the size that we build we haven't even scratched the surface, there are approximately 6,000 to 7,000 yachts over 25 meters in the world and when you look at the total group of millionaires (and) billionaires in the world especially here in this region the potential is vast.

Patrick Coote

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Thirty-five percent of total FDI went into the energy sector, while manufacturing and telecommunications attracted 25 percent each.

Aung Naing Oo

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This idea of total incarceration just isn't working and it's not humane, solitary confinement literally drives men mad.

Anthony Kennedy

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Upon now reading these long-forgotten words, they seem to me as words belonging to a total stranger -- were my name not attached, i cannot erase them, but wish I could, because they do not represent the belief of my heart or the content of my preaching.

Bob Jones

Found on CNN
9 years ago

There's only one way to survive this, there is only total and complete, utter surrender.

Gabriel Sassoon

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I've seen aurora, I've seen some volcano eruptions, but the total eclipse is still the most spectacular thing I've ever seen. And each one is unique.

Fred Espenak

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There has been an unusually high number of sea lions stranded since January, stranding does happen, but just to give you perspective, 1,800 [sea lion] pups have been responded to this year alone. We responded to 1,600 strandings total during the entire year in 2013.

Justin Greenman

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Stranding does happen, but just to give you perspective, 1,800 [sea lion] pups have been responded to this year alone. We responded to 1,600 strandings total during the entire year in 2013.

Justin Greenman

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The attorney general submitted charges against Boonsong Teriyapirom and a total of 21 people. We present them as suspects for the Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders.

Kosolwat Intujanyong

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The total agreement with Rosneft I can't comment on, but the West Navigator was the first rig in the agreement to operate and it was not possible.

Alf Ragnar Lovdal

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Ukraine has fulfilled every single point of the Minsk agreement. The ceasefire has been implemented immediately on our part, but the Russian fighters have done the exact opposite, every day, there is shooting from the Russian side, often more than 60 times a day. In total, the ceasefire has been broken 1,100 times.

Petro Poroshenko

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Every day, there is shooting from the Russian side, often more than 60 times a day. In total, the ceasefire has been broken 1,100 times.

Petro Poroshenko

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We will concede to the will of the people that we need to build the country first, but once the country stands on its feet, we will not accept less than a true, total, liberal, democratic (society).

Top Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Justice will be done, it may not be immediate, but hopefully as we go through the transition from total impunity to justice being realized, we will honor the victims and the kin of the victims.

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We have a dial that tells us how much energy we're using - it would be equivalent to about 10% of the total power in the Geneva canton.

Mike Lamont

Found on CNN
9 years ago

At year-end 2009 global energy ETPs had a total AUM of $14 billion as the underlying energy prices were higher at that time.

Ursula Marchioni

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

To the flying public an air tragedy is an air tragedy, regardless of how it is classified, in 2014 we saw a reduction in the number of fatal accidents — and that would be true even if we were to include MH17 in the total.

Tony Tyler

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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