Sentences with phrase «larger than a sheep»

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This is another recipe that uses a large quantity of ground beef, which is why I call it Cottage Pie rather than Shepherd's Pie — shepherds heard sheep, not cows.

There are larger significances to the Arambel case than a sheep - country judge's leniency or a sheep - country people's distorted code of ethics.

Australia relies heavily on coal for its own electricity as well, emitting more CO2 per person than any other developed country, and its agricultural emissions are among the highest per capita in the world, mainly because of the large numbers of sheep and cattle.

Some large guard dog breeds are also a lot happier sitting around rather than chasing sheep (the Neopolitan Mastiff, Giant Schnauzer, and Boerboel, for example.)

Just like the Shetland Pony and several varieties of sheep, the dog was bred to be a miniature size which survived the rugged island terrain better than large sizes, thus making them ideally suited for that terrain.

They are also bred for working cattle rather than sheep, and not as feedlot dogs but as dogs on large spreads.

Ruminants, which ferment plants in a specialized stomach before digestion, are estimated to be the largest single human - related source of methane, with greenhouse - gas emissions from sheep and cattle 19 to 48 times higher than beans or grains per pound of food produced, according to the report.

It rode on the sheep's back for more than a century as the world's largest producer of fine apparel wool.

Grasslands are unable to sustain herds much larger than the existing ones, as evidenced by the vast dust bowl forming in northern China, largely from overgrazing by sheep and goats.