1.   By convention the geologist plots coarse grains to the left of the abscissa and fine to the right.

2.   The texture is mainly determined by the proportion of coarse grains-the clastics-as well as their size and shape.

3.   Also, the International Grains Council of London raised its estimate for the world coarse grain crop.

4.   Coarse whole grain?

5.   Soderlund dusted my work surface with more coarse grains of rye and immediately caught the broken and patched round of dough I tried to sneak into the pile.

6.   Sometimes the fossils were no larger than a coarse grain of sand.

7.   The desert setting was almost tailor-made for Dogma, lending itself to the coarse grain of the high-definition video cameras used to make these films.

8.   Madappan cultivates his small holding with coarse grains such as millets, ragi, jowar, and pulses.

9.   Most of the projected increase in coarse grains will come from a big rise in U.S. output, the report said.