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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Armed forces police and coastguard services, approximately 300.
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During the War he had been an auxiliary coastguard .
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One man's father told coastguards that normally the group only travelled a few miles along the coast on the speedboat trips.
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The coastguard duties included patrolling paths at the top of high and sheer cliffs - not a job for the faint-hearted.
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The survivors were all being treated for hypothermia after being picked up by helicopters and coastguards.