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a fuel gauge ( also petrol gauge British English ), gas gauge AmE:
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The fuel gauge read a little over half full.
an energy/oil/fuel crisis
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There is an energy crisis here, with power cuts happening daily.
diesel fuel
energy/fuel efficient (= not wasting any fuel or energy )
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an energy efficient heating system
fossil fuel
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Environmentalists would like to see fossil fuels replaced by renewable energy sources.
fuel a boom (= add to it )
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The energy crisis is fuelling a boom in alternative energy.
fuel anger (= make people even more angry )
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The row could fuel growing anger among the Labour party.
fuel cell
fuel controversy (= add to it )
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England's manager fuelled controversy with his criticism of the referee.
fuel efficiency (= using fuel in an efficient way )
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Better fuel efficiency can be achieved by driving more slowly.
fuel inflation/push up inflation (= make inflation worse )
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The increase in food prices is fuelling inflation.
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There are now fears that price rises will push up inflation.
fuel injection
fuel speculation (= make it increase )
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The announcement has fueled speculation that the company will be the target of a takeover bid.
fuel tank
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the plane’s fuel tank
fuel/clothes/food etc rationing
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News of bread rationing created panic buying.
fuel/electricity/gas consumption
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There are three possible methods of reducing oil consumption.
milk/fuel/pizza etc delivery
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I gave the kids some money for a pizza delivery.
net exporter of fuel (= it exports more fuel than it imports )
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With the expanded production of North Sea oil and gas, the UK has become a net exporter of fuel .
solid fuel
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■ ADJECTIVE
clean
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The Government has made moves to encourage owners of vehicles to adopt cleaner fuel , but action is slow.
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Independent tests have proved that Shell Advanced petrol will keep your engine three hundred percent cleaner than ordinary fuels .
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While this step awaits technical advances, cleaner fuels for cars and lorries, such as methanol, are urged for immediate use.
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Gas usage will increase particularly in the home-heating sectors and in industries requiring clean fuels .
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A great deal of research effort is going into overcoming hydrogen's shortcomings, mainly because it's such a clean fuel .
domestic
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This is used as a domestic fuel .
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Almost all the bogs have been extensively peat-cut for domestic fuel .
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Budget tax anger Anti-poverty campaigners have been angered by the Chancellor's budget decision to tax domestic fuel .
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Up to that time coal was chiefly used as a domestic fuel but from 1812 onwards it went to sea as bunker fuel.
nuclear
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Thermal stations burning coal, oil or nuclear fuel work 24 hours a day and their output is less easy to adjust.
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Energy Department officials say nuclear fuel rods have been safely transported for decades.
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Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods increases the volume of waste and should be undertaken only when necessary for safety reasons.
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Revenues, from reprocessing domestic and imported nuclear fuels , are not expected to exceed £5.2 billion.
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Officials have still to decide how the radioactive dust and nuclear fuel inside should be cleaned up.
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In September 1973, workers in the B204 building were starting work on dissolving a fresh batch of nuclear fuel .
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Eventually, however, the star will run out of its hydrogen and other nuclear fuels .
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After three years' work the last consignment of nuclear fuel rods has been removed.
solid
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I found a plumber, but when he saw the solid fuel monster in the kitchen, he paled visibly.
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Others For any advice on solid fuel , dial 100 and ask for Freefone Real Fires.
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The boiler, situated in the cellar, is hand-fired using solid fuel .
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Do you have room to store oil or solid fuel or wood?
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Apart from the trophy the winner receives £60, a tankard and a voucher for £35 for solid fuel .
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Whether, you're burning solid fuel , gas, or electricity, there's a fireplace for you.
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It fits into standard fireplace alcoves and runs on solid fuel .
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If you use solid fuel many approved coal merchants provide budget schemes and supply small quantities.
spent
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Sometime this year the North will start unloading and replacing spent fuel from a large reactor at Yongbyon.
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Its flies, the spent fuel , arrive regularly inside special containers on goods trains from nuclear reactors all over the country.
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At that stage the inspector did not mention spent nuclear fuel .
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Events prove that, in the context of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel , his prediction is being realised.
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Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods increases the volume of waste and should be undertaken only when necessary for safety reasons.
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If you have to pay to reprocess the plutonium from spent fuel , though, it does not.
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If the spent fuel can not be reprocessed, alternative dry storage is needed.
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Berkeley has now become the first nuclear power station in Britain to have all its spent fuel removed.
unleaded
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Can you confirm that Land Rover V8 will accept unleaded fuel ? 4.
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As you'd expect, being a Saab, it runs on unleaded fuel and has a 3 way catalytic converter.
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She was pleased to see that the 460 uses unleaded fuel , helping her bid to escape the city smoke.
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While its petrol-engined equivalent must have unleaded fuel , the diesel catalyser will only become effective when sulphur levels drop.
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By 2000 the great majority of cars will run on unleaded fuel .
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How will unleaded fuel affect the performance of my car?
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All petrol engines run on 91 octane unleaded fuel and are equipped with modern fuel injection and three-way exhaust catalysts.
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New vehicles will be required to comply with set standards from 1995, while unleaded fuel will become available in 2000.
■ NOUN
bill
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Grants are not available to pay for fuel bills .
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There are ways of paying your fuel bills which make budgeting a lot easier.
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Like the Picasso, it has five seats, so why put up with the added weight and bigger fuel bills ?
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You won't notice the difference, but will save 10% on fuel bill .
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The system can pinpoint individuals if fuel bills and maintenance charges fall outside the average for their type of car.
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They had to take out a loan to pay their last fuel bill .
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Two-thirds of the total cited heating and fuel bills in particular as being more expensive than they had anticipated.
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In its condensing mode, the unit achieves up to 95% efficiency, contributing to reduced fuel bills .
consumption
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Changes in aerodynamics, lighter alloys in engines and leaner fuel consumption will be the main features.
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However, I would like to minimise the fuel consumption damage.
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Just as fuel consumption grows disproportionately as speeds rise, so does the emission of air pollutants.
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The caretaker is also increasingly monitoring fuel consumption .
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Given that pollution levels relate to fuel consumption , private cars and taxis are also the greatest polluters.
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Most animals increase their fuel consumption in proportion to the extra baggage they are carrying, but not the camel.
costs
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Certain costs , particularly fuel costs, fall heavily on old people.
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The extra expense would amount to $ 112, 320 a year in added fuel costs .
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Our addiction to petroleum can only be managed by incorporating environmental impacts in fuel costs .
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He cited higher jet fuel costs .
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In exceptional circumstances it may be possible to get a Crisis Loan for fuel costs .
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Gore could not afford to run the risk of seeing his hard-won political gains evaporate in a populist revolt over fuel costs .
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You do not have to be getting income support to apply and in exceptional circumstances they may be given for fuel costs .
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They warned, however, that relief operations were being seriously reduced by soaring fuel costs .
efficiency
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Much of the beauty of a good machine is in its mechanical design, as well as in its fuel efficiency .
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But it is firmly against heavy-handed regulation, such as a sharp increase in mandatory fuel efficiency for cars.
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The only certain way of cutting CO2 emissions is to encourage fuel efficiency .
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Improvements in vehicle drag coefficients lead to greater fuel efficiency and stability at high speeds, and simulation is driving innovation forward.
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Greater fuel efficiency is essential and there are now prototype cars that can travel between 52 and 100 miles per gallon.
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With engine modifications, more fuel efficiency , a new flight deck.
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For vehicles run by Trust staff the emphasis will be on maximising fuel efficiency and minimising damaging emissions.
fossil
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The main global-warming gas, after all, is carbon dioxide, given off mainly by burning fossil fuels .
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We are hastening this process with the burning of fossil fuels .
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This staining on marble is the result of dry deposition from sulphur dioxide gases produced by the burning of fossil fuels .
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Growth requires abundant cheap resources, especially fossil fuel , but also food and water.
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Now, remaining supplies of fossil fuels should be saved, not squandered.
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However, it has not yet been established that global warming is due to excessive combustion of fossil fuels .
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Do we carry on burning fossil fuels at rapid rates?
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Hasn't he any conception of the devastation caused to this planet by burning fossil fuels ?
gauge
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The driver glanced at his fuel gauge .
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She doesn ` t see the fuel gauge needle waving desperately at her, like a drowning arm.
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As we headed up Hartshead Moor, I checked my fuel gauge and started sweating again.
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A Land Rover mechanic replaced the stabiliser unit behind the dash - the fuel gauge worked again but not the temperature gauge.
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The ever-moving needle on the tank-mounted fuel gauge will remind you.
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The fuel gauge read a little over half full.
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He was installing a fuel gauge on top of the tank when it blew up.
injection
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He would outlaw tuning kit like Dynojet's Power Commander, which alters fuel injection and engine management systems.
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Voxan's V-twin uses a Magneti Marelli sequential fuel injection system, similar to that used on the 996.
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This allows the fuel injection system to be re-mapped to suit the capacity.
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Mechanically the entry level Polos remain the same, bar the adoption of fuel injection .
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The bike, launched in 1996, was intended to revolutionise two-strokes thanks to Bimota's direct fuel injection technology.
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Again, a full engine management system monitors performance and controls the fuel injection and ignition systems.
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A replacement policy for fuel injection pumps.
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All of the Corsa autos, in fact, use the 1.4i single point fuel injection engine.
oil
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The defendants negligently discharged fuel oil into Sydney Harbour.
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A similar blend of fuel oil allegedly was used in the Oklahoma City bombing.
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Interruptible gas supplies undercut the cost of fuel oil considerably.
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He seemed to be taking a shower in fuel oil .
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Gas is also competing directly with coal for the heavy fuel oil market.
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The treated organic phase is generally suitable for re-use as a fuel oil .
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Such products include fuel oil , paint, building materials and fitments, and electronic Components.
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Prices of fuel oil , diesel and kerosene were also raised.
price
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Governments will be able to meet their targets only if they keep fuel prices high.
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A bout of selling on the stock exchange, perhaps, or a cold snap that reopens the fuel price issue.
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At least that was the case in Britain, where the gap between petrol and diesel fuel prices has always been small.
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S., which created expectations of higher heating fuel prices .
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But any rise in fuel prices carries a second issue in its slipstream.
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The problem is a temporary one, the analyst added, even though fuel prices have risen this month.
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They have shown a total lack of interest in joint action in the face of rising fuel prices .
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World commodity prices were set to rise about 7 percent in 1993, with fuel prices alone climbing 9 percent.
shortage
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A fuel shortage got the holiday season off to a rocky start, and promises to cause further problems this month.
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The decision came in response to an acute fuel shortage which worsened during December.
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He had expected to get a $ 100m loan to ease the fuel shortage .
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They said there was a fuel shortage .
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It rarely suffers the power cuts, fuel shortages and subsiding roads that plague Lagos and other big cities.
supply
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They came up with a plot to blockade fuel supplies at depots starting at the weekend.
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Even during down times, players must constantly monitor their fuel supply or hunt for more.
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However, cuts in capital investment and fuel supply problems have reduced capacity growth to something around 3% per year.
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Officials now warn that fuel supplies could be seriously disrupted this winter.
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His car barely made it across the finish line, spluttering and choking, before the fuel supply dried up.
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Cowpat stoves were everywhere, using the droppings of the cattle that roamed the streets as a mainstream fuel supply .
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The foreign exchange crisis has robbed the country of regular fuel supplies .
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The rock-solid fuel supply with rock-solid benefits.
tank
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Do you know of an auxiliary fuel tank kit for the Ninety?
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We had taken a hit on the fuel tank .
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Boots often leak, so take a look in the spare wheel well and at the metalwork beneath the fuel tank .
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Also on the small side is the 14-gallon fuel tank .
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A 34 gallon fuel tank was placed below the cabin floor.
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Both versions have the same size fuel tank , which, at 14. 5 gallons, is on the small side.
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In front of the second dicky are the aforementioned fuel tank selector, cowl flap, cabin heat and air controls and parking brake.
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We then start to accumulate liquid hydrogen in an empty fuel tank .
tax
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There are two reasons why the Government is now on the defensive after last week's protests against high fuel tax .
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The Commission calls for higher fuel taxes and vehicle excise duty to be used to reduce traffic growth.
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The Treasury makes £36 billion every year out of road users, most of it through fuel taxes .
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In a bizarre twist, the continuing rise in fuel taxes could force the petrol companies themselves to hike prices further.
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Remember that when the deadline expires and fuel tax stays just the same.
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It would also be in line with the gradual drift towards fuel tax harmonisation across the Community.
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She's gathered 18,000 signatures in Swindon on a petition protesting about the fuel tax .
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Next year, the airlines will also will be hit by a proposed increase in fuel tax .
uranium
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Harmful quantities of radiation are also released both before and after the uranium fuel enters the power station.
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Early in 1995, six more pounds of uranium fuel turned up 1, 500 miles away in Czechoslovakia.
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Alongside the other strategic arguments in its favour, the economics of the uranium fuel cycle had been taken for granted.
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Bailey emphasized that officials do not want to rupture any of the 236 uranium fuel rods in the lone remaining assembly.
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A large nuclear reactor will contain hundreds, if not thousands of rods filled with uranium fuel .
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In a power the uranium fuel is normally stacked in disks and contained in fuel rods.
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burn
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It was recommended to burn off fuel in the fuselage tank to 30 gallons before combat if possible.
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We are hastening this process with the burning of fossil fuels .
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Then there's even more pollution caused by burning the fuels needed to generate the energy to make new products.
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Texas-Lehigh Cement Company in Buda was recently granted a permit to burn tires for fuel .
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Do we carry on burning fossil fuels at rapid rates?
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The one factor that was actually improving as we labored along was that we were burning a bunch of fuel .
produce
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However, environmentalists argue that the costs of producing the fuel must also be taken into account.
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Mounted round this fairing were the eight radiators used to vent the excess heat produced by the fuel cells into space.
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Development costs could be reduced by expanding these existing nuclear sites which are currently used primarily to produce fuel for military purposes.
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In some cases, it is possible to combine several objectives such as the treatment of sewage to produce fuel or food energy.
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Long-term storage is favoured by environmentalists as less nuclear waste is produced , although spent fuel can not be stored indefinitely.
provide
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They all can provide fuel in the diet and are therefore sources of energy.
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Polar ice also would provide hydrogen for rocket fuel and for industrial processes.
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In the past, waste was not useless, but provided fuel , building materials and industrial materials, as well as rough grazing.
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And they are bound to provide fuel for the opponents of Jospin's proposals.
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Then, as now, coal provided the fuel for much the greater part of the country's electricity.
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When the war ended, the most pressing need was to provide food and fuel .
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People who skip breakfast work less efficiently than people who have taken the trouble to provide themselves with fuel for the morning.
save
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Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 percent of fuel , and so cut back on carbon dioxide.
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You won't notice the difference, but will save 10% on fuel bill.
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In 1942 you were asked not to exceed 5 inches of water in your bath to save fuel .
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We also saved a lot of fuel .
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Those often cut their engines and drift out of control off Muckle Flugga, possibly to save fuel .
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Also, in his view, it saves on fuel and oil costs.
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An effective windshield can save time and fuel .
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Cheaper that way, they sell stamps and save fuel .
use
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Mr Livingstone has offered exemptions for business deliveries and if vehicles use green fuels .
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C., will deploy a fuel cell-driven shuttle bus using methanol as a fuel.
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In addition to better economy, diesel cars use cheaper fuel and are no less environmentally-friendly than petrol-engined models fitted with catalytic converters.
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Without using any fuel , she had increased her speed by several thousand miles an hour.
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They were particularly important for the Magnox reactors, which used larger quantities of fuel and had bulkier structures to dismantle.
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Brophy said investigators are looking into whether the man was using the fuel to keep warm.
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Problems caused by using fuel with a too low octane rating.
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Most of the recycled tires have been used for fuel , she said.
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add fuel to the fire/flames
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It only added fuel to the fire.
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Once the process is under way, empire-building adds fuel to the fire, and more fat to the bureaucracy.
smokeless coal/fuel
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If she burned smokeless fuel, the soot problem would disappear.
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Real fires Always use smokeless fuel.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The fuel tank holds 14 gallons.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Officials said they began pumping fuel from the barge before noon Sunday at a rate of 240, 000 gallons an hour.
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Such anaerobic respiration is much quicker than aerobic respiration, but also much less efficient in terms of energy produced per unit of fuel .
II. verb
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■ NOUN
controversy
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His criticism will fuel controversy about the book on the island, where a film starring Nicolas Cage is being shot.
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The Hubble already has helped fuel a raging controversy over the true age of the universe.
demand
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Expansion in output was fuelled by growing external demand and generally expansive domestic economic policies.
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Failure to correct them only fuels the right-wing demands that obliterate the very protections that liberals cherish.
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Rising expectations about the standards of health can therefore be seen as fuelling further demand for health care.
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The boom has been fuelled by accelerated demand for consumer products with even small grocery stores receiving up to 12 deliveries every day.
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Edith's murder is one of several cases that have fuelled demands for drastic measures to stop child abuse.
fire
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Chapter Nine While the ladies were fuelling their fire , in more ways than one, John Coffin was taking a walk.
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They often drag down members of their family into their coal cellar of degradation as they fuel the fires of self destruction.
flame
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But oxygen tanks fuelled the flames .
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The fatty ingredients fuelled the flames and damage was put a more than £1m.
rumours
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His absence has fuelled rumours that the house of Lacroix is about to be closed by owner and financial backer Bernard Arnault.
speculation
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Yet it is worth remembering that they were fuelled by intense speculation about her marriage.
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The logical impenetrability of the administration's calculations at Camp David inevitably fuels speculation about the motivation for convening it.
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This fantasy was not fuelled by disinterested speculation but by envy.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
smokeless coal/fuel
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If she burned smokeless fuel, the soot problem would disappear.
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Real fires Always use smokeless fuel.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Easy credit terms helped fuel the economic expansion.
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The President's absence from the May Day parade has fuelled speculation that he is seriously ill.
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There are growing fears for the safety of the kidnap victims -- fears that have been fuelled by rumours of new terrorist threats.
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Workers began fueling the spaceship for liftoff.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After dropping off tanks of liquid oxygen to fuel the next ship, you re-enter the atmosphere.
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Proving Koch's postulates would of course be unethical and controversy is fuelled by this lack of scientific certainty.
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Rising expectations about the standards of health can therefore be seen as fuelling further demand for health care.
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Then on Wednesday night he forecast that interest rates would drop - fuelling the City boom.
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They have, throughout their exiles, sent us money and resources to help us fuel our movement.
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Though Centralism comes in many guises and applications, the basic notions that fuel it are remarkably consistent-as are the results.
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Unfortunately, the very psychiatric definition of identity that helped fuel this affirming development also helped fuel a rising prejudice against gays.