I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a curtain rail/pole/rod (= a long stick for hanging a curtain )
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Velvet can be heavy so choose a strong curtain pole.
a rail accident/a train accident
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It was the country's worst ever rail accident.
a rail commuter (= a commuter who travels by train )
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Rail commuters face severe delays because of engineering works.
a rail/coal/postal etc strike (= affecting the rail/coal etc industry )
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A rail strike would cause enormous public inconvenience.
a rail/railway tunnel
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the 15km long Gotthard railway tunnel
a road/rail/air crash
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There will be an investigation into the cause of the air crash.
an air/rail disaster (= an air or rail accident )
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The crash was the worst rail disaster in Pakistan’s history.
by air/sea/land/road/rail etc
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All supplies are transported by air.
picture rail
rail network
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a high-speed European rail network
rail passengers
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Rail passengers will have to pay more for their tickets next year.
rail trail
rail transport
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Freight delivery costs could be reduced substantially by using rail transport.
rail travel
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The measures were introduced to make rail travel safer.
the rail/road system (= all the roads or railways in a country )
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Traffic problems are made worse by the country’s inadequate road system.
towel rail
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
light
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This route has been earmarked for a possible future extension of the Midland Metro light rail transit system.
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Prescott said this could even include light rail or metro projects.
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Chiarelli sees light rail as an alternative to widening the busy Airport Parkway which parallels the route near South Keys.
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A LIGHT rail transit scheme could still go ahead in Cleveland, although the Government has axed funding for a similar project.
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Thus, the comparative analysis of achievable stopping patterns by bus, light rail and suburban rail is well done.
national
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Rules were relaxed to allow the first privately owned locomotives unlimited access to the national rail network.
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This envisages greater private-sector investment, including concessions to run parts of the national rail network.
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Incoming/outgoing trains linked with the national rail network at Haybridge Junction, Wellington.
■ NOUN
commuter
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Caltrain carries more bicyclists than any other commuter rail system in the United States, according to Caltrain officials.
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Amtrak holds the Caltrain contract to run the commuter rail service that runs between San Francisco and Gilroy.
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Caltrain contracts with Amtrak to operate the commuter rail line, which accommodates 26, 000 daily riders.
crash
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He was in the Lockington rail crash near Beverley, East Yorkshire in 1986.
curtain
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If you do not want to use a pelmet, curtain rails and poles can also provide great visual variety.
disaster
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He has been undamaged by floods, rail disasters , the dome or the loss of Peter Mandelson.
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Survivors of the Paddington rail disaster told the inquiry that inadequate emergency equipment hampered efforts to save lives.
fare
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That's eighty-five pounds less my rail fare .
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Present rail fare concessions will be retained.
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Finally here is one comparison of a rail fare and a car fare.
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We regret that we are unable to provide this rail fare facility for clients booking within one week of departure. 6.
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This type of package is sometimes offered in conjunction with cheap rail fares and bus vouchers.
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The passengers felt bad enough earlier when they were hit by a regional rail fare rise of more than five percent.
freight
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This is expected to lead to a halving of rail freight tariffs by 2005.
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The road lobby once again reigns supreme with rail freight raising prices to meet absurd Government targets.
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Fewer people have a car and half of Britain's rail freight is unloaded here.
guard
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He stood up and walked across the deck to stand by the chromium guard rail , looking down at her.
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When you drive in, the road narrows, the metal guard rail is replaced by a hand laid rock wall.
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There had been no guard rails and the men had had no experience or instructions to carry out the job.
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It also owns shipyards and structural steel plants that make highway guard rails .
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The guard rail twisted beneath her hands, and they fell backwards into empty space.
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A carbon-fibre brake disc shattered as he slowed from high speed, and his McLaren crashed into a guard rail .
journey
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For those who are not travelling by road, direct rail journeys are possible from most urban centres.
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Retiro Station offered Paul Theroux a comfortable sense of home-coming after a long rail journey through the continent.
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With branch lines axed, the only practical rail journeys begin or end in a city.
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The rail journey to Swindon involved no fewer than three changes, at Southampton, Basingstoke and Reading.
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The international network, at least for the Western imperial system, added a long ocean voyage between two rail journeys .
line
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There will also be concern that cuts in support for provincial services will threaten the viability of many rural rail lines .
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Ringed by mountains cut by two-lane winding roads, it has no rail lines or airports.
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However, many people in Thurrock fear that construction of the rail line will further blight the area.
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As the floodwaters moved north of Grand Forks, more roads and rail lines were submerged.
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The Exeter to Barnstaple rail line was under water at Yeoford.
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The contract for the rail line was originally to have been awarded late last year, but there have been repeated delays.
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Both railroads want major concessions in the form of track rights and divestiture of certain rail lines in exchange for their approval.
lines
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There will also be concern that cuts in support for provincial services will threaten the viability of many rural rail lines .
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Ringed by mountains cut by two-lane winding roads, it has no rail lines or airports.
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As the floodwaters moved north of Grand Forks, more roads and rail lines were submerged.
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Both railroads want major concessions in the form of track rights and divestiture of certain rail lines in exchange for their approval.
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He said the two rail lines would schedule another vote later.
link
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Altogether the new £28 million rail link is expected to carry over 1.5 million passengers a year.
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By train, it will take just 40 minutes on the direct rail link from Liverpool Street.
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Transport 2000 claims that reopening a rail link to Guisborough could save taxpayers millions and remove the need for a bypass.
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He also knows that there are plans for a high-speed rail link to run through Stratford.
links
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Excellent road and rail links make access easy from all parts of the country.
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Damage to farmland was catastrophic and main rail links were severed.
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Fortunately it has retained road and rail links with Hull, Scarborough and the historic town of Beverley.
network
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Rules were relaxed to allow the first privately owned locomotives unlimited access to the national rail network .
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That accident led to speed restrictions and disruption throughout Britain's rail network during an emergency program of replacing cracked rails.
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The rail network can not soak up demand displaced from the roads.
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Immediate improvements in the rail network , allowing more movement of goods and passengers by rail and less environmental damage.
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Approval is being sought to install state-of-the-art electronic systems to control the busiest parts of the rail network outside London.
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I did not believe that there were large savings to be made simply from reducing the size of the rail network .
passenger
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The launch will bring a rare toast from millions of rail passengers hit by winter delays caused by leaves on the line.
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Va., has announced that he intends to make an effort today to assure continued rail passenger service for West Virginia.
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Jan 16, 2001 Who should pay the penalty for the miseries suffered by rail passengers this winter?
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Elsewhere rail passengers either found other means of transport, or stayed at home.
picture
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Rail removal I want to take down some dado and picture rails .
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A shelf for decorative plates running at picture rail height will instantly bring an interior to life.
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Pick out any interesting mouldings, dado rails or picture rails in different colours to emphasize these features.
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A festive sprig or two round the picture rail ?
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Other interesting features of this room are the brass pots and pans that hang from a brass picture rail .
privatisation
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John MacGregor's too grey, and he's terrified my voters over rail privatisation .
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The rail privatisation issue and the appalling loss of freight from the railway to road haulage is frightening in its implications.
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That could include non-educational matters, such as the effect of rail privatisation on reduced fares for young people.
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Today a gentle meander through the horrors of rail privatisation .
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The firm's crash will come as a blow to the Government's rail privatisation plans.
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On board were hundreds of campaigners heading for a national demonstration against the government's rail privatisation plans.
route
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The same company is also expected to operate the orbital light rail route which opens in August.
service
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Flooding disrupted rail services in three areas of Devon and Cornwall where flood warnings were issued on 33 rivers.
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The Tunnel is due to open in December 1993, but full rail services are unlikely to be operating before mid-1994.
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I recently travelled on the Kent rail service and visited my hon. Friend's constituency with him.
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A manual of advice on how best to forecast the demand for new rail services of various types will then be prepared.
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We are concerned to maintain and improve standards on all rail services , including those in the western region.
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Public transport is poor - with buses only adequate for local use - and there is no rail service .
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These involved road blocks, interrupting rail services and police controlling the route to the airport.
station
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Your local bus or rail station can supply booklets on places to visit, or country walks within reach of big cities.
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Le Bez is accessible from the Toulouse airport, 50 miles to the west, or the Castres rail station .
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All rail stations should be developed or moved to incorporate bus stations and car parks.
strike
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Read in studio Thousands of commuters once again decided to stay at home rather than try to beat the rail strike .
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Indeed Sears points to £6.3m worth of special factors, such as the rail strike , accounting for almost half the profits set-back.
system
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Caltrain carries more bicyclists than any other commuter rail system in the United States, according to Caltrain officials.
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Then the narrow gauge became the standard Voice over A rail system based on a horse's behind.
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Last year, 68 pedestrians were killed on the 6, 500-mile rail system that stretches throughout the state.
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They've built roads and bridges and rail systems .
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On the north Kent lines, the Government want to see a modern, first-class rail system in Network SouthEast.
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Privatisations gone wrong in rich countries have included the rail system in Britain, electricity in California and water in New Zealand.
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An important application could be in low-speed urban rail systems , which often have tight corners.
ticket
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Meeting the plane at Heathrow I carried just one rail ticket from London to Sheffield.
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The robber, who had a skinhead haircut, took £30 and a rail ticket .
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A one-way crossing in a car will cost $ 30, a single rail ticket just over $ 7.50.
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Boots' two-for-the-price-of-one rail ticket offer; and plans to extend cheap Apex fares to all routes.
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If I buy a rail ticket for two persons, I am issued separate tickets.
towel
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If you have a small bathroom, why not consider a radiator with a built-in towel rail ?
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The alternative to this is a separate, electrically heated towel rail .
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Roll top baths, mixers, heated towel rails , soaps and towels.
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Kicking off his muddy wellingtons, he walked across to the towel rail on the far side of the old-fashioned kitchen.
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The few electrical fittings which are allowed in bathrooms, such as heated towel rails , will already have their own earth connections.
traffic
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Doubling rail traffic would cut carbon dioxide emissions by only about 3 percent.
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The problem there is that the railroad is so close to the interstate and the traffic lights are controlled by rail traffic.
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During a lull in the rail traffic , he opened the bag and had a good look at the object.
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Rifkind has commissioned the Department of Transport's Policy Unit to explore ways of encouraging rail traffic , including freight.
transport
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The use of buses is becoming even more important in relation to rail transport .
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This is likely to provide a further obstacle to clear and stable objectives for rail transport .
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Programme contracts were also to govern the implementation of the 1987 rail transport plan.
travel
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Yesterday's transport committee heard that a group is being set up to consider all aspects of rail travel in the North-East.
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But Michael Fallon, defending Darlington for the Tories said the concessionary rail travel would be safeguarded.
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ScotRail will provide our winners with free return rail travel to Glasgow and Ayr.
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Not that the beginnings of rail travel were auspicious.
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In any event, rail travel is becoming more like a dice game.
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Packages that include rail travel are available from Superbreak Mini-Holidays.
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If rail travel gets worse before it gets better, voters may dump them at the next general election.
tunnel
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Will he take note of the campaign to sink the link, as the channel tunnel rail link passes Gravesend and Northfleet?
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The letter refers to King's Cross and the channel tunnel rail link.
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The decision on the channel tunnel rail link was environmentally sound.
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Projects such as the west coast main line and the Channel Tunnel rail link are expected to come in well over budget.
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The channel tunnel rail link has been at the centre of my thoughts about my own urban concerns.
union
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And rail union leader Jimmy Knapp said privatisation would put up fares by 142 percent.
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The rail unions rejected Mr Parkinson's plans.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
jump the rails
rail/road/telephone etc link
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Excellent road and rail links make access easy from all parts of the country.
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However, outlying villages had been attacked and the city's rail link with Phnom Penh was frequently severed.
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In many cases they have the public on their side as the recent furore over the rail links with London has demonstrated.
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Newby is a quiet village between the busy A65 and the old road linking Ingleton and Clapham with road access to both.
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The houses will be for people who have to move out of Bentham Drive to make way for a new rail link .
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Through the World's Edge Mountains great fortified underground roads linked their underground cities.
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When it was first launched in 1982 a Minitel terminal consisted of a small monitor with a keyboard and a telephone link .
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Will he take note of the campaign to sink the link , as the channel tunnel rail link passes Gravesend and Northfleet?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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rail travel
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a towel rail
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Hold on to the rail as you walk up the stairs.
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Visitors can enter the city by rail or by boat.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Albert Tarr was lying half on top of Mrs. Thomas between the rails.
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In other words, Mister Gleason in my estimation has lobbed this one over the rail .
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On the rails, Amtrak reported 60-minute delays on its Northeast Corridor line.
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The rails were bumpier than usual this evening.
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The best way to find out how they were attached is to chisel away a little plaster next to the rail .
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With the clamping blocks, join the leg frames with the other rails forming two half hexagons.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rail/road/telephone etc link
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Excellent road and rail links make access easy from all parts of the country.
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However, outlying villages had been attacked and the city's rail link with Phnom Penh was frequently severed.
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In many cases they have the public on their side as the recent furore over the rail links with London has demonstrated.
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Newby is a quiet village between the busy A65 and the old road linking Ingleton and Clapham with road access to both.
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The houses will be for people who have to move out of Bentham Drive to make way for a new rail link .
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Through the World's Edge Mountains great fortified underground roads linked their underground cities.
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When it was first launched in 1982 a Minitel terminal consisted of a small monitor with a keyboard and a telephone link .
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Will he take note of the campaign to sink the link , as the channel tunnel rail link passes Gravesend and Northfleet?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Besides which, it was my country that was polluting her, and he needed some one to rail against.
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The legislators, of course, know better than to rail against evolution.