noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a petrol tanker (= a vehicle used for carrying petrol )
oil tanker
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■ NOUN
driver
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Donson and Frudd - tanker drivers - were convicted of thefts not related to their jobs.
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A tanker driver on his way to an illegal dump in Co.
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Some petrol tanker drivers have refused to cross picket lines.
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The tanker driver was treated for shock at the scene, but was uninjured.
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He says that he say the tanker driver pacing up and down by his parked lorry.
oil
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There, they claim, boats risk colliding with oil tankers waiting to go to Sullom Voe oil terminal.
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An oil tanker , she thought, or perhaps a freighter.
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The captain and crew of the oil tanker that ran aground on the Galapagos have been arrested.
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In 1984 the two sides began to attack oil tankers in the Persian Gulf with modern missiles.
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They have written to Transport Secretary Cecil Parkinson, proposing that oil tankers should avoid the area.
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The Home Secretary also confirmed that soldiers are being rapidly trained to drive oil tankers .
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The 40-minute bombardment reportedly sank several oil tankers and barges in the harbour.
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Also featured are pictures of oil tankers from 1892 onwards and original artefacts from the vessels and interactive displays.
petrol
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Some petrol tanker drivers have refused to cross picket lines.
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The petrol tanker road crews responded to a man and the dockers in Belfast and Larne equally well.
road
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Larger fixed tanks can be road tanker supplied.
truck
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Too many people live without electricity or still buy drinking water from tanker trucks depositing the precious liquid in old chemical drums.
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They had to wait a few minutes more for the arrival of a tanker truck with water to fight the fire.
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The tanker truck was carrying some 8, 500 gallons of gasoline, he said.
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There are small drums, disabled tanker trucks and old 5, 000-to 10, 000-gallon underground tanks lying above ground.
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It must be shipped to gasoline terminals, where tanker trucks load up for delivery to service stations, by April 15.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A tanker ban is only one of a package of measures which may be in place by the year 2000.
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He had boxed in the Army before he had become a tanker .
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It will be accompanied by five other warships, including destroyers and guided missile cruisers, and a fuel tanker .
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Last year was the worst for tanker spills since 1980.
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Meanwhile, the tankers did neutral steers and were just blasting with their guns.
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The Exxon Valdez was an oddity: one large oil company owned both tanker and oil, and employed the crew.
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The water was supplied from an eight-wheeled tanker that had arrived in Heymouth only an hour before.