regular patrol

collocation in English

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regular
adjective
uk
/ˈreɡ.jə.lər/us
/ˈreɡ.jə.lɚ/
happening or doing ...
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patrol
noun
uk
/pəˈtrəʊl/us
/pəˈtroʊl/
the act of checking that there is no trouble or danger in a building ...
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(Definition ofregularandpatrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It will continue to be engaged mainly onregularpatrolwork and occasionally on crowd control duties.
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The proposal would also ban dogs from the beach and seek funding for aregularpatrolof the area.
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Since officers have to be on call-out most of the day, they may be assigned toregularpatrolduties.
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The flights consisted of patrol and convoy with a few instruction flights; most of the second pilots qualified as first pilots from instruction received onregularpatrol.
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Regular patrols were highly valued.
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Will they start regular patrols by caretakers or other council employees and set up carefully located and supervised play areas for children?
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Call-out and response times are inevitably slightly longer, and regular patrols in scattered isolated hamlets are simply impractical.
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They reported that on their regular patrols of the building they found no evidence of fire.
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These regular patrols are supplemented from time to time by other ships.
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Regular patrols are carried out in each area to ensure compliance with the law.
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An extra police budget has been allocated by the chief superintendent, and there are regular patrols of two officers, who regularly make arrests.
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They make regular patrols and destroy mines which become exposed on the surface of the ground.
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There are regular patrols during the dry season.
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They say that there will have to be regular patrols round the lagoon to pick up waste matter—the dead dogs and horses, and all the other rubbish.
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There must be regular patrols.
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Regular patrols are operating at present, and without a quite unreasonable amount of expenditure it would not be possible to ensure that there is absolutely no poaching.
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