On another occasion a gale lifted the tent'sgroundsheet, and its three occupants, off the ground.
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Greatcoats and groundsheets are issued, but to issue raincoats would cost between £1 million and £2 million, with a recurring cost of up to £1 million a year.
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The men are issued with greatcoats and also with groundsheets, as has always been done.
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Pass the port; the men have got their groundsheets.
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In other cases where men are sleeping on palliasses, they do have groundsheets as well, and in the opinion of medical authorities that is sufficient.
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Is he aware also that there are beds available in the hospital which could be used by men who are now sleeping on the ground, even without groundsheets?
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I looked again, and found four pairs of feet—four young soldiers had been holding agroundsheetover me for most of the night.
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Each individual not provided with a bed received agroundsheet.
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Thegroundsheetis the most inefficient piece of clothing ever devised.
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Up to six adults can stay in each tipi and each one comes with agroundsheetand raincatcher.
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With double skin tents, the inner tents normally have a sewn-ingroundsheet, but a separate flatgroundsheetmay be provided for any living area.
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With single skin tents, thegroundsheetmay be sewn in or separate.
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The most common method is to use one bivouac sheet as the roof of the shelter and a second as thegroundsheet.
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On campaign this was sometimes replaced with a rubber poncho that doubled as agroundsheet.
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Standing on agroundsheetincreases the pressure on any water underneath.
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