heavy-duty vehicle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofheavy-dutyandvehicle
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heavy-duty
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌhev.iˈdʒuː.ti/us/ˌhev.iˈduː.t̬i/
Heavy-duty clothing, machinery, or equipment is stronger than usual so that it can be used a lot, especially in ...
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vehicle
noun
uk/ˈvɪə.kəl/us/ˈviː.ə.kəl/
formal
a machine, usually with wheels and an engine, used for transporting people or goods, especially ...
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There are new emission limits for heavy-duty vehicles already agreed for the year 1996 with further requirements being considered for the year 2000.
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The most useful vehicle is theheavy-dutyvehicleproperly constructed to carry its load.
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The new emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles relate to a reduction in pollutants, not in greenhouse gases: the two are sometimes confused.
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This fact is less noticed by the public as most people do not buy heavy-duty vehicles.
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This is certainly the case for heavy-duty vehicles.
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There are new emission limits for heavy-duty vehicles already agreed for the year 1996 with further requirements being considered for the year 2000.
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Certainly in terms of noise, heavy-duty vehicles play a key role.
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We are dealing with an important regulation that represents a decisive step in the introduction of globally harmonised stipulations for the emissions of pollutants from heavy-duty vehicles and buses.
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The expectation is that fast developing technology will enable heavy-duty vehicles to meet the standards easily by the year 2005, even without clean-up technology such as catalytic converters.
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Now we are looking at heavy-duty vehicles.
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I therefore agree with adopting most of the measures that were proposed and with applying them to minibuses, buses and coaches and to light, medium and heavy-duty vehicles.
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However, experience gained in this area has also been applied to other areas such as avionics, heavy-duty vehicles, special machines, and embedded systems in general.
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